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I'm Andrea Canning. It's April 23rd, and here's what's on our docket.

In Los Angeles, David, the TikTok star, who rose to fame with his song "Romantic Homicide" is charged with first-degree murder. He's wearing a black hoodie. He's behind the glass partition. He's not showing a lot of emotion. In Date Line Roundup, actor Alec Baldwin is heading back to court in connection to the deadly shooting on the set of his movie "Rust" a few years ago.

And the Utah Mom on trial for master-minding the murder of her son-in-law takes the witness stand. "I took Katie's face in my hand, and I said, "Karen, calm down." Plus, it's sexual assault awareness month. We'll be talking to Donna Palumba, a survivor who has transformed her own traumatic experience into advocacy and support for others.

These crimes are difficult to talk about, but in order to prevent them we have to be able to. But before all that, we're heading to Henderson County, North Carolina, where we are learning more about the investigation into a woman accused of poisoning her own children at their Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving is usually a time for friends and family to gather, express gratitude, and share a meal. But according to prosecutors, last November, 53-year-old Goudron Casper Linen,

who served up something diabolical to her guests, wine laced with poison. Goudron's 32-year-old daughter Lila died the next day. The boyfriend of her other daughter became violently ill and was hospitalized. He survived. Eight weeks later, Goudron was charged with murder and attempted murder, but that wasn't all.

Because prosecutors say this isn't the first time she has fatally poisoned someone. Investigators have remained tight-lipped about the case, but date line producers Carol Gable and Haley Barber recently obtained newly unsealed search warrant, which provide a first look at what led up to Goudron's arrest. They are here now to get us up to speed on this complicated case and tell us what they've learned.

Hey, Haley and Carol, thank you for joining us. Hey. And we're glad you're on this story with us, because this has a lot of twists and turns.

Oh my goodness, so many twists and turns, it's incredible.

So let's talk about these search warrants early on in their investigation. Detectives went to court and applied for the warrants, so they could get access to various medical and cell phone records. In order for the judge to sign off, they had to submit a summary of their case,

“and that's what you got your hands on Haley and Carol.”

You've taken a peek and we are learning a lot more. Yeah, that's right, Andrea. This is really the first time we're piecing this together from the perspective of the investigators and the prosecutors. We're going to get into more details of those cases, but first, can you give us a little more background on Goudron? She was actually born Linda Casper, and she grew up in this tiny town in Wisconsin,

but later changed her name to Goudron Casper, Lining Cougle. It's sort of a nod to her personal affinity for German culture. Eventually a romantic relationship took her to North Carolina in the Asheville area, specifically Hendersonville. She opened a restaurant, the Pat and Public House inspired by public houses and Germany, sort of comfort food, walls covered with beer taps.

The other thing that we know Andrea is that we believe Goudron had four children, or has now three children, because 32-year-old Lille Davis obviously is the victim in this case and has passed away. And then Maya is another older daughter, and she is 28 years old from what we understand

Take us to this Thanksgiving dinner in 2025.

“Well, we know that there are six adults there.”

Basically, Goudron's two older daughters, Lille and Maya, Maya's boyfriend, Richard,

and then also another man named Jeff, and then another man named Landon, was also at this dinner. According to these search warrants, everything seemed to find it this dinner at first. Goudron's daughters as well as Richard went home around midnight. Maya says that Richard started feeling really ill.

He has flu-like symptoms. By 8 a.m., she is dialing 911 and saying he's got it to the hospital. That morning, Goudron calls Lille, her daughter to check in on her, and she's not able to reach her. So she reaches out to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and requests a welfare check.

She also hops in the car and goes to check on Lille. When she arrives at the scene, Lille is dead inside the residence.

So did Goudron say why she reached out to Lille?

Was this in response to Richard getting sick? Do we know? Yeah, that's a good question. And the timelings not super clear to us on all of that yet. Haley, according to these search warrants, you obtained.

Goudron tells investigators responding to Lille's death. That she thinks Lille might have fallen ill from wine. Goudron served at the dinner. It's so interesting that before anyone even knows what killed Lille, Goudron was bringing up the wine.

And then when talking with the doctor, treating Richard at the hospital, she adds a new detail. That's right. So after she leaves Lille's residence, she goes to the hospital from what we understand.

She brings up sort of this wine again. And she adds in that the wine was stored in an industrial closet where chemicals were possibly kept, including things like rap, poison, cyanide that they used in their barn. And according to this doctor, Goudron said the kids play back there,

quote, and may have got to it, unquote.

“So is she trying to say that the younger children might have contaminated the wine?”

Yeah, it's unclear what theory she's offering here. But Goudron also tells the doctor that this bottle was already open when she presented it at the party. Goudron said she served Lille and Richard the wine and also her other daughter Maya.

So why did Maya not get sick if the wine was contaminated? Well, a fly apparently gets in her glass and it's, you know, she realizes this and spits a little bit out and that she also reported that the wine tasted off. So she didn't have as much as the other two and also it's interesting.

Goudron did not have any of the wine because she's allergic to grapes. So she had a blackberry wine beverage. So law enforcement definitely zeroed in on the wine. Are they able to test the wine? Landon brings that bottle to investigators and they do conduct testing.

Investigators learned that Richard had five times the lethal dose of cyanide in his system. One of the detectives talks to the medical examiner who does a toxicology test on Lille and they report that Lille's blood sample pointed her to the chemical acetanitrol, which basically Andrea converts to cyanide in the body over a period of hours.

“Did Goudron have any of this chemical in her home or did she have any use for it?”

Yes. So Goudron actually admitted that she did have some of these chemicals in her home that she had bought this acetanitrol. According to prosecutors, Goudron took that chemical and intentionally spike the wine before serving it to her Thanksgiving guests.

Have they offered up any alleged motive? I mean, a mother poisoning her own daughter that is just something we at date line

really almost never hear.

Yeah, that's right, Andrea, and not only that, but from everyone we've spoken to Goudron had a very close relationship with her daughters, especially Lille. And we should say Goudron has entered a not guilty plea to all the charges against her. But there is a big twist in all of this. This is not the only murder that Goudron has been charged with, Carol.

It's not investigators learned that there was a man named Michael Schmitt. Goudron had reported him dead back in 2007. And she is now charged with his death. Yeah, she apparently lived inside the house and he lived in a camper on the property. That's right.

And we believe he was actually the owner of the property at this time. According to investigators in these new documents.

But the real twist here is apparently this same chemical acetanitral was found in his system as well. Oh, the plot thickens when you hear the same chemical. And there's still a lot of, I would say, mysteries surrounding his death.

At first, Michael's death was rolled accidental.

And there is a report that this acetanitral was found in his system. But the cause was maybe accidentally huffing this substance acetanitral. And we are so early days. We really don't know hardly anything about the defense except. We know that many of her family members are still very supportive of her.

“I think it's very important to say that Maya, as of the last time that we saw her,”

is supporting her mother and all of this. Well, she is. And so is the boyfriend who had to be hospitalized. So I think that's a significant factor to keep in mind at the stage of the case. Goudron remains behind bars without bond.

Do we know when she is due back in court, Haley? Yeah, next week, actually. So April 30th, there's another hearing. So be interested to see what happens next.

Yeah, just tons of questions.

Thank you, Haley, and Carol so much for bringing us this update. Thanks for having me, Andrea. Thanks, Andrea. Coming up. Seven months after the body of a teenager was found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer, David.

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to walk through his life and career. You can get our conversation for free wherever you get download your podcasts. Late last week news broke of an arrest in the Hollywood Hills. Video showed armed police officers in tactical gear walking a man by the name of David Anthony Burke to a squad car. But you might know him by another name.

David but spelled D4 VD.

A singer with a multi-million dollar recording contract.

He went viral on TikTok a few years ago with his song Romantic Homicide. Seven months ago he was on a world tour to promote his new album when police made a frightening discovery in the trunk of his Tesla. After investigators been into the car they found what appears to be the remains of a human being. The remains belonged to a 14-year-old girl named Celeste Rivas.

On Monday Burke was charged with Celeste's murder. He has pleaded not guilty. Here to tell us more about the investigation other charges Burke is facing and what comes next is NBC News investigative reporter Andrew Blankstein. Andrew thanks for being here. Thanks for having me, Andrew.

So Andrew tell us a little more about David Anthony Burke for people who don't know him. He's a new kind of artist who broke out on social media. Very successful, right? So for a lot of younger people, David is a really big deal. He has a very big following.

David's born in New York, raised in Houston, raised in a Christian family, grew up listening to gospel. In 2021 he starts making background music for TikToks. And like you said, it goes viral with this hit Romantic Homicide.

He played at well-known music festivals like Lala Pelusa and Coachella. So Andrew, his career was definitely on the rise. How does Celeste Rivas fit into the picture here? She was from like Elson or this quiet town in Riverside County. We don't know how they met.

He's 21 years old now. According to the prosecution, he was 18 years old. Celeste Rivas was 13 years old. Her family knew she was friends with him. Celeste family reported her missing in April of 2024.

They said she left to go see a movie with David and never came back.

A runaway situation. Then according to prosecution's timeline, she's alive until April 2025, which is last seen by others. And then her body was founded September of 2025 on Slater.

“How was the body even discovered in the first place?”

In David's Tesla. So the Tesla has been parked in the Hollywood Hills just above sunset full of art for a number of weeks. And neighbors call and eventually the car is towed to a tow yard in mid city Los Angeles. There's an overpowering smell. Police are called to the tow yard and in the trunk they discover Celeste's body.

But they don't know what's hurt that point. There's a corner's investigation and eventually she's identified.

We mentioned that David was on tour when this discovery was made.

How does he react to this? Because he's not immediately arrested. But it is his car. So that doesn't look great. What does he do?

Well, the tour continues for a little bit of time right after the discovery of the body. But as the tension to this case grows,

“so does the pressure to kind of not continue that tour.”

So at that point David's team said he was cooperating with the investigation. But in LAPD, source told NBC 4 November that that wasn't the case. During this period investigators are cabbasing for video. There's a grand jury that's convened where there's testimony taken from people in David's orbit. Obviously grand jury is proceeding a secret so we don't know kind of the full extent of it.

But they're doing things trying to figure out how she died and whether it was a criminal act. David was arrested as we said last week. This is about one year after Celeste was last seen. On Monday, District Attorney Nathan Hawkman announced the formal charges against him at a press conference. These charges include the most serious charges that a DA's office can bring.

That is first degree murder, which special circumstances.

Break those charges down for us, Andrew. Well, the first one obviously, the first degree murder is an intentional murder. Pre-meditated act. The other counts in addition to first degree murder were continuous sexual abuse of a minor and also a mutilation of a body in terms of the disposal of that body.

“Andrew, what is the difference saying about these allegations?”

At the time of David's arrest and this was reiterated during the Raymond and plea. David Brooks attorneys issued a statement that said that when it came to their client, quote, the actual evidence in this case will show that David Burke did not murder Celeste Revis Hernandez and then he was not the cause of her death. We will vigorously defend David's innocence.

David appeared in court Monday. He entered that not guilty plea. What was his demeanor like? So David appeared in Division 30 of the criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles. He's wearing a black hoodie.

He's behind the glass partition. He's not showing a lot of emotion. It's kind of a fairly quick hearing. But one of the things that comes out of it is his criminal defense attorneys go and say, "We want to preliminary hearing where the prosecution has to put its evidence

before it judged to see if they will go forward with the trial." Members of Celeste's family attended David's arrangement but didn't speak to the media. On Tuesday afternoon, they released a statement thanking the LAPD for their hard work. They said Celeste was a beautiful, strong girl who loved to sing in dance. We love her very much.

We miss her deeply. All we want is justice for Celeste. Andrew, we will continue to follow this case. Thank you so much for bringing us what you know so far. Thanks so much, Andrew.

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First, we're heading to Los Angeles

where there has been a big development in one of the very first cases we covered here on the podcast. The fatal shooting of cinematographer Helena Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust" by actor and producer Alec Baldwin. Before we get to what's new, Sue, just remind us of this big story.

Such a big story. Back in 2021, Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for "Rust," that's a western he was producing and starring in. And he was pointing a prop gun at the cinematographer Helena Hutchins when it went off, killing her,

and injuring director Joel Sousa. Baldwin claimed that it was an accident. Any city was following instructions when he pointed the gun at Hutchins and that he wasn't aware that the gun had a live round in it. Let's take a listen, Sue.

Alec Baldwin talked to NBC News in the weeks after the incident. There are incidental accidents on film sets. Some time the time, but nothing like that. We were very, very, you know, well-loiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened.

So Baldwin and the movie's armor were initially criminally charged in connection to the shooting. What happened with those charges? Yes, that's right. The armor, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, was convicted of trial of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison for her role in the shooting.

Baldwin was also charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the case against him was thrown out in a very dramatic way.

On the third day of the trial, after the judge determined that the prosecution hid evidence

from the defense. So that was nearly two years ago, if you can believe it. But now because of a new ruling last week, Baldwin may have to defend himself at trial after all, but this time Sue, we're talking about civil court. That's right, Andrea.

So a gaffer on the set, Serge Svetnoy, filed a civil lawsuit against Alec Baldwin back in 2021, alleging that the bullet narrowly missed him, and that he suffered emotional distress because of that. In his lawsuit, he blamed the shooting on the negligence of the armor and producers, and that, of course, includes Alec Baldwin.

“How has Alec Baldwin's defense team responded to these claims?”

It seems Alec just can't shake what happened. So true, the defense team tried to get the lawsuit thrown out, saying, among other things, that there is no evidence that Baldwin had a duty in his capacity as a producer to ensure everyone's safety on the set. All right, so bad news for Alec Baldwin, the judge ruled against him

and says that the lawsuit can go to trial. Do we know when that'll be? Well, unless the settlement is reached Andrea, the case is going to go to trial on October 12th. Okay, we'll keep an eye on that.

Next, we are heading to a Utah courtroom for the latest on a case we told you about last week. This is the trial of Tracy Grist, who prosecutors say masterminded a plot to kill her son-in-law, Matt Ristelli. It is week two of the trial and Tracy took the stand on Monday

before we get to her testimony. Sue just remind everybody about the basics of this one. So, the victim was 42-year-old Matt Ristelli. He was married to Tracy's daughter Kate. Matt and Kate lived in California, Tracy lived in Utah.

In July 2024, Kate and Matt's marriage was in trouble and Kate took her kids and she went to stay with her mom.

came up with a plan to murder Matt.

“They say she got Kate to learn Matt to her home in Utah”

and when Matt walked through the front door, Tracy's son, Kevin, shot him. And then they placed a knife in his hand to make it look like the shooting was in self-defense. Investigators did not bind that story

and they arrested all three of them. Tracy, Kevin, and Kate, Kate pleaded guilty and she agreed to testify against her mom. The prosecution Sue wrapped Monday and then it was the defense's turn to put on its case.

Tracy herself took the stand. And she's really the star witness in this. Absolutely, Andrea. You know what a big deal it is for the defendant to take the stand. So, Tracy denied plotting the killing

or even being in the room when Matt was shot.

Tracy says her son-in-law came barging into the house uninvited.

But I didn't hear the doorbell. I didn't hear a knock. And I didn't expect him to walk into the house. Within a few short period of few moments, I heard gunfire.

And then what happened? Oh, into the foot of the stairs. And that's where I saw Matt laying down, where he had fallen down. And I saw Kevin and I said, Kevin, what happened?

What happened? What did Kevin say? He said, he had a knife. So, when you went upstairs, what did you do? I said, I took Katie's face in my hands.

And I said, Kevin, shot Matt. The defense attorney also asked Tracy why she thinks her daughter Kate decided to testify against her. Tracy accused the prosecutors of intimidating her daughter. I suspect she was intimidated

by the government and by the evidence, which I don't blame her for being intended because it sounds like there is a lot.

“But I believe that she was making a deal”

saying what she needed to have the least amount of time in jail as possible or prison as possible. So, the defense also pushed back on something that stood out to us here at Dateline. Internet searches that Tracy allegedly made

about Dateline's coverage of the Donna Adelson case. Our listeners probably remember she's the Florida grandmother convicted of masterminding a plot to murder her former son-in-law. FSU law professor Dan Markell. Now, in court at Tracy's trial,

the prosecution implied that she might have been inspired by Donna Adelson. Yeah, it's wild. The defense addressed this with Tracy on the stand saying that she was an avid true crime fan

and so was her other daughter, Tara Lynn. And so it was normal for her to read about high-profile stories like the Adelson's. It was a popular true crime story and there was no movies out.

Okay. And you listened to a podcast about it?

“Yeah, listen to the podcast and then I would go down a rabbit hole”

and look at things, look at a picture of a person that's being talked about. So is this a hobby of yours? Yeah. True crime.

Yes. How did the prosecutor Sue handle Tracy on cross-eximination? The prosecutor pressed Tracy on a few inconsistencies in her testimony, but she stuck to her version of the story.

All right. Thank you for the update, Sue. Thanks, Andrea. After we taped this conversation Tuesday, the jury came back with a verdict.

Tracy Grist was found guilty on all charges. We the jury, and paneled in the about entitled cause, find a defendant asked to count one murder as charged in the information guilty. jury for a person.

She faces up to life in prison. In September 1993, Donna Palombo was sexually assaulted by a masked intruder inside her home, while her husband was out of town and her young children slept just rooms away.

He flipped me onto my stomach and put the gun in my back. And he said, "If you call the pigs, I'm gonna come back and kill you." The intruder fled and Donna ran to a neighbor's house for help, the beginning of a long, difficult path

toward justice. I covered Donna's story for the date line episode, evil paid a visit. She told me how she was questioned and doubted by investigators in the aftermath of that assault.

A second trauma that nearly derailed the case,

and how years later investigators identified her attacker as a family friend. Someone she and her husband knew and trusted. It was unbelievable. Donna is one of millions of sexual assault survivors.

According to the CDC, nearly half of women and more than one in six men experience sexual violence

April is sexual assault awareness month.

The time to support survivors and push for change. It has worked Donna now does every day through her organization, Jane Doe, no more. And she joins us now to talk about that work, Donna. So good to see you again.

Great to see you, Andrea. Thank you for being here. So Donna, when you look back on everything that you have personally been through, how did those experiences shape the decision

“to eventually speak out and share your story publicly?”

Because I know in the beginning you were anonymous. You didn't want to share your name. That's right. I was Jane Doe. And honestly, I thought I had done everything right

the night of the crime. I went to the hospital. I had a sex crimes kit done. I was treated for injuries. Told officers that were there.

Everything that I could possibly remember about the crime. And I was well on my way to healing. Actually trying to keep it all together for my family and young children. And I was re-victimized.

I was threatened with a rest. And unbelievable. Yeah, I was the re-victimization, Andrea, is what really compelled me to do something. So because of all those things that went wrong,

you took that experience, the worst of your life, and you turned it into action with your foundation, Jane Doe, no more. What was your vision for the organization?

“And what kind of impact are you making today after all these years?”

Because Jane Doe no more has been around for a while now. We will be 20 years old. Oh, yeah. And 20-27. So mind-blowing.

But initially, we started out to improve the way society responds to victims, survivors of sexual crimes, because of the way I was treated, because these crimes are so stigmatized, and they expect a victim who's been traumatized

to act a certain way, which is impossible to predict. And so we have grown from there. We now have programs, but it begins with education and awareness. And it's a challenge,

because these crimes are difficult to talk about. A lot of people don't want to even discuss them, but in order to prevent them, we have to be able to, in age-appropriate language,

start very early on in the evening. We have a program called Safety for Me, or Boys and Girls ages 5 to 11. I mean, it's got to say, but the majority of our survivors on our survivors speak

team are victims of child sexual abuse. By someone they loved and trusted, which is just gut-wrenching, but it's a fact. You know, people think these types of crimes,

it's a stranger in an alley, or involves physical force, and it's not true. Yeah. So what should someone do if they are a victim,

and they're listening right now, or they have a friend, or a family member, and they haven't reported anything yet. Where do they start? Well, it really is a personal choice,

and we always want to put that forward,

because some victims will choose not to report for whatever reason, but they can also find support in other ways. We actually have a closed Facebook group called JD&M, the acronym for Jane Don't Know More Survivors.

It's grown to almost 600, and I think survivors now men and women, who just go there, there's no judgment, and if someone discloses to you, we just say to be there for them in that moment,

to ask them what you can do for them, and let them share what they want to share, and if they choose to be there for them, and to look into ways that you can continue to help them. And Donna, if this is happening in the moment,

in the future, to someone, and it's just happened. Obviously calling the police is really important, but are there any tips or anything that people can be armed with now,

in case this happens later, of things they should be doing or asking getting?

I think the first thing to do is get to a place of safety,

and then I would strongly urge to call 911, and to go to the hospital to have evidence collected, because even if you choose not to report you're overwhelmed in that moment, you do not have to report that evening or that day.

You can have the sex crimes can't done, and it will stay, and they have to hold it depends on which state you're in, they'll hold it. So that during that time period,

you will be able to get to a point where you can make an educated decision,

“if you want to press charges, if you don't.”

There's a multitude of reasons why someone might not want to, and that's okay too. Yeah, and I've noticed a lot in these cases when they come forward later, it seems to be really important when victims say,

I kept a diary. I wrote this in my diary, or I told a friend or I told a family member, and then there's like that it helps with corroboration that it's not just you saying, "Oh, this happened,

Absolutely.

I remember doing just that.

It is important to document if you can,

“anything that you can, because you know,”

memories lapse, and it's important. Donna, wow, thank you so much for these tips. You're such an inspiration to all kinds of people going through this. We appreciate it.

Oh, when you appreciate you, thank you so much, Andrea.

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who is speaking out publicly for the first time

since the trial. My mother said, "Poorly did a good job. She just didn't break down there." And I said, "Well, it's not a matter of breaking down. I said, "Just shock."

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