Overview
- Newly unsealed Texas court records identify singer David Anthony Burke (D4vd) as the grand jury’s target in a Los Angeles investigation that cites a potential one count of murder.
- Detectives found Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s severely decomposed, dismembered remains in two cadaver bags inside the front storage compartment of a Tesla registered to Burke on Sept. 8, 2025.
- Los Angeles prosecutors issued Jan. 15 subpoenas for Burke’s parents and brother to testify; a Texas appeals court denied their bid to ignore them, and a higher state court has since issued a temporary stay that remains pending.
- Prosecutors have been presenting evidence to the grand jury since November, and multiple witnesses have been compelled, including the arrest of friend Neo Langston for failing to appear before being returned to Los Angeles to testify.
- Burke has not been arrested or charged, the medical examiner’s cause and manner of death remain under court-ordered seal, and LAPD search warrants and prior tour cancellations underscore an ongoing, confidential inquiry.