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Friend of Singer D4VD Arrested After Failing to Appear as Grand Jury Witness in Celeste Rivas Case | Crime Alert 6AM 01.26.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert I means he grace breaking crime news now
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  Speaker 1: straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest.
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  Speaker 2: This week, a friend of R and B artist David
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  Speaker 2: was arrested in Montana after authorities reported that he failed
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  Speaker 2: to show up as a witness in a homicide case
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  Speaker 2: in Los Angeles involving the death of a young girl.
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  Speaker 2: Neo Langston, a twenty three year old social media streamer
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  Speaker 2: who has been seen publicly alongside the musician David, was
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  Speaker 2: arrested on Thursday at a home in Helena due to
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  Speaker 2: an out of state warrant issued by the Los Angeles
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  Speaker 2: Police Department. As per court documents, Langston was processed at
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  Speaker 2: the Lewis and Clark County Detention Center and held without
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  Speaker 2: bail before being handed over to the LAPD officials. The
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  Speaker 2: Helena Police confirmed their support for the detectives from the
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  Speaker 2: LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division, but refrained from giving further information.
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  Speaker 2: Court documents reveal that Langston was being sought for not
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  Speaker 2: appearing as a witness before a grand jury. His arrest
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  Speaker 2: is connected to the ongoing investigation and to the death
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  Speaker 2: of Celeste Revas Hernandez, who was last seen in Lake
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  Speaker 2: Eleanor in April twenty twenty four, when she was just
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  Speaker 2: thirteen years old. Her remains were found on September eighth
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  Speaker 2: in the front trunk of a Tesla that had been
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  Speaker 2: seized by a Los Angeles towing company just days prior
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  Speaker 2: to David's scheduled performance in San Francisco. The car is
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  Speaker 2: registered to the singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke. Burke, twenty,
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  Speaker 2: has been named as a suspect by law enforcement sources,
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  Speaker 2: but has not yet faced any charges. Authorities have stated
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  Speaker 2: that the investigation is still ongoing and that multiple individuals
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  Speaker 2: may have played a role in the disposal of the
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  Speaker 2: young girl's body. The cause and manner of death are
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  Speaker 2: still pending, said doctor Ode Uckpo, chief medical examiner for
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles County, after a court ordered confidentiality direct was
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  Speaker 2: imposed on his office. We are unable to disclose any
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  Speaker 2: information while the court order is in effect, he stated.
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  Speaker 2: A grand jury has been established and several witnesses have
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  Speaker 2: already provided their testimonies. It is still unclear if Langston
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  Speaker 2: is the witness that prosecutors previously described as not being
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  Speaker 2: very cooperative. Known previously as Neo the Asian, Langston frequently
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  Speaker 2: posted pictures with Burke on his social media accounts.
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  Speaker 1: Nicole, thank you. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 2: A father from Maine has been taken into custody following
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  Speaker 2: allegations of domestic violence, elevated aggravated assault, and the murder
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  Speaker 2: of his twelve week old daughter. On January sixteenth, the
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  Speaker 2: Regional Communications Center in Pinabscott received a nine to one
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  Speaker 2: one call reporting that an infant was unresponsive. As stated
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  Speaker 2: in a release by the main State Police, the baby,
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  Speaker 2: identified as Lilah Samuels, was promptly transported to Northern Light
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  Speaker 2: Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Responders from the Fire
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  Speaker 2: and Rescue Brewer Fire Department and the County Sheriff's Office
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  Speaker 2: swiftly arrived on the scene. The Major Crimes Unit was
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  Speaker 2: called in to conduct an investigation. This inquiry led to
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  Speaker 2: the arrest of the infant's father, twenty four year old
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  Speaker 2: Sean Samuels, on January twenty seven, for charges including domestic violence,
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  Speaker 2: aggravated assault, and two counts of bail violation. Tragically, it
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  Speaker 2: was confirmed that Lilah had passed away on January eighteen,
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  Speaker 2: and authorities ruled her death a homicide. Sean was charged
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  Speaker 2: with murder following an autopsy on January nineteen, and he
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  Speaker 2: remains in custody at the County jail. According to The
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  Speaker 2: Boston Globe, first responders performed CPR on Lilah upon arrival,
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  Speaker 2: but were unable to revive her. A relative reportedly informed
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  Speaker 2: the dispatcher that Sean was alone with the child for
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  Speaker 2: the first time when the incident occurred. Sean made a
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  Speaker 2: court appearance on January twenty one, where he pleaded not guilty.
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  Speaker 2: His bill was set at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 2: His next court data scheduled for February thirteen. An autopsy
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  Speaker 2: report revealed that Lila had suffered four broken ribs, retinal hemorrhages,
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  Speaker 2: brain swelling, and other broken bones. Chief Medical Examiner Alice
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  Speaker 2: Breon's determined that the brain bleeding was indicative of an
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  Speaker 2: acceleration deceleration injury, proving the baby was murdered.
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  Speaker 1: Elsa Maria Ferrera, a mom of three, takes her family's
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  Speaker 1: laundry to a Houston laundromat. She's caught on video leaving
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  Speaker 1: in her black twenty sixteen Nissan, but never makes it home.
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  Speaker 1: Days later, her children discover her car had been towed
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  Speaker 1: from an apartment complex across town. They say the mom
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  Speaker 1: had no connection to those apartments. The law laundry found
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  Speaker 1: folded neatly in a basket in the back seat. The
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  Speaker 1: rest of Mario Ferrera's belongings gone. If you have info
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  Speaker 1: about Elisa Mario Ferrera, please call Houston PD eight three
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