BREAKING: D4VD Designated Murder Target in Celeste Rivas Grand Jury Probe
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 2 March 2026
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Summary
It's no longer speculation. D4VD — the "Romantic Homicide" singer whose Tesla contained the dismembered remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez — has been officially designated as the target of a murder investigation.
Unsealed court documents filed in Texas reveal the Los Angeles County DA's office identified David Anthony Burke as the target of its grand jury inquiry. The filings allege he "may be involved in having committed... One count of Murder." DA Nathan Hochman confirmed the allegation. Deputy DA Beth Silverman is leading the prosecution.
The documents became public after D4VD's family — father Dawud, mother Colleen, and brother Caleb — challenged subpoenas ordering them to testify. Texas courts denied their petitions. A temporary stay was granted on appeal, but not before the sealed filings were exposed.
What those filings describe is horrific. Celeste's head and torso were found in a cadaver bag in the front trunk of D4VD's Tesla. Her severed arms and legs were in a second bag. The car had been abandoned in the Hollywood Hills since late July 2025. It was towed after neighbors reported a foul odor.
The grand jury has heard from D4VD's manager, who admitted he didn't call police because he wanted the tour to continue. His friend Neo Langston was arrested in Montana for ignoring a subpoena. Investigators found a burn cage and chainsaw at the rental property. Police believe D4VD likely had help.
Celeste went to see a movie with D4VD in April 2024 and never came home. She was last photographed alive January 2, 2025. She was 14 years old.
D4VD has not been arrested or charged. He is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 0:06.7 | There's a word that changes everything in a criminal investigation, and it's not suspect. |
| 0:12.6 | It's not person of interest. It's not alleged. The word is Target. |
| 0:23.9 | And as of this week, that word is now officially attached to David Anthony Burke, the 20-year-old |
| 0:31.4 | Houston-born singer known as D4VD, David, in connection with the death of a 14-year-old |
| 0:36.8 | girl whose dismembered remains were found |
| 0:39.0 | inside the front trunk of his Tesla. For nearly six months, we've watched law enforcement |
| 0:44.7 | dance around what to call him. We heard no suspect has been identified. We heard the cause |
| 0:49.2 | of death remains undetermined. We heard the LAPD in the medical examiner's office fight each other over transparency |
| 0:55.5 | while the grand jury quietly convened on the 13th floor of the Clara Shortridge-Faults Criminal Justice Center. |
| 1:03.2 | Now, thanks to unsealed court documents, documents had only became public because David's own |
| 1:08.7 | family tried to fight subpoenas in Texas. |
| 1:11.7 | We have it in writing. |
| 1:14.0 | The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has formally designated him as the target of a murder investigation. |
| 1:21.7 | The filing spells it out. |
| 1:23.2 | Target. |
| 1:23.8 | David Burke may be involved in having committed the following criminal offenses against the laws of the state of California to wit one count of murder. |
| 1:35.1 | Obviously, innocent, till proven guilty, he has not been charged with anything. |
| 1:40.6 | But that's in pretty powerful language. |
| 1:42.8 | DA Nathan Hockman confirmed it. |
| 1:44.8 | Deputy DA Beth Silverman is presenting the case, |
| 1:48.2 | and the harder people in David's orbit try to run from the truth, |
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