The Wall Around D4VD: His Family, His Friend, His Manager — Nobody Will Talk
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Every person in D4VD's inner circle is either fighting subpoenas, invoking the Fifth, or refusing to show up — and a Texas appeals court just told his family that's not going to work.
The 1st District Court of Appeals in Texas denied three habeas corpus petitions filed by D4VD's father Dawud, mother Colleen, and brother Caleb, who argued that redacted affidavits violated their due process rights. The ruling compels them to testify before a Los Angeles County grand jury investigating the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in D4VD's Tesla in September. A rehearing is set for February 24.
The Burke family joins a growing list of uncooperative witnesses. Neo Langston was arrested in Montana and appeared before the panel for just 40 minutes. An unidentified female witness was a no-show. Manager Robert Morgenroth testified for three days but reportedly told his attorney that prosecutors pressed him on why he never contacted police. And D4VD himself is reportedly no longer cooperating.
A court footnote referencing "The People of the State of California v. David Burke" strongly suggests a sealed criminal proceeding may already be underway. LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton promised accountability in November. Three months later, prosecutors are still fighting just to get witnesses in the room.
This episode examines the pattern of silence, the legal battles, and what it all means for the case — and for justice for Celeste.
No arrests have been made. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:03.2 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:07.0 | Five months, that's how long it's now been since the remains of a 14-year-old girl |
| 0:13.6 | described in reports as partially dismembered. |
| 0:24.2 | Or found inside a black bag in the trunk of a Tesla. |
| 0:30.5 | Registered to the singer known as David D4VD. |
| 0:36.6 | Five months since the towyard worker in the Hollywood Hill smelled something no one should ever have to smell. |
| 0:46.2 | Five months since Celestri of M. Hernandez was identified, found one day after what would have |
| 0:52.4 | been her 15th birthday weighing just 71 pounds. And as of right now, |
| 0:58.1 | the singer's own mother, father and brother are spending their time and their money in a Texas |
| 1:03.7 | courtroom, fighting not to answer a single question about any of it. |
| 1:12.0 | Not pleading the fifth, not showing up and respectfully declining to answer, filing habeas |
| 1:16.6 | corpus petitions, three of them. |
| 1:19.0 | And the Texas First District Court of Appeals trying to block the Los Angeles County grand jury |
| 1:24.0 | subpoenas from ever reaching them. |
| 1:27.2 | Dwan Burke, Caleb Burke, all residents of Texas, all subpoenaed to testify |
| 1:33.7 | in California, all saying, nope. |
| 1:37.7 | Their argument, according to legal documents obtained by TMZ, is a procedural one. |
| 1:42.9 | The family claims the affidavits used to support the Texas court order compelling their |
| 1:47.9 | testimony were heavily redacted. |
| 1:51.9 | Because of those redactions, their attorneys argued that Berks had no way of knowing |
| 1:57.1 | why prosecutors consider them material witnesses and therefore no meaningful opportunity |
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