d4vd Case Part 1: The Body in His Tesla, The Arrest & What the Autopsy Found

This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Singer d4vd has been arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Her body was found decomposed and dismembered in the front trunk of his Tesla. He was on tour when they found her. In Part 1, Tyrella and Nikita cover the full refresher on who Celeste was, how her remains were discovered, the arrest and charges, and what the autopsy revealed. Part 2 drops Thursday, 5/7— and what prosecutors found on his phone changes everything.

⚠️ Content warning: detailed discussion of child murder, dismemberment, and child sexual abuse.

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0:00.0	Did you ever hear a story and think, we're not getting the full picture?
0:08.6	That's where we start.
0:10.1	On this field's criminal, we unpack crime, corruption, and conspiracy with curiosity,
0:15.4	context, and just a touch of chaos.
0:17.4	We step outside the timelines and ask better questions and explore the systems
0:21.9	behind the story, all in a voice that feels more like a friend than a reporter. Because when you
0:26.4	identify the patterns, you can't unsee how often they show up. A 14-year-old girl goes to a famous
0:36.0	musician's house in the Hollywood Hills, and she was never
0:39.4	seen alive again. Her body was found months later, decomposed, dismembered, stuffed into two black
0:46.4	bags in the front trunk of his car. The man whose car it was, well, he was on tour, performing
0:52.6	on stage while she sat in a tow yard. Today, we're back on
0:56.9	this case and everything has changed. I'm Nikita. And I'm Terrella. And welcome back to this
1:04.6	feels criminal. If you were with us back in the fall, then you heard a little bit of this story
1:10.7	already. There wasn't a ton of
1:12.6	information out at the time that we covered it. It's actually on the episode where we talked
1:16.6	about Krista Pike as well, I believe. Yeah, good memory. Girl, I looked up the script. Anyway,
1:23.6	but yes, I do have an excellent memory, actually. So if you haven't listened to that, you can go get the highlights right there.
1:31.4	But don't you worry?
1:32.2	Because we will catch you up.
1:33.3	But a lot has happened since that episode.
1:37.2	So he has been arrested.
1:40.3	He has been arraigned.
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