Rapper D4vd Charged with Murder

0:00It's April 20th. California News Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. Rising rapper David Anthony Burke, known as David, faces murder charges in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The 21-year-old artist got hit with the charges by Los Angeles County prosecutors on Monday. Her badly decomposed body turned up last summer in the trunk of a Tesla, registered to him at a Hollywood tow yard on September 8th, 2000. 25. She was last seen at his home back in April 2025, and prosecutors say he repeatedly abused her sexually before the killing. They claim he mutilated her body and did it all to protect his booming music career from getting derailed by the scandal. David's star was climbing fast with tracks in Fortnite, collabs with Kali Uchi's and 21 Savage, and his debut album withered sparking A, National Tour. But reports linking him to her death forced him to cancel shows right as they kicked off, shocking fans, and halting his momentum. Meanwhile, cops arrested him last Thursday at a Hollywood spot near Sunset Boulevard.

1:05He surrendered peacefully to armed officers, and his lawyers a firing back, insisting evidence will clear him of any role in her death. If convicted, he's looking at life in prison, or even the death penalty. Investigators built this case over months with the secret grand jury, and one of his crew got nabbed trying to dodge it. This story is far from over, as the details keep unfolding.