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D4VD: The Murder Case Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

D4VD: The Murder Case Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

True Crime Today 91 episodes Latest Jun 1, 2026

This podcast covers the murder case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, allegedly killed by recording artist D4VD (David Anthony Burke). It features expert interviews, grand jury coverage, and analysis of evidence including a burn cage incinerator and cryopreservation forensics. The series aims to provide thorough reporting on the investigation and legal proceedings.

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How Did D4VD Go From A Gospel-Only Household To Being Charged With Killing Celeste Rivas Hernandez? Jun 1, 2026 2541 Before he was opening for SZA, D4VD was a homeschooled kid in Houston recording music in his sister's closet. The only music allowed in the house was gospel until he was thirteen. His mother was his teacher. His social world. The person who reportedly suggested he start making music. Then the internet opened everything up and nobody was apparently standing between a sheltered teenager and unlimit
Was Anyone Actually Watching D4VD When Everything Went Wrong? May 28, 2026 984 David Anthony Burke was thirteen when the internet opened up a world his strictly religious household had kept sealed. He was seventeen when he signed with Darkroom and Interscope. He was opening for SZA, touring globally, making real money. He was still a kid. And prosecutors now allege that by twenty, he had killed fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to protect the career that had consume
Did D4VD Show Us Who He Was Before Anyone Knew to Look? May 28, 2026 1548 Everyone’s covering the evidence. The charges. The alleged timeline. This episode asks the question underneath all of it: who was David Anthony Burke before any of this allegedly happened, and what about the way he grew up allegedly made it possible?This episode strips the case back to the person. Burke grew up homeschooled and isolated in Houston. He told multiple interviewers he’d never experie
Who Reportedly Knew About Celeste And Allegedly Said Nothing? May 25, 2026 2736 The alleged murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez is the center of this case. But the people who were allegedly around David Anthony Burke — who reportedly saw, heard, and still didn't act — are the reason this story won't let go.Three separate grand juries heard testimony from friends, managers, and family. Burke's manager was reportedly overheard telling his attorney that calling police after alleg
Why Is Everyone Reading D4vd's Music Like A Confession? May 22, 2026 1488 This is the D4vd case at its strangest. David Anthony Burke stands charged in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, he has pleaded not guilty, and a preliminary hearing is coming that will decide whether this goes to trial. But this episode isn't about the calendar. It's about the question that has taken over every comment section: was Burke looking to other corners of macabre pop cul
Celeste Was Reported Missing Three Times And Allegedly Returned To D4VD Every Time May 12, 2026 1925 Three missing persons reports in early 2024. Three times Celeste Rivas Hernandez was allegedly brought back into the orbit of the man prosecutors now say was grooming her since she was eleven years old. Three chances the system allegedly had to protect a child — and three alleged failures that ended with her dismembered remains reportedly found in the front trunk of a Tesla.Tony Brueski and retir
Why Celeste Rivas Hernandez's Parents Took Her Phone — and What D4VD Allegedly Did Next! May 10, 2026 2319 Celeste Rivas Hernandez was a child. Her parents knew something was wrong. They took her phone. They reported her missing — not once, but twice. Deputies went to David Anthony Burke's door and reportedly told him directly that she was thirteen. According to prosecutors, none of it stopped what was happening to her. This Hidden Killers Week in Review brings together two episodes honoring Celeste's
D4VD Allegedly Used a Fake Name to Buy What Prosecutors Say Hid Celeste May 10, 2026 2386 "Victoria Mendez." That's the alias prosecutors allege David Anthony Burke used to order chainsaws, a body bag, and an inflatable pool from Amazon after fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was allegedly stabbed to death. Blue plastic fragments embedded in Celeste's remains were reportedly matched to that pool by the LAPD forensic lab. Prosecutors say he drove to a remote highway near Lake C
Celeste Rivas Hernandez Was Reported Missing Three Times Before She Was Found May 8, 2026 1115 She loved Hello Kitty. She had thick dark curls and a soft smile. Neighbors in Lake Elsinore remember her walking to the corner store with her backpack. Her parents reported her missing three times. She was fourteen years old — and according to prosecutors, the person who allegedly took her from that life is facing first-degree murder charges with special circumstances that could carry the death
Celeste Was Right in Front of D4vd's Circle — Nobody Allegedly Acted May 7, 2026 802 She was five-foot-two. She had braces. She loved Hello Kitty. And prosecutors allege the adults around David Anthony Burke — the singer known as D4vd — accepted his story that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was a nineteen-year-old college student without question.Three separate grand juries heard from Burke's friends, his manager, and his family. His manager was reportedly overheard saying that calling
Celeste Was Eleven When D4vd Allegedly Made First Contact May 7, 2026 1317 Celeste Rivas Hernandez was eleven years old. She reportedly loved Hello Kitty. She had braces. And prosecutors allege that is when David Anthony Burke — a rising singer building a career under the name D4vd — first entered her life.By thirteen, prosecutors allege the contact became sexual. By fourteen, she was reportedly living in his Hollywood Hills home, traveling with him, embedded so deeply
Celeste Still Had Braces — D4VD Faces Her Murder Charges May 5, 2026 1267 Celeste Rivas Hernandez loved to sing and dance. Friday nights were movie nights with her family. She had thick dark curls, a soft smile, and Hello Kitty slippers on the day she went missing. She was fourteen years old.Her family said she was beautiful and strong and that she always told them she loved them. She is not here to say any of it herself.The People’s Brief filed in the case against Dav

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