Overview
- The Los Angeles district attorney, in a Wednesday filing, said singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, fatally stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez after she threatened to expose their sexual relationship.
- The filing cites texts, explicit images, and data from Burke’s iPhone, iCloud, and Tesla that prosecutors say document a sexual relationship and track his movements around the time of the killing.
- Prosecutors also point to purchases under an alias of two chainsaws, a body bag, and a blue inflatable pool, DNA matching the victim in Burke’s garage, and blue pool fragments embedded in her remains.
- Investigators found her decomposing, dismembered body in September 2025 in the front trunk of Burke’s Tesla, and an autopsy reported homicide from multiple penetrating injuries.
- Burke was arrested April 16, pleaded not guilty, and remains jailed without bail as the capital-eligible case moves to a May 26 preliminary hearing, with the defense disputing the claims and the family’s lawyer describing the new details as devastating.