D4vd Charged in Teen's Murder

0:00It's April 20th. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News Today, your AI-powered entertainment report. Singer David, the 21-year-old alt-pop artist whose real name is David Burke, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Prosecutors say her dismembered and decomposed body turned a blast of timber inside his apparently abandoned Tesla Model Y. He's also charged with lewd acts on a minor under 14 and mutilating a body with special circumstances that could mean the death penalty. The car was towed from an upscale Hollywood Hill spot and searched at a tow yard where investigators found body parts and cadaver bags crawling with. Insects No public word yet on the cause of death thanks to a court order sealing autopsy details. David got arrested Thursday at a Hollywood home after a secret grand jury probe. His lawyers came out strong, saying the evidence clears him of the murder and her death.

1:00The teen's family reported her missing last year when she was 13 and has stayed out of the spotlight since. Meanwhile, David blew up on TikTok with his 2022 hit Romantic Homicide, signing big deals and dropping EPs. Word of his link to the case leaked earlier this year through family court fights over subpoenas in Texas where the Tesla was registered. He kept touring North America at first, but scrapped his last shows and a planned European run once rumors hit hard. This case stays wide open as the legal fight ramps up, with prosecutors weighing their next moves and David's team gearing for battle.