TRUE CRIME ROUNDUP: A timeline of the D4vd murder case, plus the mysterious deaths and disappearances of scientists

About this episode

The episode discusses the D4vd murder case and the mysterious deaths and disappearances of scientists linked to U.S. nuclear secrets.

Around a month ago, I wrote about the case of a missing scientist in New Mexico. This week that case, and other similar cases have been making headlines. At least scientists who two lawmakers say are connected to U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology have either died or disappeared. There are reasons why people believe these cases might be linked, and we’ll get into those. However, we’ll also hear from an expert about why we shouldn’t jump to conclusions or get lost in conspiracy theories. But we’re actually starting this episode in Los Angeles, where Audacy station KNX News has been covering one particular murder case for months. It began with the report of human remains found in a Tesla last September. This week the owner of that Tesla, Billboard-charting musician David Burke, whose stage name is stylized as D-4-V-D, was charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. She was just 14 years old when she died. Featuring audio from KNX News in Los Angeles, the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and WBEN News and Talk in Buffalo.

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder case
• scientist disappearances
• conspiracy theories
• nuclear secrets
• rocket technology

Keywords

• D4vd
• murder
• scientists
• disappearances
• New Mexico
• conspiracy theories
• nuclear secrets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Audacy, KNX News, KMBZ, WBEN News and Talk

Places: New Mexico, Los Angeles

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