Overview
- Police detained the 21-year-old musician on Thursday and are holding him without bail as the district attorney weighs charges on Monday.
- Celeste Rivas Hernández’s remains were found on September 8, 2025, in the front trunk of a Tesla registered to David Burke after impound workers reported a foul odor.
- A Los Angeles grand jury began examining evidence in December 2025 in a sealed process that set the stage for this week’s arrest.
- The medical examiner has not publicly established a cause of death, and a judge ordered related records sealed to protect the investigation.
- Burke’s attorneys say no public evidence links him to the killing and pledge to defend his innocence, while reports detail prior online and in-person links between Burke and Rivas.