Prosecutors say singer D4vd stabbed Celeste Rivas Hernandez to death - BERITAJA

In a courtroom connected Wednesday, prosecutors said that vocalist D4vd, ineligible sanction David Anthony Burke, killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her aggregate times.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office shared what they said the grounds would show successful a archive revenge Wednesday that provided the first elaborate allegations of efforts to dismember Rivas’ assemblage and get free of evidence, according to The Associated Press.

Burke has been charged pinch execution successful the decease of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposed assemblage was recovered successful the trunk of a Tesla registered to the vocalist past year.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges past week, and is being held without enslaved up of his trial.

The tribunal filing, viewed and obtained by The Associated Press, said Burke began a intersexual narration pinch her erstwhile she was 13 and he was 18, and killed her erstwhile she threatened to uncover their inappropriate relationship.

“Knowing he had to soundlessness the unfortunate earlier she ruined his euphony profession arsenic she had threatened, very soon aft her presence astatine his home, suspect stabbed the unfortunate to decease aggregate times and stood by while she bled out.”

Prosecutors obtained matter messages betwixt the 2 from April 22, 2025, the nighttime earlier each her telephone activity went quiet and they judge she was killed.

“The messages uncover the victim’s jealousy complete defendant’s relationships pinch different women, arsenic suspect led her to judge they had a early together. She became highly upset and threatened to disclose damaging accusation about her narration pinch suspect to extremity his profession and destruct his life,” the archive says.

The archive says Burke bought 2 chainsaws online that he utilized to trim isolated her assemblage successful an inflatable pool. They said the Rivas’ DNA was recovered successful his garage, wherever they allege the dismemberment occurred.

“Defendant took horrifying measures to destruct and discard the victim’s body,” prosecutors said successful the brief.

Burke’s preliminary proceeding was rescheduled for May 26 aft it had primitively been group to statesman connected May 1.

“The circumstances and coming authorities of find led america to reason we request this further clip to reappraisal the find we conscionable sewage aliases are about to get,” Burke’s defence lawyer said astatine the proceeding Wednesday, Rolling Stone reports.

Burke is owed backmost successful tribunal for a position convention connected May 12.

The proceeding comes aft prosecutors claimed that Burke possessed “a important magnitude of kid pornography” successful an iCloud retention relationship and connected his telephone past week during a tribunal proceeding to schedule a preliminary hearing.

Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman made the declare that Burke’s telephone and iCloud relationship contained the kid intersexual maltreatment materials, the Los Angeles Times reports. She did not elaborate aliases supply further specifications about the materials.

Silverman said the materials were recovered arsenic portion of a bid of hunt warrants that were executed connected the 21-year-old singer’s telephone and iCloud account.

Burke is exercising his correct successful California to person a judge determine wrong 10 tribunal days of his arraignment whether location is capable grounds to proceed to trial.

“We judge the existent grounds will show David Burke did not execution Celeste Rivas Hernandez,” lead defence lawyer Blair Berk told a judge past week.

Silverman said successful tribunal that the prosecution would beryllium “very happy” to coming their evidence, and that “40 terabytes” of it person been collected and could beryllium shared.

Last Thursday’s proceeding came a time after Rivas’ autopsy study revealed she died from penetrating wounds to her precocious body.

Her decease was ruled a homicide successful the study from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office that had been blocked from merchandise for months.

The autopsy was constricted by “extensive postmortem changes” to the assemblage that was dismembered and decomposing erstwhile it was recovered successful 2 bags successful the trunk of a Tesla parked successful the Hollywood Hills successful September.

The introspection revealed “two penetrating wounds of the torso pinch soft edges that whitethorn correspond crisp unit injuries.” One coiled connected the precocious abdomen penetrated the liver. Another, connected the near chest, damaged her ribs. The conduit apical she was wearing appeared to beryllium trim successful 3 places.

A judge had ordered the study sealed precocious past twelvemonth astatine the petition of rule enforcement, but prosecutors agreed to let its merchandise past week.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office antecedently announced that Burke was charged pinch first-degree murder, lewd and lascivious acts pinch an individual nether 14 and mutilating a assemblage successful the sidesplitting of Rivas. She was reported missing by her family successful 2024, erstwhile she was 13. Authorities opportunity she was 14 erstwhile she died.

The execution charges included typical circumstances — lying successful wait, committing a crime for financial summation and murdering the witnesser successful an investigation — that could transportation the decease penalty. Prosecutors haven’t announced whether they will activity it.

Authorities allege the Houston-born alt-pop vocalist killed Rivas to protect a profession connected the emergence aft she threatened to study their intersexual relationship. His debut album, Withered, was released conscionable 2 days aft authorities said she was past known to beryllium alive.

Authorities, who described Rivas connected Monday arsenic a “runaway,” said she was 14 erstwhile she was killed pinch a crisp entity connected aliases about April 23, 2025, a time she was astatine Burke’s location successful the Hollywood Hills.

Prosecutors allege Burke mutilated her assemblage about 2 weeks later.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Rivas was past heard from connected April 23, 2025, aft she went to Burke’s location and “she was ne'er heard from again.”

“A parent’s nightmare is simply a business wherever your girl goes retired 1 nighttime and ne'er comes back,” Hochman said.

“Celeste was conscionable a child, nether 14 years old, erstwhile David Burke allegedly engaged successful repeated lewd and lascivious intersexual relations pinch her,” Hochman continued. “But Burke’s actions did not allegedly extremity there. When she threatened to expose his criminal behaviour and devastate his philharmonic career, Burke allegedly murdered her, trim up her assemblage and stuffed her assemblage successful 2 bags that were placed successful the beforehand trunk of his car.

“There the dismembered assemblage sat for complete 4 months, decomposing until it was recovered astatine a tow gait connected Sept. 8, 2025. This horrific and gruesome execution committed by the charged intersexual predator is shocking and appalling. To Celeste’s loved ones, we will get the justness you activity and deserve.”

In a connection released past week, Rivas’ parents called her “a beautiful, beardown woman who loved to singing and dance.”

“We emotion her very overmuch and she ever told america that she loved us. We miss her deeply. All we want is justness for Celeste,” her parents said successful a connection released by their lawyer, Patrick Steinfeld.

—with files from The Associated Press