350: D4vd's Burn Cage Found, Nick Reiner's Bloody Hotel Room & Woman Found in Dollar Tree Freezer

86.212 - 108.424 Annie Elise

True crime never sleeps, and unfortunately, all of these people had to experience these situations, so the least that we can do is honor them and talk about them and share their stories, which kind of leads me to my first little nugget of information that I want to share with you. There's two very big updates in cases that we've been talking about that I want to share with you.

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The first one starting with the David case. D, for VD, however the hell you say his name. And look, I am like so sick of this guy because it's like, why hasn't there been an arrest yet? We know that people have been named suspects. What the hell is really going on here? And like, I get it. There's a process for everything. They want to make sure that they have an airtight case.

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They have struggled with figuring out the cause and manner of death for Celeste. So I understand all of that. I I do. But it also feels like one of those situations where it's like the writing is clearly on the wall. And with this update that I'm about to give you, they can arrest him for something, not necessarily anything involving Celeste, but something that could at least...

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you know, maybe scare him a little bit into sharing more information, scare somebody. I don't know, but it's awful. So I want to talk about an update in this case. Again, this is the case for anybody who may not be familiar. I'm sure you've heard about it. It was the case where David is a very well-known singer and a body was found in the trunk of his car.

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The body belonged to a young woman named Celeste, who would have been 14 years old at the time of her death. So here's the update. According to a private investigator that was hired by the property owner of the home that David was renting, there was a, quote, burn cage incinerator that was discovered inside this house after everything came to light. Yeah, an actual incinerator.

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Kimberly had previously told the police that Rebecca's biological mother, Courtney, and her stepfather, Bradley, were the ones responsible, claiming they struck Rebecca in the head, caused her to have a seizure, couldn't revive her, so then they called a friend to come and remove Rebecca's body.

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But investigators now are saying that Kimberly admitted that that story was completely false, that she only told them that story because Richard told her to say that.

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And then there's that whole element of them being romantically involved because during the investigation, she had also admitted that she too was in a romantic relationship with Richard, the same man who was engaged to her pregnant sister, which I don't even know how to process that. Like that is like betrayal on a whole nother level. But as we also know, it gets a little bit deeper.

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There's like the trifecta of betrayal because Kimberly's mom, Courtney, when she was interviewed with the police after her own arrest, she also said she was having an affair with Richard. Which, if you see photos of this guy, I don't even know how this is possible. Not to say, like, that Kourtney and Kimberly are, like, prizes. No offense. Not trying to throw any shade.

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But, like, how this guy is just sleeping with, like, Rebecca, her sister, her mom. It's twisted and bizarre. I mean, at this point, you've got this pregnant woman who is murdered. Her fiancé allegedly confessing to her sister that he's the one responsible. The sister then lying to protect him. And both the sister and the mom admitting to romantic relationships with the same man.

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So not only is this evil loser accused of murder, now he's threatening his family, which and having them involved in this crime. And it worked, because the two of them dumped the barrel in a wooded area in northwest Houston, near the site of Interstate 45.

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Prosecutors say they also disposed of the bed at a nearby apartment complex, that same bed that Crystal Rose was sleeping in when she was shot by Jesus. Her family later said what many families say in cases like this. She didn't deserve this. She didn't deserve to be treated like trash. And nobody deserves to be treated like that.

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Crystal Rose's family described her as someone who helped everyone, even strangers, and confirmed she was a victim of domestic violence. And her Aunt Maggie said something that actually hit pretty hard. She warned others to speak up if they're going through something similar and to not let fear creep in.

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She said, quote, don't die in a barrel, which obviously is very jarring to hear and feels very extreme. But as we've covered many times here, so many of these cases unfortunately do end in situations like this. Again, this should never be something that someone has to say. So the question is, how did investigators catch on to all of this?

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Well, according to prosecutors, a friend of the nephew heard what had happened and went to the police. Thank God. And the nephew then confessed he had been assaulted too and threatened and forced to dispose of Crystal Rose's body. Investigators were eventually able to then locate Crystal Rose's remains by pinging her phone, which led them to the wooded area where the barrel had been dumped.