Rapper D4vd Charged with Murder, Child Abuse

0:00It's April 29th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, pop culture powered by AI. Prosecutors drop more details on the case against rapper David, real name David Anthony Burke, a 21-year-old musician charged with. Murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, plus continuous sexual abuse of a child and mutilating human remains. He got arrested on April 16th, pleaded not guilty, and he's locked up without bail, waiting for trial. They say Burke lured the girl to his place with an uber on April 23rd, 2025, stabbed her multiple times and let her bleed out. About two weeks later, he allegedly used a chainsaw and other tools to dismember her body inside an inflatable pool to catch the blood, then dumped. The remains and bags inside his abandoned Tesla trunk up in the Hollywood Hills. The car was impounded after cops got smell complaints on September 8th, 2025, right after what would have been her 15th. Birthday.

1:00Cause of death was multiple stab wounds, ruled a straight up homicide. In a new court brief this week, prosecutors revealed they have about 40 terabytes of evidence, including child pornography on his phone, his lawyers fired back, insisting he had nothing to do with her death and promising a strong defense. Burke's prelim hearing got pushed to May 26th, with a status check on May 12th. Special circumstances mean he could face life without parole, or even the death penalty of convicted and the DA hasn't decided yet. This story is far from over.