D4VD - Abortion, Plan B, Chainsaws and a Blue Kiddie Pool: Court Docs
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Court documents reveal disturbing new details of the gruesome murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. D4vd, David Anthony Burke, charged with first-degree murder, continuous sexual acts, lewd and lascivious sexual acts with an individual under 14 years old and mutilating the human remains of a body. He has pleaded not guilty.
The documents reveal D4vd provided Celeste with a burner cellphone and the two discussed abortion, Plan B birthcontrol, and the fact that Celeste wanted more than just a sexual relationship.
Court document alleges D4vd ordered two chainsaws from Amazon as well as a body bag, an inflatable pool and a burn cage via Amazon using a fake name.
Investigators say fragments of that pool were found in cut wounds on Celeste's body.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Tre Lovell -Trial Attorney of The Lovell Firm, website: www.lovellfirm.com, Facebook: tre.lovell.5, Instagram: tre-lovell1
- Steve Fischer - Missing Persons Private Investigator, Search & Rescue Specialist, & Owner of Search Investigations, hired by the owner of the Hollywood Hills property where D4vd rented SearchInvestigations, X: @SF_Investigates
- Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue”, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
- Susan Hendricks - Investigative Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi", IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
- Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.8 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.7 | Star musician, multi-millionaire D4VD, aka David Anthony Burke, according to documents that we have received from the district attorney's office stood by and watched while Celeste, |
| 0:26.0 | 13-year-old school girl, Celeste, bled in a kitty pool that he ordered from Amazon. |
| 0:36.6 | Repeat, according to these documents, |
| 0:40.1 | the musician D4VD stands by |
| 0:43.5 | and watches this little girl bleed |
| 0:45.9 | and a kiddie pool he gets on Amazon |
| 0:48.7 | that he hides down in his basement. |
| 0:51.7 | Can anybody say death penalty? Because I can. The people's brief regarding |
| 0:58.0 | preliminary hearing evidence. And it is full of the most incendiary facts I can think of. Correction |
| 1:08.0 | to me. You, Dave Mac, |
| 1:12.2 | Crime Stories Investigative Reporter. |
| 1:14.4 | I said 13, |
| 1:16.2 | but isn't it true that this document reveals |
| 1:19.5 | David Anthony Burke lured this little girl |
| 1:22.7 | at age 11, 11 years old? |
| 1:26.8 | That's exactly right, Nancy, 11 years old, documented. |
| 1:32.0 | That's the first time David Anthony Burke met Celeste Revis. |
| 1:37.8 | And isn't it true, Dave Mack? |
| 1:40.4 | I'm looking through the preliminary hearing brief. |
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