D4vd's Dark Fall: Murder Charges

0:00On April 21st, rising alt pop star David, real name David Burke, just got hit with heavy charges from LA prosecutors. The 21-year-old faces counts of sexually abusing, murdering and mutilating the body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Her decomposed remains turned up in the trunk of his Tesla Model Y back in September 2025, seven months after she was last seen alive. The trouble allegedly kicked off in September 2023 when prosecutors say Burke started continuously abusing the runaway team, who lived. With him in Los Angeles, she got reported missing in April 2024, but kept popping up in his orbit until April 2025. Meanwhile, Burke dropped his debut album withered that same month and even headlined Coachella. Fans and the industry reeled hard from the news. Burke's tour got scrapped mid-run, interscope records cut him loose, and her family held a funeral in October 2025. His dark-themed music videos, featuring bloody alter egos, took on a whole new creepy vibe in hindsight.

1:05Cops kept things tight-lipped, blocking the coroner's report and running a secret grand jury probe that stayed sealed until early 2026. They arrested him April 16th that year on murder suspicion, Nobel, then formally charged him, April 20th, with extra aggravators like lying, in wait and killing her to protect his career after she threatened to spill. Burke's lawyer entered a not guilty plea at Aram in Monday, so this saga's far from over as the case heads to trial. Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI bringing you what's trending. I'm Corey with The Story.