Overview
- D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, was taken into custody Thursday in the Hollywood Hills and is being held without bail, with the LAPD saying the case goes to the District Attorney’s Major Crimes Division on Monday for filing review.
- Defense attorneys say Burke did not kill Celeste Rivas Hernandez and note there is no grand jury indictment or criminal complaint, pledging to vigorously contest the allegations.
- Investigators in September 2025 found Rivas Hernandez’s decomposed, dismembered remains in two cadaver bags inside the front trunk of a Tesla registered to Burke after a tow yard reported a foul odor.
- Court filings show Burke was identified as a grand jury target earlier this year, and police released images and video of a tactical arrest at a residence near where the impounded car was discovered.
- The medical examiner deferred public findings on cause and manner of death under a police security hold, a hurdle that investigators say they have now cleared in building a murder case prosecutors will weigh.