INSIDE THIS REPORT
- A key witness tied to the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was arrested out of state and forced back to Los Angeles after refusing to testify before a grand jury.
- Court filings by an LAPD homicide detective describe the case as a murder investigation, despite public silence from police leadership.
- Public scrutiny is intensifying as questions persist about the adult singer’s relationship with the minor and the pace of the investigation.
[USA HERALD] – As Los Angeles authorities continue to unravel how the body of a teenage girl came to be burned and concealed inside the trunk of a Tesla linked to singer D4vd, a key grand jury witness was recently arrested in Montana and extradited back to California after failing to appear in court.
The witness, Neo Langston, a social media influencer frequently photographed with the singer, was taken into custody at his mother’s home in Helena after a Los Angeles County warrant was issued for his arrest. He was booked into the Lewis & Clark County Detention Center and transported to Los Angeles, where he was later released on $60,000 bond.
According to law enforcement sources, Langston had repeatedly refused to testify before a Los Angeles County investigative grand jury examining the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were discovered on September 8 in a Hollywood tow yard inside a black bag placed in the trunk of the Tesla.
While the Los Angeles Police Department has declined to publicly characterize the case as a homicide, a court filing by LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division Detective Joshua Byers explicitly refers to the matter as “an investigation into murder.” That same filing persuaded a judge to block the county medical examiner from releasing autopsy results and related records that would otherwise be public.
