Justice is moving at a snail’s pace for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl found deceased in the trunk of singer D4vd’s Tesla in September.
Police arrested Neo Langston, 23, after he failed to appear before a grand jury as a witness. Neo is rumored to be D4vd’s boyfriend.
Investigators believe Neo is the man seen near the Tesla when it was parked for the final time before being towed to a police impound lot in the Hollywood Hills in September.
Police made the grisly discovery in the trunk at the impound lot after a worker called 911 to report a foul odor.
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Police arrested Neo on Thursday at a residence in Helena, according to court and jail records viewed by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Neo is being held without bond at the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail. He fled the country last year and is considered a flight risk.
Celeste was last seen at her home in Lake Elsinore in April 2024, when she was 13. She would have turned 15 on September 7, 2025. Investigators say her dismembered body was in the trunk for at least a month.
Her family described her as a runaway who was in a “relationship” with a man named David. D4vd, real name David Burke, was 19 or 20 at the time.
Neo and Celeste had matching “Shhhh” tattoos, and they appeared in photos and livestream videos together at his $20,000 a month rental property.
D4vd mentioned the underage girl in his song lyrics, and he hired Celeste’s lookalike to appear in his music videos.
Neo traveled extensively with D4vd while the singer was on tour. They are pictured together in this photo from D4vd’s Instagram page.
It isn’t clear if Neo is a witness to Celeste’s murder and dismemberment. Neo is believed to be the person seen near D4vd’s car when it was moved to its final parking spot around the corner from D4vd’s rental house in the Hollywood Hills.
D4vd cancelled his world tour after Celeste’s body was discovered in the trunk of his car.
Interscope Records cancelled D4vd’s Deluxe Album Release, and deleted all album promos from its website.
Police named D4vd as a suspect in Celeste’s death in November. His current location is unknown.
