D4vd jail letters

True crime · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 2 shows · 27m airtime

Reports surfaced September 8, 2026 that David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, communicated from jail with a Twin Towers trustee he met serving food and allegedly promised money for the man's brother's bail. Accountant Benjamin Greger had testified Burke earned roughly $10-11.5 million gross in 2023-2025 and held over $2 million in a Morgan Stanley trust account. In October, allegations emerged that Burke was writing letters to minors from jail quoting the Bible, and TMZ matched the handwriting on a June 11 letter to a 14-year-old against a known Burke letter to a jail trustee. The family calls the transfers fraudulent; the discussion now centers on the money and that characterization as the one-year mark approaches since Celeste Rivas Hernandez's…

How 2 podcasts covered it

1. Law&Crime Sidebar, 2026-09-02 (6:30 to 10:24)
   Reads the accountant's earnings and trust figures
   Reads the family's press release and the preliminary hearing testimony behind the indigency fight: the accountant's gross-earnings figures, the Morgan Stanley trust balance, and the bail discussions with Colleen Burke. The financial detail is new to the letters thread, which had only the $75,000 salary and the fraud allegation.
   New angle: Accountant Benjamin Greger testified Burke earned roughly $10–11.5 million gross in 2023–2025 and held over $2 million in a Morgan Stanley trust account.
2. Law&Crime Sidebar, 2026-09-08 (0:00 to 1:04)
   Opens on reports of jail communications
   Opens the episode on new reports that Burke is communicating with an inmate from behind bars and allegedly promised financial help, plus the approaching one-year mark since Celeste Rivas Hernandez's remains were found.
3. Law&Crime Sidebar, 2026-09-08 (3:36 to 6:11)
   Reads the TMZ-obtained jail letters
   Reads the TMZ-obtained letters themselves: the inmate is a trustee who met Burke serving food at Twin Towers, the letters quote Isaiah 41:10, and one apologizes that his lawyers pushed a meeting and told him he cannot help financially - the money was for the inmate's brother's bail.
   New angle: The inmate is a Twin Towers trustee who met Burke serving food; the promised money was for his brother's bail.
4. Law&Crime Sidebar, 2026-09-08 (7:21 to 21:51)
   Brings a prison consultant to analyze the letters
   Brings on a prison consultant to analyze the jail letters: how money actually moves inside (Venmo, Zelle, visitation, counsel), why the sequencing of the promise was the mistake, and what Twin Towers segregation is like. Adds the family's full indigency statement and Colleen Burke's $75,000 salary.
5. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-12 (9:50 to 12:08)
   Adds the letters-to-minors allegation
   Nancy Grace raises a new allegation that D4vd is writing letters to minors from behind bars, quoting the Bible, and ties it to the asset transfers and the civil suit. The letters-to-minors claim is not on the record for this point.
   New angle: Allegations surface that D4vd is writing letters to minors from jail, quoting the Bible.
6. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-12 (21:05 to 23:19)
   Cross-checks the letter handwriting
   Dave Mack puts physical evidence on the record: a handwritten letter to a 14-year-old dated June 11, and TMZ's handwriting comparison against a known letter to a jail trustee concluding both came from Burke.
   New angle: TMZ matched the handwriting on a June 11 letter to a 14-year-old against a known Burke letter to a jail trustee.