From alleged grooming, text messages to Tesla data, DNA evidence and chainsaw purchases, Los Angeles Magazine breaks down the evidence expected to be presented as Burke's preliminary hearing begins
The preliminary hearing for singer D4vd, who is facing several charges in the death of a teenage girl, is set to take place over the course of several days this week.
A preliminary hearing begins Tuesday for David Anthony Burke, known professionally as the singer D4vd, who faces charges in the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Prosecutors allege the rising star killed the teenager to protect his career after she threatened to expose their illegal sex…
The filing said Burke met Rivas Hernandez when she was 11, began sexually abusing her when she was 13 and he was 18, and killed her when she threatened to report him.
What to Know Singer D4vd has been charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas , who was reported missing in the spring of 2025. The Lake Elsinore girl’s decomposed body was found Sept.
Singer D4vd continued to profit off of his record deal in the months after he allegedly killed Celeste Rivas. D4vd, real name David Burke, was back in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing in Rivas’ brutal murder.
Details emerge about how much Interscope Records paid the singer at hearing to determine if there is probable cause for murder case to proceed to trial Singer D4vd had a multimillion-dollar recording deal, an executive at his former label testified on Wednesday, as prosecutors sought to establish th…
The clothing in which Celeste Rivas was murdered was revealed Thursday as her parents looked on. Lisa Lahendro, an LAPD criminalist took the stand in a preliminary hearing for the singer D4vd, real name David Burke, who is accused of murdering the teen girl.
The family of Celeste Rivas exited the courtroom before the gory details of the teen girl’s autopsy were revealed. Rivas’ parents, Jesus Rivas and Mercedes Martinez, were both in attendance in the Los Anegeles courtroom for the majority of Thursday’s preliminary hearing — where singer D4vd, real nam…
Dr. Grant Ho of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner is testifying about the autopsy of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the girl authorities say was killed by singer D4vd. During testimony on Friday, he confirmed her death was a homicide…
