Second Suspect Identified: Digital Trail Reveals New Player in the D4VD Case
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🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us to break down what investigators uncovered — and how they uncovered it.
Geragos says cellphone data, Tesla GPS, and social-media location tracking created a digital trail accurate “almost to the minute.” One key focus: a late-night trip to a remote area of Santa Barbara County, where investigators believe D4VD spent nearly two hours… and wasn’t alone. If a second suspect was with him during that trip, that changes everything.
Coffindaffer explains:
– How investigators triangulate cell towers, GPS logs, and app metadata
– Why Tesla vehicles are digital goldmines for forensic teams
– What physical evidence might still exist months later in a remote area
– How prosecutors flip secondary suspects with cooperation deals
– How freezer storage, disposal access, and vehicle movements elevate legal liability
We also explore the possibility that the second suspect parked the Tesla on July 29th — the same day D4VD left for tour — and what that would mean about their role, loyalty, and exposure.
With a grand jury active, digital evidence mounting, and a second suspect reportedly identified, the case is shifting from “What happened?” to “Who helped?”
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:08.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:09.1 | Criminal defense attorney Mark Garagos dropped a significant development in the Two Angry Men podcast. |
| 0:14.6 | LAPD investigators have identified a second suspect in the death of Celeste Revis Hernandez. |
| 0:19.6 | According to Garagos, this individual |
| 0:21.5 | is believed to have been involved before, during, and after Celeste's death, not as the killer, |
| 0:27.9 | but potentially in the disposal and dismemberment of her body. Investigators reportedly |
| 0:32.7 | built their case using a combination of cell phone data, Tesla GPS logs, and social media location tracking, |
| 0:39.9 | a digital trail. Garagos describes as being accurate, almost to the minute. A key focus is the |
| 0:46.5 | late night trip, David allegedly took to a remote area of Santa Barbara County in spring of |
| 0:52.8 | 2025, where authorities believe another person may have |
| 0:55.7 | been in the vehicle. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffendaffer is with us, helping us break |
| 1:01.6 | this down and explaining how investigators use digital forensics to identify co-conspirators |
| 1:06.6 | and what this second suspect actually means for the case. Let's go back. |
| 1:11.7 | You know, Mark, you are on a lot of panels with Mark on a lot of different channels and such. |
| 1:18.4 | Why do you think that that trip out in the middle of nowhere is standing out so significantly to Mark right now when he's looking at this case. |
| 1:30.9 | I mean, they are young. I'm just playing devil's advocate here. People go out for drives. People go |
| 1:35.9 | do this. People go do that. To say, well, over here, this one night, this must be where something |
| 1:42.9 | took place. What's your take on that? |
| 1:45.4 | Is it, is this like a very clear indicator of something that that may have happened out in the |
| 1:51.6 | wilderness? Yes, it is. Look, there's Mulholland Drive and there's his mansion if he wants to |
| 1:58.6 | make out. There's no reason to drive all the way down to Santa Barbara County and go in this secluded area. |
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