Overview
- Los Angeles prosecutors indicted the 21-year-old on Monday on a murder count that includes aggravating allegations of repeated sexual acts with a minor and mutilation of a corpse.
- Defense attorneys entered a not-guilty plea at his first court appearance, and Burke remains jailed without bail.
- Prosecutor Nathan J. Hochman said the case will rely on material, forensic, and digital evidence to be presented in court.
- Investigators say Celeste Rivas, last seen on April 23, 2025 heading to Burke’s Hollywood Hills home, was found dismembered on September 8, 2025 in the trunk of a Tesla registered to him after impound-lot staff reported a foul odor.
- The case has drawn broad attention in part because Burke rose to fame on TikTok in 2022 with the song Romantic Homicide.