Rex Heuermann's guilty plea may hinge on a conversation that never should have happened the way it did. His confession to eight murders came out during family sessions run by Allison Winter, a counselor now facing eighteen felonies for allegedly practicing without a license and billing insurance for more than sixty thousand dollars. Legal analyst Eric Faddis breaks down whether that detail could actually give Heuermann's defense something to work with on appeal. Faddis lays out the theory: if Heuermann pled guilty in part to keep his family off the witness stand, and the confession that drove that decision came from a deceptive setup, does the reasoning behind the plea start to unravel? We also dig into the privilege fight, whether confidentiality still protects conversations with someone who wasn't legally a therapist, and what that could mean for everything said in those sessions. Then we shift to the D4VD case, where a new Hulu documentary just dropped alongside a status conference in the death of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Faddis explains why the documentary's on-camera commentary from an LAPD detective and the district attorney could become fodder for cross-examination, and why the defense may argue this case has already been tried in the court of public opinion. We also cover the purchase history investigators have flagged and what it suggests about how many people may have been involved, along with what's ahead at the preliminary hearing on the twenty-first. Three cases, three legal fi Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #RexHeuermann #D4VD #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #AllisonWinter #CelesteRivasHernandez #GuiltyPleaAppeal #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalJustice #LegalAnalysis