Jo-Anna Nieves

What sparked news of a potential plea deal?

Burke's close friend, Neo Langston, arrested at his mother's home in Montana on an unspecified warrant issued by the LAPD.

Booked for dodging a mandated appearance as a material witness in the homicide investigation, Langston is held without bail at the Lewis and Clark County Jail in Helena.

Burke has a very small circle of friends, and even though the friends have not been named publicly, police know where each friend lived inside the house rented for Burke.

Investigators have triangulated signals of all cell phones, social media, the Tesla, and more for Burke's inner circle.

Neo Langston is one of those people in the inner circle having been close to Burke for years, sharing time and space, creating digital content and vlogs.