D4VD: The Murder Case Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

The most detailed breakdown of the People's Brief against David Anthony Burke — covering every major piece of evidence prosecutors plan to present at the preliminary hearing.Deputy DA Beth Silverman filed a nine-page roadmap this week alleging Burke texted Celeste Rivas Hernandez's phone after she was allegedly already dead. The brief describes purchases made under the fake name "Victoria Mendez" — chainsaws, a body bag, a shovel, an inflatable pool. It details three separate trips to a remote area in Santa Barbara County. And it reveals that blue plastic fragments in Celeste's remains were matched to that pool by the LAPD forensic lab.The filing also outlines what prosecutors call years of sexual exploitation — meeting Celeste at eleven, a relationship at thirteen, and a thousand dollars paid to a classmate to maintain access after Celeste's parents intervened.Burke's defense team initially demanded a fast hearing, then reversed course and asked for a delay after the discovery started arriving. They tried to seal the brief. The judge denied it.Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Tony Brueski for a three-part analysis of premeditation, grooming, and the defense reversal.All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #JenniferCoffindaffer #PeoplesBrief #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BlairBerk #BethSilverman #MurderCase

Eleven years old. That's the age prosecutors say Celeste Rivas Hernandez was when she first met David Anthony Burke. By thirteen, the People's Brief alleges they were in a sexual relationship. By fourteen, she was allegedly living parts of her life inside a celebrity's world — Hollywood Hills weekends, Las Vegas trips, flights to London and Texas — while her family in Lake Elsinore was left wondering where their daughter was.The filing describes text messages pulled from Burke's iCloud containing references to sex, pregnancy, abortion, and emergency contraception. It describes explicit photographs prosecutors say document the relationship. And it describes a moment that should have stopped everything — when Riverside County deputies told Burke directly that Celeste was thirteen years old and had been reported missing.According to prosecutors, Burke's response was to drive to Lake Elsinore and pay one of Celeste's junior high classmates a thousand dollars to deliver a phone he'd purchased for her.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the grooming pattern, the systemic failures, and how the alleged exploitation timeline is the prosecution's foundation for murder motive.Part 2 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #JenniferCoffindaffer #Grooming #ChildExploitation #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #LakeElsinore #SystemFailure

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was reported missing three times in fourteen months. She had not been in school for a year. She was a seventh grader from Lake Elsinore with long curly black hair and braces who weighed seventy-one pounds when the medical examiner received what was left of her. And people in the orbit of the man now charged with her murder reportedly believed she was a nineteen-year-old college student. Nobody checked. Nobody verified. Nobody protected her.Prosecutors allege David Anthony Burke killed Celeste on or around April 23, 2025. Within days, he released an album and launched a world tour. He performed across the country for months. On September 8, a tow yard worker in Los Angeles reported a foul odor from Burke's impounded Tesla. Inside was a bag containing Celeste's dismembered remains — arms and legs severed, blue plastic fragments embedded in the cuts, two stab wounds to her torso from a sharp instrument, one perforating her liver. Toxicology found benzodiazepines and what screened presumptive for meth or MDMA. The next night, Burke took the stage at The Fillmore in Minneapolis.His team initially said he was cooperating. LAPD later stated he was not cooperative and that investigators believe he had help disposing of the body. The Tesla was reportedly held for only forty-eight hours before being released. The autopsy was sealed at LAPD's request — reportedly over the medical examiner's own objection — while Celeste's family waited months for answers about what happened to their daughter.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines every layer of this case — what Burke's alleged behavior after the crime reveals about the person investigators believe they are dealing with, what it takes to allegedly build and maintain a false identity around a child, and why the forensic evidence in the autopsy may be devastating for the defense. She breaks down what the wound patterns indicate about intent, what the embedded physical material means for connecting Burke to the dismemberment, and how over forty terabytes of digital evidence — including alleged exploitation material — changes the scope of everything.But Coffindaffer also confronts what failed. Law enforcement had missing person reports. Schools had an absent student. People close to the situation had a child in front of them who did not match the story being told about her. Celeste deserved better from every single one of them.Burke faces first-degree murder with special circumstances. He has pled not guilty. His attorneys say the evidence will prove his innocence.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CelesteRivasHernandez #JusticeForCeleste #D4vd #DavidAnthonyBurke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CelesteRivas #FBI #DeathPenalty #TrueCrimePodcast

Receipts. Records. DNA. Forensic matches. A dead girl's own text messages. And a digital trail prosecutors say David Anthony Burke left behind at every step.The People's Brief filed by Deputy DA Beth Silverman is nine pages of the most detailed and damning allegations in this case to date. Tony Brueski reads through the entire filing and breaks down what the prosecution says it can prove against Burke in the death of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.From the alleged grooming that started when Celeste was eleven, to the sexual relationship prosecutors say began at thirteen, to the night of April 23, 2025 — and the months-long alleged aftermath that prosecutors describe as both horrifying and meticulously documented. Uber records that place Celeste at Burke's home. Texts prosecutors call staged. Amazon orders under a fake name. Three trips to a disposal site. Plastic fragments matched to Celeste's body. DNA in the garage. And a body allegedly left in a Tesla while Burke threw an album release party and left the country on tour.The defense tried to seal this. The judge said no. Here's what's in it.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #PeoplesBrief #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BethSilverman #MurderEvidence #PreliminaryHearing #NathanHochman

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was reported missing three times in fourteen months. She hadn’t been enrolled in school for a year. She was allegedly living in a rental property with an adult man while people in his circle believed she was a nineteen-year-old college student. She was thirteen when prosecutors allege the contact began.And for seven months after her remains were found in the trunk of his Tesla, the man prosecutors say killed her — David Anthony Burke, the musician known as D4vd — walked free. He performed concerts. He built a career. He stood on stages while Celeste’s family in Lake Elsinore waited for answers the system was actively withholding from them.Burke now faces first-degree murder charges with special circumstances. But the charges against him are only part of this story. The other part is every institution and every person who allegedly had an opportunity to intervene for Celeste and didn’t.LAPD held the Tesla containing her remains for 48 hours, then released it. It was later retrieved under Burke’s name. Burke’s team claimed cooperation; LAPD said otherwise. The autopsy was sealed for months over the medical examiner’s objection. And the people around Burke allegedly accepted a fiction about who Celeste was without question.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines the behavioral profile of a suspect who allegedly never broke stride, the institutional failures that left a missing child unprotected, and what the investigative decisions in this case reveal about how seriously Celeste’s disappearance was treated before her body was found. She deserved more than what she got from every system that was supposed to protect her.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CelesteRivasHernandez #D4vd #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #SystemFailure #FBI #MissingChildren #ProtectChildren

She was fourteen years old. She walked into a Hollywood Hills home, and according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney, she was never heard from again.Celeste Rivas Hernandez was from Lake Elsinore. Her parents immigrated from El Salvador. She was reported missing three separate times in the final year of her life. And the connection that allegedly pulled her into David Anthony Burke's world was visible for years. Discord messages dating to 2022. Twitch livestreams. Photos near her home. Backstage at his concerts. Matching tattoos. A girl reported missing three separate times who kept showing up in the same orbit. And nobody with authority intervened.Twelve days before prosecutors say Celeste walked into that Hollywood Hills home for the last time, Burke was on stage at Coachella doing backflips. His album was dropping. The career was accelerating. According to prosecutors, that career is exactly what he was allegedly protecting — and a fourteen-year-old girl was allegedly treated as a threat to it.Burke has been charged with first-degree murder with three special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and mutilation of remains. He has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys say the evidence will show he did not cause Celeste's death. The death penalty is a possibility. Prosecutors allege Celeste was killed because she threatened to expose Burke's conduct. Her dismembered remains were found months later in the trunk of his Tesla — a car that had been sitting abandoned on a residential street before it was towed.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down the prosecution's stacked charges, where the case could fracture, and what five months of decomposed evidence means for a circumstantial prosecution. Robin Dreeke and Tony Brueski examine the digital trail that was hiding in plain sight for years — and what it means that every system designed to protect Celeste failed her before prosecutors ever got involved. Her family is watching. They are not going away.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CelesteRivasHernandez #D4VD #JusticeForCeleste #DavidAnthonyBurke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LakeElsinore #Coachella #CelesteDeservedBetter #ProtectOurChildren

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was fourteen years old. She'd been reported missing from Lake Elsinore three separate times. Her family — immigrants from El Salvador — watched for over a year as sealed proceedings, gag orders, and a secret grand jury kept them on the outside of the investigation into their daughter's death. The only reason Celeste was found at all is because a tow yard worker noticed something wrong with the way a car smelled. That car was registered to David Anthony Burke, the singer known as D4VD. Celeste's remains were inside the front trunk.Burke has been charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and mutilation of remains. He has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege he killed Celeste when she threatened to expose his conduct — conduct they say would have ended his music career. The special circumstances mean this case carries the most severe penalties available under California law.His defense team chose their words carefully. They didn't say he was innocent. They said he "was not the cause of her death." And the people around this case are telling their own story through their behavior. Burke's manager allegedly testified for three days before the grand jury and was reportedly overheard saying his job was to keep the tour going, not call police. A female associate went into hiding and had to be threatened with arrest. Another associate allegedly fled to Montana.The grand jury heard all of it and didn't indict. Charges came through a criminal complaint filed by the DA. Tracking data allegedly places Burke in a remote area of Santa Barbara County in the middle of the night during the window investigators believe Celeste died. His circle allegedly believed she was nineteen. She was a child hidden in plain sight.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down every phase of this investigation — what the witness behavior reveals, why the defense language matters, and what accountability looks like for a child who was failed by every system designed to protect her. Celeste's family has spoken publicly. They are watching. They are not going away.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CelesteRivasHernandez #D4VD #JusticeForCeleste #DavidAnthonyBurke #LAPD #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LakeElsinore #GrandJury #CelesteDeservedBetter

Part 2 of our two-part legal deep-dive with Eric Faddis on the David Anthony Burke case. This episode is focused entirely on the charging document and the defense strategy already taking shape around it.Eric breaks down the three special circumstances, explains whether DA Hochman's financial-gain theory actually fits the statute, and compares trying a case on a complaint versus an indictment, something Blair Berk flagged publicly after the grand jury failed to indict across four months of proceedings. He walks through the discovery fight over more than forty terabytes of evidence, the newly unsealed autopsy, and what each of those pieces could do to the defense theory.He closes on the specific language the defense keeps using. "He did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not the cause of her death." Two separate claims. Eric explains the trial theory that language signals and how the prosecution has to build against it.If you have not watched Part 1 on the inner circle and who is still legally exposed, watch that first. Subscribe for every filing and every hearing as this case moves toward trial.#D4vd #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #BlairBerk #FelonyComplaint #DeathPenalty #SpecialCircumstances #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #CaseUpdateJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

The full three-part interview series with psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — examining every psychological dimension of the case against David Anthony Burke in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.Scott has spent over 30 years in forensic mental health, trauma recovery, and the psychology of violence and criminal behavior. She's the author of The Minds of Mass Killers. She's worked in domestic violence shelters, crisis teams, and with both survivors and perpetrators. And in this complete series with Tony Brueski, she takes on the case from three distinct angles.The vulnerability: How a 13-year-old who was running away from an unhappy home allegedly ended up living with a rising celebrity — and how every system meant to protect her allegedly failed. The silence: How Burke allegedly performed on a world tour for months after Celeste was last seen alive, while his inner circle reportedly said nothing until forced. The darkness: Whether the combination of the charges, the alleged behavioral pattern, and the art — "Romantic Homicide," an unreleased "Celeste" track, an album called "Withered" — point to a young person in crisis or to something the music was revealing all along.This is the complete package. Three parts. Every angle. For anyone following this case who wants to understand the psychology behind the allegations — not just the facts, but what they mean.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidBurke #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #Tr

Months. That's how long prosecutors allege David Anthony Burke carried on after Celeste Rivas Hernandez was allegedly last seen alive at his Hollywood Hills home. A late-night trip to Santa Barbara. Coachella. Album release. World tour. Smiling on stage in Minneapolis while her remains sat in a trunk across the country in Los Angeles.And around him, an inner circle that allegedly knew pieces of the story — and said nothing until a grand jury forced the issue.In Part 2 of a three-part interview series, psychotherapist and violence psychology expert Shavaun Scott sits down with Tony Brueski to unpack the psychology of silence, compartmentalization, and the behavior of those allegedly connected to the aftermath. What does it mean clinically when someone can allegedly function publicly after extreme violence? What drove Neo Langston from silence to fleeing to eventual cooperation and public hostility toward Burke? What is actually happening inside a family that fights to avoid testifying about their own child's alleged actions?Scott is the author of The Minds of Mass Killers and brings three decades of forensic and clinical experience to every question. This is the installment that examines not just what allegedly happened — but what the behavior afterward reveals about the people involved.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivas #DavidAnthonyBurke #NeoLangston #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #GrandJury #JusticeForCeleste #ShavaunScott #CrimePsychology

The formal charges against David Anthony Burke have been filed. And the picture prosecutors are painting is one of alleged calculation, not impulse.Burke — the twenty-one-year-old singer known as D4VD — faces first-degree charges with special circumstances in connection with the death of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The additional allegations include continuous abuse of a minor, inappropriate acts with a child under fourteen, and mutilation of remains.The three special circumstances are the backbone of the prosecution's case. Lying in wait — alleging premeditation. Acting for financial gain — prosecutors say Burke was protecting a music career worth millions that Celeste allegedly threatened on the night of April 23, 2025. And silencing a witness — because Celeste was the person who could testify about their alleged relationship.DA Nathan Hochman called it "brutal and horrific." LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell confirmed detectives learned Celeste had been in an alleged relationship with Burke while she was a minor. The Medical Examiner has ruled her death a homicide, though cause of death remains sealed — for now.The relationship was documented across platforms for years. A 2024 Twitch livestream. Discord messages going back to 2022. Photos near her Lake Elsinore home and backstage at his shows. Matching tattoos. Her mother confirmed her daughter had a boyfriend named David. Her brother said she went missing after Burke picked her up in his Tesla. She was reported missing three separate times. Each time, the system failed to keep her safe.Twelve days before prosecutors say Celeste arrived at Burke's Hollywood Hills home for the last time, he was on stage at Coachella. His debut album was days from release. The world tour was booked.Burke's attorneys maintain his innocence and say the evidence will show he did not cause Celeste's death. The arraignment has proceeded with charges now filed. Burke remains held without bail.This episode covers every charge, the prosecution's full theory, and what comes next.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #TrueCrime #CelesteRivas #HiddenKillers #LAPD #Coachella #TrueCrimeCommunity

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was 14 years old. Reported missing three times. Found dismembered in the trunk of a Tesla registered to one of the biggest young artists in music—sealed in bags, decomposing for months while the man whose name was on that car was out playing sold-out shows.Now prosecutors have filed the most serious charges California law allows. First-degree murder with special circumstances. Lying in wait. Financial gain. Killing a witness. Lewd acts with a child under 14. Mutilation of human remains. The death penalty is on the table.The DA said Celeste walked into D4VD’s Hollywood Hills home on April 23rd of last year and was never heard from again. And the financial gain allegation cuts deep—prosecutors say D4VD allegedly killed a 14-year-old girl because she was threatening his music career. A child’s life, according to the prosecution, was worth less than a brand.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke to explain what these charges mean for the case, how prosecutors intend to prove that the sexual relationship with a minor created the motive for murder, and whether the evidence can support the weight of what they’re alleging.Five months of decomposition destroyed evidence. The cause of death is only now being unsealed. The DA says they have physical, forensic, and digital evidence. But circumstantial cases carrying charges this serious have to be airtight—and Motta explains where the cracks could form.For Celeste’s family, the charges are the first step. The fight for accountability is just beginning.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JusticeForCeleste #BobMotta #FirstDegreeMurder #LAPDArrest #TrueCrimePodcast

A child who ran away three times in a year. A family that reported her missing every single time. A system that treated her like a statistic instead of a girl in crisis. And now, a pop star sitting in a jail cell while a fourteen-year-old’s dismembered remains tell a story that every adult in Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s life should have heard long before it ended like this.David Burke — the musician millions know as D4vd — was arrested on April 16, 2026, on suspicion of Celeste’s killing. He is being held without bail. His defense attorneys maintain he did not cause her death. No formal charges have been filed yet. But the facts that have emerged paint a portrait of alleged grooming that reportedly began when Celeste was as young as twelve, a relationship hidden inside Discord servers and rental properties, matching tattoos, and a girl who vanished from her family’s life and into a world no child should ever enter.Her remains were found inside Burke’s impounded Tesla, one day after what would have been her fifteenth birthday. Her family reportedly was not notified for eleven days after the discovery.You have been flooding our comments, DMs, and inboxes with questions that refuse to look away from the hardest parts of this case. You want to talk about what grooming looks like when it hides behind fame. You want to know why immigrant families and low-income communities get treated differently when their children go missing. You want to understand how Celeste screamed for help through three disappearances and nobody caught her.Robin Dreeke and I sit down with your questions — and we hold nothing back.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CelesteRivasHernandez #D4vd #DavidBurke #JusticeForCeleste #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #TonyBrueski #RobinDreeke #MissingChildren #TrueCrimePodcast