Why Institutions Freeze — Ret FBI Robin Dreeke on Bryan Kohberger's WSU Red Flags

The death of Celeste Rivas-Hernandez — the teen whose body was found inside a Tesla linked to music artist d4vd — has become one of the most contradictory and confusing investigations we’ve seen in years. Not because the facts aren’t there… but because the information being released to the public is wildly inconsistent. Tonight on Hidden Killers, we break down the fractures in the reporting, the contradictions in official statements, and the massive gap between what LAPD says publicly and what shows up in court filings behind the scenes. Here’s the reality:  Early on, LAPD publicly described this as a death investigation, with no suspects named and cause and manner still pending. But later, in a sealed-records court filing obtained by the Los Angeles Times, an LAPD detective explicitly referred to the case as an “investigation into murder.” That shift in language raises major questions — especially since the entire autopsy, toxicology, and cause of death were ordered sealed under a “security hold” requested by LAPD. Add to this the conflicting narratives around the condition of Celeste’s body. Viral rumors claimed she was “frozen,” but LAPD only denied one specific version: that she was found frozen in the Tesla. They did not address whether she could have been stored elsewhere earlier and then placed in the car later — meaning, based on public statements, both scenarios still technically coexist. And then there’s the confusion around whether LAPD has even interviewed d4vd. Some reports cite his camp claiming he is “fully cooperating,” while a police source told People that detectives have not been able to interview him at all. That contradiction alone signals a major issue in communication — or cooperation — depending on which version is closer to the truth. When official statements, leaked sources, and sealed records all collide, the result is chaos. And that chaos makes it nearly impossible for the public to understand what actually happened to Celeste. Tonight, we dig into the contradictions, the silence, and what these gaps suggest about the real story behind this investigation. Subscribe for more updates on the Celeste case and other developing investigations. #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CelesteRivasHernandez #d4vd #LAPD #Investigation #TonyBrueski #CrimeAnalysis #SealedRecords #MurderInvestigation Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

25 Nov 20min

The case of Celeste Rivas is turning darker by the hour. Major outlets now report that investigators are seeing forensic indicators consistent with cold storage, freezing, long-term concealment, and even possible dismemberment. And yet the person tied to the Tesla where she was found — a car abandoned on a hill — reportedly still hasn’t been interviewed. Not questioned. Not sat down. Nothing. That detail alone has sent shockwaves through the true crime world, because if accurate, it suggests investigators are holding their cards tight — and believe something bigger is at play. Tonight, we dig into: — What freezing or refrigeration indicators actually look like. — How investigators can re-date a death by months. — What it means when surveillance shows someone else driving the Tesla. — Why non-cooperation pushes investigators straight into digital forensics. — What multiple-suspect concealment typically looks like behind the scenes. — And what “final stage transport” implies about the car vs the primary location. To help make sense of this, we bring in retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, who walks us through timelines, digital evidence, storage environments, search warrants, and why this case feels far more orchestrated than anyone expected. A fifteen-year-old girl is gone. A digital web is tightening. And investigators are preparing for the next major development — whatever it is. #CelesteRivas #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CrimeUpdate #FBIAnalysis #TeslaCase #TonyBrueski #Investigation #JusticeForCeleste #CrimePodcast Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

25 Nov 26min

How does a nine-year-old girl vanish on a cross-country trip with her mother — complete with a disguise, a rental car, a license-plate swap, and a return home without the child — and yet the mother still walks free? Tonight on Hidden Killers, we’re digging into one of the most infuriating mysteries in the country right now: the disappearance of Melodee Buzzard, and the legal loopholes that are letting her mother avoid charges. This isn’t a story about corruption or cover-ups. It’s about how the law actually works — and how a parent can slip right through the cracks even while every red flag is burning. Investigators have surveillance video of Melodee in a wig, a multi-state timeline that makes no sense, and a mother who refuses to give a single verifiable explanation about where the child was left. They have a rental car with mismatched plates, a suspicious cross-country route, and a child whose extended family says they hadn't seen her in years. But what they don’t have is the one thing prosecutors must have before they can file charges: proof of a specific criminal act. In this episode, we break down that painful reality step-by-step. Why returning home without your child isn’t automatically a crime. Why a parent has no legal obligation to cooperate. Why suspicious behavior, evasive answers, and even plate-swapping across state lines doesn’t meet the threshold for arrest unless investigators can link it to a provable offense. And why the one charge they did file — unrelated false imprisonment — just collapsed because of a secret recording found on the mother’s own phone. It’s a breakdown of how a missing-child case can stall in plain sight, how the justice system ties its own hands, and why the search for Melodee is now a race against time — not just to find her, but to gather the evidence needed to hold someone accountable. Subscribe for more breaking updates and expert analysis. #MelodeeBuzzard #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimeNews #MissingChildren #LegalLoopholes #AshleeBuzzard #CrimeAnalysis #JusticeSystem #TrueCrimeCommunity #TonyBrueski Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

25 Nov 15min

Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner was found hidden under a bed on a cruise ship — in a cabin she shared with her own family. A younger sibling asleep feet above her. A stepbrother now designated a suspect. A stepmother invoking the Fifth Amendment. And a biological mother recording a viral thirteen-minute meltdown online, blaming everyone but herself. This isn’t one tragedy — it’s the implosion of two families at the exact moment investigators are trying to reconstruct what happened in that tiny cabin. Tonight, we break down what authorities are really dealing with: — What it means when a minor is labeled a suspect. — How keycard logs, cabin cameras, and Wi-Fi tracking narrow the timeline faster than anyone expects. — Why concealment done quietly — while people slept — tells investigators something very specific. — Why a parent invoking the Fifth raises red flags behind the scenes. — And how constant public accusation from family members can contaminate witnesses and confuse the case. To help us cut through the noise, we bring in retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer to walk through interview protocols with child witnesses, the meaning of a Fifth Amendment invocation in a juvenile death, and what investigators truly care about — evidence, not emotion. This case is still evolving, but one thing is clear: the truth inside that cabin is going to come out. Stay with us. #AnnaKepner #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CruiseShipCase #FBIAnalysis #CrimeUpdate #TonyBrueski #Investigation #CrimePodcast #JusticeForAnna Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

25 Nov 24min

The trial of Brian Walshe is finally here, and before opening statements begin, we’re breaking down everything you need to know to understand what this case is really about. For nearly three years, the disappearance of Ana Walshe has been a story built on fragments — timelines, surveillance clips, digital searches, and unanswered questions. But now, with a full jury seated and the courtroom ready, we’re entering the phase where all of those pieces will be tested under oath. In this episode, we walk you through the entire case from the beginning: who Brian Walshe is, the troubled backdrop of the federal fraud charges he was facing, and the mounting pressure inside the marriage in the months leading up to Ana’s disappearance. We revisit the last confirmed moments of Ana’s life, the days that followed, and the early investigative red flags that shifted this from a missing-person report to a homicide investigation. We explore the evidence — the digital searches prosecutors say were made in the early morning hours, the timeline inconsistencies, the surveillance footage, and the items recovered from multiple trash locations. We also dig into the defense strategy: what they’re likely to challenge, how they may attack the timeline, and what they might focus on as they argue reasonable doubt in a case without a recovered body. And we unpack the stunning decision by Walshe to plead guilty to misleading investigators and improper disposal, but not to the murder charge — a move that fundamentally reshapes how jurors will hear this case. This is your complete guide to the story behind the trial, the stakes, the unanswered questions, and what may unfold when testimony begins. Subscribe for more in-depth analysis from Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski. #HiddenKillers #BrianWalshe #AnaWalshe #TrueCrime #CourtCase #TrialUpdate #LegalAnalysis #CrimeNews #JusticeSystem #Podcast Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

25 Nov 18min

Two teenagers. Two families in collapse. Two investigations spiraling into deeper and darker territory with every new detail. Tonight, we break down the cases of Anna Kepner and Celeste Rivas — not because they’re connected, but because they expose something grim about how teens slip through every possible crack before their lives end surrounded by secrecy, confusion, and chaos. On one side, an eighteen-year-old girl hidden under a bed on a cruise ship. A minor stepbrother labeled a suspect. Family members attacking each other online. A stepmother pleading the Fifth. A timeline investigators have to reconstruct down to the minute, inside one small cabin. On the other, a fifteen-year-old whose body was found in a Tesla — with outlets reporting indicators of freezing, long-term concealment, or even dismemberment. A timeline investigators now believe may stretch back months. Surveillance showing someone else driving the vehicle. And the most shocking part: the person tied to that car reportedly hasn’t even been interviewed. To cut through the noise, we bring in retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer to break down the forensics, the timelines, the psychological dynamics, and why both cases expose deeper family fractures long before the final moments. These are two tragedies — but they may also be mirrors of the same systemic failures, the same missed red flags, the same lack of protection, and the same patterns investigators see again and again. We’re covering it all. Stay with us. #AnnaKepner #CelesteRivas #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CrimeUpdate #FBIAnalysis #TonyBrueski #Investigation #CrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

25 Nov 50min

The Slender Man case is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons — and the questions raised this time are even more unsettling than the original crime. Morgan Geyser, one of the two girls responsible for the near-fatal 2014 Slender Man stabbing, walked out of a Wisconsin group home after cutting off her GPS monitor… and made it all the way to Illinois before anyone finally put a stop to it. Tonight, we break down how this even happened. Because if you think the system learned its lesson after the horror of that attack, think again. We trace the full timeline — from the original case, to the insanity rulings, to the step-downs from secure psychiatric care, to the judge’s continued leniency despite red flags about violent material and questionable outside contacts. Then we examine the part that has people furious: how someone with this history was placed in a low-security setting with nothing more than a strap of plastic around her ankle standing between the public and another potential tragedy. This isn’t fear-mongering. It’s a real look at what happens when the legal system bends over backward to “treat” a violent offender while forgetting that protection of the public is supposed to come first. It’s also a look at why the more extreme the delusions behind a violent act, the faster the system seems to nudge toward reintegration — instead of building genuine safeguards. Morgan Geyser is back in custody. But this is a wake-up call for Wisconsin, and honestly, for the entire country. When someone who committed one of the most disturbing attacks of the last decade can just walk out of supervised care and vanish across state lines, the problem isn’t the individual — it’s the system that allowed it. Join us as we break down what went wrong, how it could’ve been prevented, and why this case feels far too close to a real-life horror movie. #SlenderManCase #MorganGeyser #TrueCrimeNews #HiddenKillers #Wisconsin #JusticeSystem #CrimeAnalysis #PublicSafety #CrimeStories #TrueCrimeToday Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

25 Nov 25min

In this developing true crime investigation, the disappearance of nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard has sparked nationwide concern as authorities uncover troubling details surrounding her mother, Ashlee Buzzard. Investigators say Melodee had been isolated for years, kept away from both her maternal and paternal families, with Ashlee withdrawing her from school under the claim of homeschooling. When the school district reported months of failed check-ins, the situation escalated into a full-scale missing person case. The last confirmed sighting of Melodee traces back to early October, at the same time Ashlee embarked on a cross-country trip documented through phone footage and rental car records, forming a critical piece of the investigative timeline. As the case gained momentum, authorities learned that Melodee’s paternal family had not seen her in over four years, and Ashlee’s own mother had almost two years without contact, raising immediate red flags for a potential long-term concealment situation. The case shifted dramatically when a longtime friend of Ashlee’s, known publicly as Tyler, claimed she confined him inside her home during a November visit, leading to Ashlee’s arrest on false imprisonment charges. But those charges collapsed in court after Ashlee produced a secretly recorded audio clip that contradicted much of Tyler’s account, prompting the judge to dismiss the case entirely. Despite that courtroom twist, the most urgent question remains: where is Melodee? Authorities executed multiple search warrants on Ashlee’s residence, a storage unit, and the rented Malibu used on the trip, but no major breakthrough has been announced. The FBI has confirmed both surveillance and active involvement, mirroring strategies seen in high-profile missing child cases such as Gabby Petito and Harmony Montgomery. With dependency court proceedings sealed from public access and investigators cautious about what they release, the search for Melodee continues under intense scrutiny as the public waits for the next critical development in this unsettling case. #truecrime #breakingnews #melodeebuzzard #ashleebuzzard #missingperson #justice #FBIinvestigation #crimewatch #newsupdate #investigation Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod Listen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872

24 Nov 28min