What Prosecutors Allegedly Found on D4VD's Phone — And What It Means

What Prosecutors Allegedly Found on D4VD's Phone — And What It Means

May 8, 2026 · 19 min

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The episode discusses the significant findings on David Burke's phone related to child sexual abuse material and the implications for his ongoing murder case.

Prosecutors announced they allegedly found a significant amount of child sexual abuse material on David Burke's phone — and terabytes of iCloud data are still reportedly being downloaded and analyzed. That discovery sits on top of charges of first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and unlawful mutilation of human remains. And it introduces a dimension that could reshape everything about how a jury perceives this defendant. The People's Brief in the D4VD case was unsealed after the judge denied the defense's motion to seal it. It lays out what prosecutors allege is a detailed timeline — a sexual relationship beginning when Celeste Rivas Hernandez was thirteen and Burke was eighteen, escalating through sustained contact and travel, and ending with an alleged stabbing when the fourteen-year-old reportedly threatened to expose the relationship and destroy Burke's career. According to prosecutors, Burke then allegedly purchased disposal materials under a false name, sent communications to Celeste's phone after she was reportedly already dead, and kept her remains in the trunk of his Tesla while he reportedly launched a world…

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