D4VD: The Murder Case Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

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• Why Did Prosecutors Say D4VD Killed Celeste To Protect His Career? 05.07.2026 38min

  The DA's office didn't just charge David Anthony Burke with first-degree murder. They alleged he did it for financial gain — that a fourteen-year-old girl was treated as a liability to a brand and allegedly eliminated because she was threatening to expose a relationship that could destroy his career. This look back sits with that allegation and everything it carries.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down every layer of the charges. The prosecution stacked first-degree murder with three special circumstances — lying in wait, financial gain, and the killing of a witness — alongside additional counts related to the victim's age and the condition of her remains. The harshest possible penalty is on the table. Motta explains how each charge connects to the others: the alleged relationship with a child under fourteen created the secret, the threat to the career created the motive, and the alleged killing eliminated the person who could expose both.Then there's the defense. Burke's team said publicly he "was not the cause of her death" — a statement specific enough to signal a theory but broad enough to leave room. Motta examines what that theory could look like, what the defense has to offer a jury that goes beyond creating doubt, and the hardest question of all: how do you explain the condition in which a fourteen-year-old girl's remains were found in your client's car? The LAPD chief acknowledged degraded evidence. The DA says they have physical, forensic, and digital proof. Burke has pleaded not guilty. We revisit where the case stood at the time of our reporting.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #FirstDegreeMurder #FinancialGain #BobMotta #SpecialCircumstances #JusticeForCeleste #TrueCrime #TheD4VDCase
• What Does The Year Before D4VD's Tesla Reveal About Celeste's Case? 04.07.2026 50min

  For a year, the public has been told one version of this story: a thirteen-year-old ran from home, vanished into the world of a rising musician, and was found in the front trunk of his Tesla. This look back goes into the year before that discovery — and what it reveals is harder to hold than the headline version.Celeste Rivas Hernandez was not actually missing for most of the timeline. She attended a family event. She appeared on surveillance footage in her own neighborhood. She was brought home by police at least once. She was coming and going — which means the real question isn't only who allegedly took her life, but who was supposed to be keeping her safe, and why they couldn't. Eleven law-enforcement calls to her family's home in fourteen months. A full school year with no enrollment. An ex-boyfriend who told reporters what she was saying before she disappeared. A neighbor of nearly three years who had never met the family. A licensed PI who has been publicly asking whether certain relatives knew more than they've shared with investigators.This segment doesn't pretend the answers are simple. It lays out what's in the public record and treats the questions inside it with the seriousness a fourteen-year-old girl deserved while she was alive. David Anthony Burke has been charged with first-degree murder and additional counts with special circumstances alleged. He has pleaded not guilty and is held without bail. We revisit where the case stood at the time of our reporting. The story of what happened to Celeste has been sitting in the record the whole time. This is the segment that reads it out loud.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CelesteRivasHernandez #D4VD #DavidBurke #LakeElsinore #SystemsFailure #TrueCrime #SteveFischer #MissingChild #JusticeForCeleste #TheD4VDCase
• How Did A Parking Ticket Lead To D4VD's Murder Charges? 03.07.2026 30min

  Celeste Rivas Hernandez was thirteen when she was first reported missing from Lake Elsinore. She was reported missing three separate times. She was gone for roughly seventeen months. And she was only found because a car got a parking ticket, was towed, and a worker at the lot noticed something wrong. The vehicle was registered to the singer known as D4VD. Her remains were inside.This look back traces the full arc of the investigation from that accidental discovery through to the arrest and charges. David Anthony Burke was taken into custody at a Hollywood Hills residence via a probable-cause warrant — LAPD moved ahead of any grand jury decision and secured the arrest on their own. Charges were subsequently filed, including first-degree murder and additional counts with special circumstances alleged. Burke has pleaded not guilty and is held without bail.The investigation uncovered tracking data allegedly placing Burke in a remote stretch of Santa Barbara County during the window investigators believe Celeste died. Evidence was reportedly seized from his rental property and from a separate address the night of the arrest. The Medical Examiner's office pushed back publicly against the security hold LAPD placed on the autopsy. And the defense team issued a statement that didn't deny the car, didn't deny a connection — and instead made two very specific, carefully worded denials that, according to legal analysts, telegraph exactly where the defense is headed. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down every layer. We revisit where the case stood at the time of our reporting. Celeste's father, upon hearing of the arrest, said two words: "Thank God."Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #LAPD #RameyWarrant #TrueCrime #JenniferCoffindaffer #LakeElsinore #TheD4VDCase
• How Was Celeste Rivas Hernandez Missing For 17 Months Before Anyone Found Her? 02.07.2026 43min

  Celeste Rivas Hernandez was thirteen when she was first reported missing from Lake Elsinore. She was found roughly seventeen months later — and only because a car got a parking ticket, was towed, and someone at the lot opened the front trunk. She was fourteen years old. This look back at the D4VD case starts with the question the headlines keep glancing past: how does a child go missing for that long, and get found only by accident?We revisit where the investigation stood at the time of our reporting and trace the arc from her disappearance through the discovery, the sealed medical examiner's report, the grand jury investigation, and the arrest and charging of David Anthony Burke — the recording artist known as D4VD. Burke faces first-degree murder and additional charges related to the victim's age and the condition of her remains. He has pleaded not guilty and is held without bail.This segment also examines the first crack in Burke's inner circle. His close friend and collaborator Neo Langston was arrested in Montana for failing to appear before the grand jury, testified briefly once brought in, and then posted privately claiming to have information — while conspicuously never once writing Celeste's name. A private investigator working on behalf of the family publicly questioned why someone with information would wait months and a felony arrest to speak up. The family's fight for answers has been long and grinding. Celeste's father, upon learning of the arrest, said two words: "Thank God." This is a case about a child who deserved better from every system that was supposed to protect her.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #JusticeForCeleste #DavidBurke #NeoLangston #LAPD #TrueCrime #LakeElsinore #MissingChild #TheD4VDCase
• How Did D4VD Go From A Gospel-Only Household To Being Charged With Killing Celeste Rivas Hernandez? 01.06.2026 42min

  Before he was opening for SZA, D4VD was a homeschooled kid in Houston recording music in his sister's closet. The only music allowed in the house was gospel until he was thirteen. His mother was his teacher. His social world. The person who reportedly suggested he start making music. Then the internet opened everything up and nobody was apparently standing between a sheltered teenager and unlimited access to the world.By seventeen he was signed to Darkroom and Interscope Records. Touring globally. Making real money. Still a teenager. The people around him were apparently not there to raise him. They were there to keep the product moving. His mother reportedly managed his business finances. The entourage was built around revenue. Nobody was apparently asking whether anyone was watching — because watching wasn't what anyone was being paid to do.Prosecutors allege David Anthony Burke is responsible for the death of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez and that he killed her to protect his career. He has pleaded not guilty and maintains his innocence.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent more than thirty years in forensic mental health. She traces Burke's trajectory through every system that allegedly failed — and she doesn't start with the crime. She starts with the closet. A restrictive household that gave way to unrestricted digital access with no bridge. No peer socialization during the years when emotional regulation is supposed to develop. A mother who was reportedly everything and allegedly saw nothing. An industry that handed a teenager sudden wealth and a world tour and apparently never checked whether a single adult in the room was there for the right reasons.Scott examines what each of those conditions allegedly does to a developing mind. She explains why this pattern — isolation, sudden access, wealth without infrastructure, power without accountability — is documented in forensic psychology literature. And she identifies what was missing long before the outcome prosecutors describe. Every system allegedly failed. This is the story of how.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ForensicPsychology #MusicIndustry #Interscope #JusticeForCeleste
• Was Anyone Actually Watching D4VD When Everything Went Wrong? 28.05.2026 16min

  David Anthony Burke was thirteen when the internet opened up a world his strictly religious household had kept sealed. He was seventeen when he signed with Darkroom and Interscope. He was opening for SZA, touring globally, making real money. He was still a kid. And prosecutors now allege that by twenty, he had killed fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to protect the career that had consumed his life. He has pleaded not guilty. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott has spent more than thirty years studying what creates the conditions for violence — not just the moment, but the years of accumulated failure that allegedly precede it. She looks at Burke’s life the way a forensic clinician does. A mother who was reportedly his entire world — teacher, social structure, the person who launched his career — and who allegedly didn’t see or didn’t intervene in what was developing. An industry that handed a teenager with no foundation a world tour, sudden wealth, and a team of people whose jobs depended on keeping the product moving. An inner circle made entirely of people who allegedly benefited from him, with nobody positioned to tell him no. Scott traces each of those conditions and explains what they allegedly do to a developing mind — how restriction without transition creates confusion, how fame without foundation creates fragility, and how an environment where every person around you profits from your existence allegedly eliminates the one thing a young person needs most: someone willing to say stop.Footer Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidBurke #ShavaunScott #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ForensicPsychology #MusicIndustry #Hollywood #Interscope
• Did D4VD Show Us Who He Was Before Anyone Knew to Look? 28.05.2026 25min

  Everyone’s covering the evidence. The charges. The alleged timeline. This episode asks the question underneath all of it: who was David Anthony Burke before any of this allegedly happened, and what about the way he grew up allegedly made it possible?This episode strips the case back to the person. Burke grew up homeschooled and isolated in Houston. He told multiple interviewers he’d never experienced real relationships, real conflict, or real heartbreak — and he built a billion-stream career by performing all of it anyway. He called them “fake scenarios.” He said he created characters and channeled other people’s pain into songs audiences believed were autobiography. The first concert he ever went to was his own. The gap between what Burke projected and what he actually felt wasn’t a weakness. It was the entire engine.We walk through three psychological layers grounded in Burke’s own pre-arrest interviews and the prosecution’s filing: how manufactured authenticity became a career, how secrecy allegedly became an operating system long before any crime is alleged to have occurred, and how prosecutors say Burke allegedly ran parallel lives for over a year without anyone in his circle questioning what they saw. We examine the moment law enforcement told Burke that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was thirteen — the yearbook photo he allegedly showed deputies while claiming he’d only met her once, the thousand-dollar phone allegedly delivered through a classmate, and the matching “Shhh” tattoos that reportedly marked the alleged relationship.Then the alleged forty-eight hours: the podcast where Burke smiled through a conversation about heartbreak, the album release, and the tools prosecutors allege were ordered under the name “Victoria Mendez.” His biggest hit is called “Romantic Homicide.” His mother heard it and said it was “too violent.” The album that allegedly dropped two days after Celeste’s alleged death is called Withered.Burke has pleaded not guilty to all charges. His defense team maintains he is innocent and was not the cause of Celeste’s death.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JusticeForCeleste #TrueCrimePodcast #MurderCase #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimePsychology
• Who Reportedly Knew About Celeste And Allegedly Said Nothing? 25.05.2026 45min

  The alleged murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez is the center of this case. But the people who were allegedly around David Anthony Burke — who reportedly saw, heard, and still didn't act — are the reason this story won't let go.Three separate grand juries heard testimony from friends, managers, and family. Burke's manager was reportedly overheard telling his attorney that calling police after allegedly learning about the body wasn't his responsibility. Friends reportedly bought a cover story that the fourteen-year-old was a college student — despite her allegedly being five-foot-two with braces and a love for Hello Kitty. Someone in Burke's Discord reportedly posted about the missing girl months after she disappeared. Nobody reportedly did a thing. His parents and brother were subpoenaed. Court records indicate his mother reportedly managed his business finances.According to prosecutors, Celeste was fourteen when she was allegedly killed because she threatened to reveal a relationship that reportedly started when she was thirteen. Chainsaw purchases allegedly made under a fake name. A body bag. A burn cage. Whether someone else was allegedly involved in the disposal and reportedly backed out — allegedly leaving Celeste's remains in a vehicle for months. A child who allegedly traveled internationally with an adult, reportedly met his family, allegedly got matching tattoos, and still nobody reportedly stepped in.Robin Dreeke brings decades of FBI behavioral expertise to the alleged grooming patterns — the alleged thousand-dollar payment to a classmate, the deliberate isolation from her parents, the financial control that allegedly made her dependent. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines why networks of people allegedly close to this kind of behavior reportedly fail to intervene — the professional loyalty, the money, the willful blindness that reportedly lets alleged harm happen in plain sight.Celeste was fourteen. She reportedly had braces. She allegedly loved Hello Kitty. Burke has pleaded not guilty and maintains his innocence.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #RobinDreeke #ShavaunScott #BystanderEffect #CelesteRivas
• Why Is Everyone Reading D4vd's Music Like A Confession? 22.05.2026 24min

  This is the D4vd case at its strangest. David Anthony Burke stands charged in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, he has pleaded not guilty, and a preliminary hearing is coming that will decide whether this goes to trial. But this episode isn't about the calendar. It's about the question that has taken over every comment section: was Burke looking to other corners of macabre pop culture, and how much of that ended up in what he's alleged to have done?Tony Brueski takes that question seriously without letting it run wild. He lays out the part that's solid and public — a career built on “Romantic Homicide,” an album called Withered, a shelved edition subtitled with a word for dead things that won't let go, a whispered girl's voice reportedly played in the dark before every show. He lays out the part that isn't — the manga theory the internet keeps inflating, which no credible source has tied to Burke at all.And then he flips it. The influence worth talking about may not be the one that shaped him. It may be the one we've all been swimming in — the years of suffering made beautiful and streamable, the audience trained to read a killing like a finale, the chainsaw-and-pool detail that felt familiar to too many people for comfort.Nothing here is a verdict. It's an opinion-driven, Celeste-centered look at art, influence, and accountability as a real case heads toward a real courtroom. Watch it through — the ending is the part that earns the rest. And it ends where it should: on Celeste.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#D4vd #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast #D4vdCase #RomanticHomicide #CrimeNews #JusticeForCeleste
• Celeste Was Reported Missing Three Times And Allegedly Returned To D4VD Every Time 12.05.2026 32min

  Three missing persons reports in early 2024. Three times Celeste Rivas Hernandez was allegedly brought back into the orbit of the man prosecutors now say was grooming her since she was eleven years old. Three chances the system allegedly had to protect a child — and three alleged failures that ended with her dismembered remains reportedly found in the front trunk of a Tesla.Tony Brueski and retired FBI behavioral analysis expert Robin Dreeke dig into the alleged failures that cut deepest. Was someone allegedly supposed to dispose of the body while Burke was on tour? Who allegedly provided a minor with fake identification for international travel? How did the alleged thousand-dollar payment to a classmate not trigger an investigation? Why did an entire entourage allegedly connected to a rising music star reportedly look the other way while a child was allegedly being groomed?Robin breaks down the alleged grooming architecture — the matching "Shhh..." tattoos, the "David" tattoo allegedly on a child's ring finger, the alleged financial control, the deliberate separation from family. D4VD's childhood and whether alleged early behavioral indicators existed get a full analysis. The comparison between alleged antisocial patterns in this case and other high-profile cases sparks one of the most compelling behavioral discussions of the case. Celeste allegedly needed one adult to speak up. According to prosecutors, the adults closest to the situation reportedly chose silence — and a fourteen-year-old girl allegedly paid for it.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #RobinDreeke #JusticeForCeleste #DavidBurke #ChildGrooming #HollywoodHillsMurder #TonyBrueski
• Why Celeste Rivas Hernandez's Parents Took Her Phone — and What D4VD Allegedly Did Next! 10.05.2026 38min

  Celeste Rivas Hernandez was a child. Her parents knew something was wrong. They took her phone. They reported her missing — not once, but twice. Deputies went to David Anthony Burke's door and reportedly told him directly that she was thirteen. According to prosecutors, none of it stopped what was happening to her. This Hidden Killers Week in Review brings together two episodes honoring Celeste's story and examining every alleged failure that left her unprotected.She was reportedly eleven when Burke first allegedly entered her life. By thirteen, prosecutors say the relationship had become sexual. People around Burke reportedly believed Celeste was a nineteen-year-old USC student — she was in middle school. When her parents intervened and took her phone, prosecutors allege Burke drove to her community in Lake Elsinore and paid one of her classmates a thousand dollars to put a new phone back in her hands. She was a kid whose family was fighting to keep her safe, and according to the prosecution's account, every barrier they put up was allegedly circumvented.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer examines the welfare check that should have changed everything and explains why the systems designed to protect children like Celeste allegedly failed at every level. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott addresses the alleged pattern of exploitation prosecutors describe — someone who allegedly maintained sustained access to a child while concealing her true age from everyone around him. Prosecutors allege Celeste threatened to expose the relationship and end Burke's career, and that she was subsequently fatally stabbed in his Hollywood Hills garage. She was fourteen years old. Burke has pleaded not guilty to all charges. His defense attorneys say he is innocent and did not cause Celeste's death. Celeste's family continues to seek justice for their daughter.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JenniferCoffindaffer #ShavaunScott #LakeElsinore #HollywoodHills
• D4VD Allegedly Used a Fake Name to Buy What Prosecutors Say Hid Celeste 10.05.2026 39min

  "Victoria Mendez." That's the alias prosecutors allege David Anthony Burke used to order chainsaws, a body bag, and an inflatable pool from Amazon after fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was allegedly stabbed to death. Blue plastic fragments embedded in Celeste's remains were reportedly matched to that pool by the LAPD forensic lab. Prosecutors say he drove to a remote highway near Lake Cachuma three separate times. And on the morning after the alleged killing, they say he ordered a shovel — then gave a radio interview.This week's review brings together the most essential D4VD case conversations — centered on Celeste, on the prosecution's timeline, and on the questions this community has been asking since the People's Brief went public.Celeste was fourteen. Prosecutors allege she was reported missing multiple times before she was killed. They allege law enforcement told Burke her age directly during a welfare check. According to the filing, he said he'd only met her once. Prosecutors allege the relationship began online when Celeste was eleven and became sexual when she was thirteen. Every system that should have intervened allegedly didn't — and the People's Brief makes clear that multiple people reportedly had proximity to what was happening and said nothing.Burke has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and unlawful mutilation of human remains. His attorneys maintain he is innocent and did not cause Celeste's death. These are allegations. But the questions they've generated are the ones that matter most — and they're the ones this community has been asking since the filing dropped.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the prosecution's evidence roadmap and what fifty-four search warrants reveal about the scope of this investigation. Robin Dreeke answers the listener questions directly — about what allegedly happened in the days after, about who allegedly knew, and about how a fourteen-year-old girl allegedly disappeared through every crack in every system that was supposed to catch her.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #PeoplesBrief #VictoriaMendez #BethSilverman #LAPD #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers
• Celeste Rivas Hernandez Was Reported Missing Three Times Before She Was Found 08.05.2026 18min

  She loved Hello Kitty. She had thick dark curls and a soft smile. Neighbors in Lake Elsinore remember her walking to the corner store with her backpack. Her parents reported her missing three times. She was fourteen years old — and according to prosecutors, the person who allegedly took her from that life is facing first-degree murder charges with special circumstances that could carry the death penalty.Celeste Rivas Hernandez allegedly met David Burke when she was eleven. Prosecutors say a sexual relationship allegedly began when she was thirteen and he was eighteen. They allege she was brought on trips to Las Vegas, London, and Texas, introduced to his family, given matching tattoos — and then, when she reportedly threatened to tell the truth about everything, allegedly murdered. The People's Brief describes an alleged stabbing, followed by months of alleged concealment while Burke reportedly launched a world tour and released music.Her dismembered remains were allegedly found in the trunk of Burke's Tesla. She was discovered one day after what would have been her fifteenth birthday. Her family issued a statement through their attorney calling Burke's arrest "a first step toward justice."Former felony prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis joins Hidden Killers to examine every legal dimension — the charges, the alleged evidence, the defense strategy that just reversed itself, and the road to the preliminary hearing set for May 26. But at the center of all of it is a girl from Lake Elsinore whose family has been fighting for answers since the first time she went missing. Her parents reported her missing three times. Three times. This case is about Celeste. It always has been.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidBurke #JusticeForCeleste #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #EricFaddis #LakeElsinore #MurderCharge #DeathPenalty
• Celeste Was Right in Front of D4vd's Circle — Nobody Allegedly Acted 07.05.2026 13min

  She was five-foot-two. She had braces. She loved Hello Kitty. And prosecutors allege the adults around David Anthony Burke — the singer known as D4vd — accepted his story that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was a nineteen-year-old college student without question.Three separate grand juries heard from Burke's friends, his manager, and his family. His manager was reportedly overheard saying that calling police after learning about remains was not his job — the tour was his job. Burke's parents and brother were all subpoenaed. Prosecutors allege Celeste traveled to Texas to meet the family. In his Discord server, someone reportedly referenced "the missing girl Celeste Rivas Hernandez" — and nobody reported it. Nobody acted. Nobody asked the question that was sitting in the open.A psychotherapist explains how professional loyalty, financial stakes, group conformity, and the strange diffusion of responsibility that happens online allegedly allowed an entire circle of people to stand close enough to this case to be questioned under oath. The hardest question in the Celeste Rivas Hernandez case is not about the person charged — it is about everyone who was reportedly standing right there. Burke has pleaded not guilty and maintains his innocence through counsel.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4vd #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CriminalPsychology #CelesteRivas #ChildPredator #LosAngeles
• Celeste Was Eleven When D4vd Allegedly Made First Contact 07.05.2026 21min

  Celeste Rivas Hernandez was eleven years old. She reportedly loved Hello Kitty. She had braces. And prosecutors allege that is when David Anthony Burke — a rising singer building a career under the name D4vd — first entered her life.By thirteen, prosecutors allege the contact became sexual. By fourteen, she was reportedly living in his Hollywood Hills home, traveling with him, embedded so deeply in his world that when she allegedly threatened to expose everything, prosecutors say Burke made a calculation that cost Celeste her life. When law enforcement had already contacted him — already told him she was a minor and missing — prosecutors allege he paid a thousand dollars to get a phone to her through a classmate so they could keep communicating. After she allegedly died, prosecutors describe weeks of reported purchases under a fake name: chainsaws, a body bag, an inflatable pool. Forensic evidence allegedly connects those materials to injuries on Celeste's remains.A psychotherapist breaks down what the alleged behavior prosecutors describe reveals about the psychology reportedly at work — from alleged first contact with a child to the reported cover-up that prosecutors allege lasted months while Celeste's body remained in Burke's Tesla. Burke has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys say he is innocent and did not cause her death.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4vd #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #JusticeForCeleste #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CriminalPsychology #CelesteRivas #ChildPredator #LosAngeles
• Celeste Still Had Braces — D4VD Faces Her Murder Charges 05.05.2026 21min

  Celeste Rivas Hernandez loved to sing and dance. Friday nights were movie nights with her family. She had thick dark curls, a soft smile, and Hello Kitty slippers on the day she went missing. She was fourteen years old.Her family said she was beautiful and strong and that she always told them she loved them. She is not here to say any of it herself.The People’s Brief filed in the case against David Anthony Burke alleges that Celeste met him online when she was eleven. Prosecutors say the sexual abuse began when she was thirteen. They say she was isolated from her family, traveled with Burke to Las Vegas, London, and Texas, and was killed after she allegedly threatened to expose the relationship. Her body was reportedly found months later in a Tesla, so decomposed the medical examiner had to use dental records to identify her. She still had braces.Burke has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and unlawful mutilation of human remains. His attorneys say he did not cause her death.Your questions about this case are personal. You’re asking how a girl gets reported missing multiple times and nobody connects the dots. You’re asking how an adult man allegedly takes a child across state lines and to another country and no system intervenes. You’re asking what it means that people around him reportedly smelled something for weeks and never called anyone. You’re asking about the school friend who was allegedly paid a thousand dollars to deliver a phone.Robin Dreeke and I take on the questions that keep coming back to one truth: Celeste deserved every adult around her to do better.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CelesteRivasHernandez #D4VD #JusticeForCeleste #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ListenerQA #ProtectOurChildren #DavidBurke #TrueCrimePodcast #HiddenKillersLive
• D4VD's Prosecution Blueprint Fully Broken Down 04.05.2026 53min

  The most detailed breakdown of the People's Brief against David Anthony Burke — covering every major piece of evidence prosecutors plan to present at the preliminary hearing.Deputy DA Beth Silverman filed a nine-page roadmap this week alleging Burke texted Celeste Rivas Hernandez's phone after she was allegedly already dead. The brief describes purchases made under the fake name "Victoria Mendez" — chainsaws, a body bag, a shovel, an inflatable pool. It details three separate trips to a remote area in Santa Barbara County. And it reveals that blue plastic fragments in Celeste's remains were matched to that pool by the LAPD forensic lab.The filing also outlines what prosecutors call years of sexual exploitation — meeting Celeste at eleven, a relationship at thirteen, and a thousand dollars paid to a classmate to maintain access after Celeste's parents intervened.Burke's defense team initially demanded a fast hearing, then reversed course and asked for a delay after the discovery started arriving. They tried to seal the brief. The judge denied it.Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Tony Brueski for a three-part analysis of premeditation, grooming, and the defense reversal.All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #JenniferCoffindaffer #PeoplesBrief #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BlairBerk #BethSilverman #MurderCase
• Why D4VD's Legal Team Delayed Their Own Hearing 04.05.2026 18min

  David Anthony Burke's defense demanded speed — then asked for time. The reversal happened in open court, and the prosecution made sure the judge knew they'd warned the defense it was coming.At Burke's arraignment, lead attorney Blair Berk invoked California's right to a preliminary hearing within ten court days. She projected confidence. She wanted the evidence tested publicly. But when discovery started arriving — wiretap results, three grand juries' worth of compelled testimony, forty terabytes of data, material from fifty-four search warrants — attorney Marilyn Bednarski asked for a delay to May 26.They also tried to seal the prosecution's nine-page evidence brief. The judge denied that too.Deputy DA Beth Silverman told the court only about thirty percent of the evidence had been uploaded to the defense's system. The scope of what investigators compiled — across Burke's phone, iCloud, Tesla data, Amazon purchases, Uber records, and surveillance footage — is staggering.Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what the discovery revealed, what the wiretap tells us, and what matters most heading into the May 26 hearing.Part 3 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #JenniferCoffindaffer #BlairBerk #PreliminaryHearing #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #DefenseStrategy #BethSilverman
• D4VD Met Celeste at Eleven — Here's What Prosecutors Allege 04.05.2026 16min

  Eleven years old. That's the age prosecutors say Celeste Rivas Hernandez was when she first met David Anthony Burke. By thirteen, the People's Brief alleges they were in a sexual relationship. By fourteen, she was allegedly living parts of her life inside a celebrity's world — Hollywood Hills weekends, Las Vegas trips, flights to London and Texas — while her family in Lake Elsinore was left wondering where their daughter was.The filing describes text messages pulled from Burke's iCloud containing references to sex, pregnancy, abortion, and emergency contraception. It describes explicit photographs prosecutors say document the relationship. And it describes a moment that should have stopped everything — when Riverside County deputies told Burke directly that Celeste was thirteen years old and had been reported missing.According to prosecutors, Burke's response was to drive to Lake Elsinore and pay one of Celeste's junior high classmates a thousand dollars to deliver a phone he'd purchased for her.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the grooming pattern, the systemic failures, and how the alleged exploitation timeline is the prosecution's foundation for murder motive.Part 2 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #JenniferCoffindaffer #Grooming #ChildExploitation #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #LakeElsinore #SystemFailure
• D4VD's Purchase Timeline Prosecutors Say Proves Intent 04.05.2026 18min

  A shovel the day after. Chainsaws a week later. A body bag and inflatable pool ten days after that. A burn cage two months later. All allegedly ordered by David Anthony Burke under the fake name "Victoria Mendez."The People's Brief filed by Deputy DA Beth Silverman this week describes what prosecutors call a calculated, months-long cover-up following the alleged murder of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The filing alleges Burke sent texts to Celeste's phone after she was allegedly already dead, drove to a remote highway near Lake Cachuma three times, and used the tools he purchased to dismember her body in the garage of his Hollywood Hills rental.Blue plastic fragments found embedded in Celeste's remains were reportedly matched by the LAPD forensic lab to the inflatable pool. Her passport card was discovered in the same Santa Barbara County area Burke allegedly visited. And law enforcement executed fifty-four search warrants across the investigation.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what the prosecution's evidence roadmap reveals about how they're building premeditation — and what every piece of it means.Part 1 of 3.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#D4VD #DavidAnthonyBurke #CelesteRivasHernandez #JenniferCoffindaffer #PeoplesBrief #Premeditation #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #BethSilverman #VictoriaMendez