Singer Arrested in Teen's Murder

0:00The L.A. County Medical Examiner ruled 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's death, a homicide for multiple penetrating injuries by unspecified. Objects. Her dismembered remains turned up last September 8, 2025, in the trunk of a Tesla registered to singer David Anthony Burke, known. As David, at a Hollywood tow yard, prosecutors say she went missing from Lake Elsinore back on April 5, 2024, and April 23, 2025, Martha. Last known day alive at his Hollywood Hills home, they alleged the two had a romantic relationship and he killed her to keep it secret. District attorney Nathan Hockman points to her threat to expose him as the motive, while Burke's high-powered defense team insists evidence clears. Him he's only detained on suspicion so far, with no formal indictment. The autopsy revealed a brutal scene. Her body, baked in the trunk for over four months, weighed just 71 pounds, partially skeletonized, with alcohol present but not the cause of death.

1:02L.A.P.D. held back details until now to protect the probe. L.A.P.D. Chief Jim McDonald stressed there withholding info to build a solid case for trial after Burke's arrest last April 17, 20. 26. Charges on the 20th and is not guilty plea. The saga's far from over as both sides gear up. That's your update from California News Today, Power by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.