Singer D4vd Charged with Murder, Child Abuse

0:00It's April 29. You're listening to Entertainment and celebrity news today, AI-powered entertainment coverage. Prosecutors dropped a bombshell in cord docs about singer David, real name David Anthony Burke, a 21-year-old rising star. They say he met 11-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez back in January 2022, kicked off a sexual relationship when she was 13, and he was 18, and now faces murder charges after her dismembered body turned up in the front trunk of his Tesla on September 8, 20, 25. Earlier this week, a preliminary hearing brief laid out how Celeste went missing twice in 2024, first in February, and again in April. Cops called Burke after finding his number in her phone. He claimed he didn't know she was a kid or missing. Deputies later showed up at his place, and he had her yearbook pick on his phone, even though he said they'd only met once. The case hit hard because texts between them talk sex, pregnancy, abortions, and plan

1:00B pills. Prosecutors claimed she traveled with him to Vegas, London, Texas, and crash weekends at his Hollywood Hill spot. Her family in Lake Elsinore dealt with her running off, and he even allegedly paid a classmate $1,000 for a burner phone to keep in. Touch. New details say Burke killed her on April 23, 2025, right when she was set to be a witness against him for loot acts on a cheque, minor. She reportedly threatened to tank his career that night. Cause of death, multiple stab wounds from some object ruled a homicide. He's charged with murder, ongoing child sex abuse, and messing with the remains. Burke's team says he didn't do it, and plans a fierce defense. He's locked up with Albeil, not guilty plea on the table, per limb hearing starts, May 26 after a status check, May 12th. This story is still unfolding as the DA weighs life without parole or worse.