D4vd Charged In Dismembered Death Of Teen
David Anthony Burke faces first-degree murder and sex-crime charges after Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s dismembered remains were found in a Tesla on Sept. 8, 2025, prosecutors said.
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Associated PressA timeline leading up to D4vd's murder charge in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
CBS NewsD4vd charged with first-degree murder in death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 14, in Hollywood
Overview
Prosecutors charged David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, with first-degree murder, lewd acts with a minor and mutilation of a body, and his lawyers entered a not guilty plea, authorities said.
Investigators allege Celeste Rivas Hernandez was last seen April 23, 2025, and her decomposed, dismembered remains were found Sept. 8, 2025, in a Tesla registered to Burke, court documents say.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said special circumstances include lying in wait, murder for financial gain and killing a witness to an investigation, and the LAPD chief defended the careful investigation.
The charging documents say sexual abuse began Sept. 7, 2023; Burke is 21 and Rivas Hernandez was 14; prosecutors said the charges could lead to life without parole or the death penalty.
Burke remains jailed without bail, his lawyers sought a speedy trial, and a judge ordered the Los Angeles County medical examiner to release the autopsy report as proceedings continue, court filings show.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame the story toward the prosecution by foregrounding graphic court-document details and prosecutors' motive claims while giving brief space to the defence. Editorial choices — vivid terms (dismembered, mutilation), prominent DA statements about motive and possible death-penalty, and limited defence context — intensify a criminal narrative.