D4vd accused of killing teen after she threatened to release details to 'end his career,' prosecutors say - BERITAJA

The vocalist D4vd is accused of killing a teenage woman whose dismembered assemblage was recovered successful the trunk of his Tesla aft she threatened to uncover accusation that could “end his profession and destruct his life,” according to tribunal documents revenge Wednesday.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 14, was murdered about a twelvemonth and a half aft D4vd, 21, the “Romantic Homicide” vocalist whose existent sanction is David Anthony Burke, was accused of starting a intersexual narration pinch her and soon aft an statement that prompted her to frighten to disclose accusation about their relationship, according to a filing from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Authorities judge Celeste was killed connected April 23, 2025, 1 time aft they had an statement about his relationships pinch different women, according to the document, which was revenge up of a preliminary proceeding adjacent month.

Burke was arrested and charged this period pinch first-degree murder, continuous intersexual maltreatment and mutilation of quality remains successful Celeste’s disappearance and death.

He has pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys person said they will “vigorously take sides his innocence.” They did not instantly respond to a petition for remark Wednesday afternoon.

Celeste's family has described her arsenic a “beautiful, beardown girl” who loved to sing, creation and walk Fridays watching movies pinch her family.

According to the filing, the 2 met successful January 2022, erstwhile Celeste was 11, and began a intersexual narration successful November 2023, erstwhile she was 13 and he was 18.

Text messages cited successful the filing showed they discussed sex, pregnancy, abortion and the usage of the Plan B emergency contraceptive. The messages besides see definitive photos that archive their intersexual relationship, the filing says.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez.Courtesy Rivas Hernandez family

In February 2024, complete a twelvemonth earlier her death, Celeste's family reported her missing from her location successful Lake Elsinore, the filing says.

Authorities successful Riverside County said pinch Burke, who said he was unaware she was a insignificant and had been reported missing, it alleges. When deputies were sent to his Los Angeles home, Burke said he’d met her only once, successful November 2023, the filing says.

“Although he claimed to beryllium unaware of wherever the unfortunate was astatine the time, she returned location 2 days later,” the filing says.

The filing alleges that Burke continued to prosecute Celeste and that he drove to Lake Elsinore, wherever he paid a precocious schoolhouse student $1,000 to get Celeste a caller cellphone aft her parents confiscated hers.

Throughout 2024, Celeste spent summertime weekends astatine Burke’s location successful the Hollywood Hills, and she traveled pinch him to Las Vegas, London and Texas, wherever she met his family, the filing says.

Celeste's family reported her missing again successful April 2024, it says. They collapsed up successful November 2024, though they continued to talk. Text messages propose their intersexual narration continued afterward, the filing says.

The pursuing April, Celeste became upset about Burke’s relationships pinch different women aft he “led her to judge they had a early together,” the filing says, noting that astatine the time, he had an emerging multimillion-dollar profession and aggregate merchandise endorsements.

On April 23, 2025, Burke sent an Uber to prime her up, according to the filing, which says they talked earlier and during the ride. She arrived astatine his location astatine 10:10 p.m., it says.

Soon aft she arrived, the filing alleges, Burke stabbed her aggregate times. Twenty minutes later, the filing says, he texted her, asking wherever she was.

“The People contend this was portion of the defendant’s premeditated scheme to screen up the murder, arsenic she was already dormant by this time," the filing says.

That night, the filing alleges, Burke drove to Santa Barbara to destruct grounds — and arrived location the adjacent greeting for a power question and reply about the merchandise of a caller album. A proscription worker recovered Celeste's passport paper successful Santa Barbara successful January, the filing says.

Burke utilized a clone sanction — Victoria Mendez — connected Amazon to bargain concatenation saws that he utilized to dismember her, a “burn cage” to incinerate grounds and different items, the filing alleges.

Prosecutors said successful the filing that he took “horrifying measures” to destruct Celeste’s body.

Celeste’s remains were found successful the trunk of Burke’s abandoned Tesla astatine a Hollywood tow batch connected Sept. 8, 1 time aft she would person turned 15.