COURTROOM SHOCKER!! Rapper D4vd Facing Capital Murder Charges After 14-Year-Old Celeste Rivas’s Dismembered Body Found In His Tesla… Court Hears Disturbing Texts About Pregnancy And Abortions! (RECEIPTS)
Honey, pause everything and brace yourself, because one of the most horrifying, heartbreaking legal cases in recent music history is currently unfolding inside a Los Angeles courtroom! Media Take Out has been closely tracking the capital murder case against 21-year-old rising alternative/R&B singer David Anthony Burke—known professionally as D4vd—and baby, the evidence being presented right now is beyond disturbing!
Back in September 2025, the music industry was thrown into total chaos after the heavily decomposed, dismembered remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were discovered inside the front trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to Burke.
In April 2026, Burke was officially arrested and charged with first-degree murder, continuous sexual abuse of a minor under 14, and unlawful mutilation of human remains. Now, as his preliminary hearing plays out, prosecutors are exposing the dark, secret history that allegedly led to her tragic death!
Disturbing Text Receipts: Pregnancy, Abortions, & Grooming Allegations!
During court proceedings, LAPD investigators and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys introduced retrieved iPhone and iCloud data exposing the illegal relationship between Burke and Celeste—which prosecutors allege began in 2022 when Burke was 17 and Celeste was just 11 years old!
Court documents and text messages presented to the judge revealed details regarding past pregnancies:
- The Jan 2024 Pregnancy: Messages from early 2024 show the pair discussing ending a pregnancy, with Burke asking if the baby was his and Celeste replying, “Of course it’s yours David”.
- Contraceptives & Abortions: Prosecutors noted text records indicating Celeste underwent at least two abortions during their relationship, with one heartbreaking text from Celeste reading: “I killed my kid for you. Id do anything to have it back… took an innocent life of a literal baby”.
- Not Pregnant At Death: While death records confirm Celeste was not pregnant at the exact time of her murder in April 2025, the history of secret pregnancies was key to the prosecution’s motive!
The Motive: “She Threatened To End His Career!”
According to court filings from Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman, Burke invited Celeste to his Hollywood Hills home on April 23, 2025. While at the house, Celeste became extremely upset and threatened to expose their illegal sexual relationship to the public, which would have instantly destroyed his skyrocketing music career.
THE PROSECUTION'S ALLEGED TIMELINE OF EVENTS:
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• April 23, 2025: Celeste arrives at D4vd's Hollywood Hills home.
• The Argument: Threatens to expose illegal relationship & ruin his career.
• The Murder: Burke allegedly stabs her repeatedly with a sharp object.
• The Cleanup: Buys chainsaws, body bags, a pool, and a burn cage online.
• Dismemberment: Body cut up in garage inflatable pool; placed in Tesla trunk.
• Sept 8, 2025: Body discovered inside impounded Tesla at LAPD tow yard.
Prosecutors allege that to silence her, Burke stabbed the 14-year-old to death. In the days following the murder, online records show Burke allegedly ordered a shovel from Home Depot, two chainsaws, heavy-duty body bags, a blue inflatable pool, and a “burn cage” from Amazon to dismember her body in his garage before hiding her remains inside his Tesla trunk!
DNA Evidence In Court & Facing The Death Penalty
Let’s look at this horrific legal tragedy directly like a supportive, grounded peer, not a rigid lecturer: Honey, there are no words for how deeply heartbreaking and terrifying this case is. A 14-year-old child lost her life, and her grieving parents had to physically walk out of the courtroom in tears as investigators read aloud these tragic texts. Watching a rising music career crumble overnight under capital murder charges and allegations of grooming is a grim reminder of how dangerous secret power dynamics can be!
In court, LAPD criminalists testified that blood samples recovered from a rowing machine, rubber floor mats, and a Tesla charger inside Burke’s former Los Angeles residence matched Celeste’s DNA profile!
While Burke’s defense team maintains his innocence and pleaded not guilty, prosecutors have tacked on special circumstance allegations of murder of a witness, lying in wait, and murder for financial gain. If convicted, Burke faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty!
His former record label, Interscope Records, immediately dropped him, and major music collaborators like Kali Uchis and Laufey have scrubbed their joint tracks from all streaming platforms.
We are keeping our notifications permanently locked to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office as the preliminary hearing wraps up, so stay completely locked into Media Take Out, honey!
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