Rapper D4vd Charged in Teen's Murder

0:00Prosecutors in Los Angeles dropped heavy details this week on rapper David, whose real name is David Burke. They say the 20-year-old singer, staffed 14-year-old Celeste Revas Hernandez to death multiple times at his Hollywood Hills home. This came after she threatened to expose their seeker relationship, which could tank his music career. Burke first met the girl when she was 11, started sexually abusing her at 13 and kept things going even after her parents reported her. Starting from Lake Elsinore, back in February, 2024, he lied to cops, saying he barely knew her, then paid her friend $1,000 for a burner phone to stay in touch. The case hit hard for her family, who reported her missing again in April, 2024, after she spent tons of time at his place and traveled. With him, to spots like Las Vegas and London, her decomposing body turned up in a towed Tesla that September. So wrecked from decay that experts couldn't even ID her eye color. Two evidence paints a grim picture, text from April 22, 2025,

1:03right before her phone went dead, child abuse images on his. Device, her DNA in his garage, in two chainsaws he bought to chop up the body in an inflatable pool. Autopsie confirmed death by stab wounds with missing fingers, arms, and legs. Burke's pleading not guilty to first-degree murder and related charges, his team insists he's innocent. The judge shot down their push to seal the filing, so it's all public now as the case moves forward. That's the story for today. Tampa Bay News Today, driven by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.