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D4VD Murder Arrest and Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping — Legal Analysis

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews

Tony Brueski

News, True Crime, News Commentary

4.2612 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Two major active cases with critical legal developments. David Anthony Burke, the 21-year-old recording artist known as D4VD, is being held without bail at a Los Angeles County facility following his arrest on suspicion of the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The arrest was executed by LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division without a grand jury indictment or filed criminal complaint. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Major Crimes Division is reviewing the case for filing consideration. The defense has issued a public statement specifically denying causation rather than involvement, asserting that Burke "was not the cause of her death."

Grand jury proceedings included testimony from multiple witnesses over an extended period. Witness behavior — including reported flight from the jurisdiction, concealment, and reluctance to cooperate — is documented in the investigative record. The procedural path forward requires the DA to determine whether probable cause supports formal charges independent of grand jury action under California law.

In the Nancy Guthrie matter, the 84-year-old mother of NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie remains missing from her Tucson, Arizona, residence. The FBI Phoenix Field Office and Pima County Sheriff's Department continue to lead the investigation. No suspect has been publicly identified. Combined reward funds exceed $1.2 million. Multiple purported ransom communications demanding cryptocurrency payment have been received by media outlets. The FBI has not confirmed the authenticity of any such communication. The investigative profile describes a suspect of average build, approximately 5'9" to 5'10", operating with indicators of local familiarity and limited sophistication.

Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer provides procedural and strategic analysis across both matters.

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If you're fascinated by True Crime, then join us in October 26 for CrimeCon London.

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Meet the biggest names in True Crime TV, experience live

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forensic demonstrations and dive deep into the criminal mind with your favourite authors, experts,

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podcasters and content creators. To secure your place, go to Crimecon.com.com.com.com

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now and be part of the UK's biggest true crime community. CrimeCon London,

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partnered by True Crime Channel, 3rd and 4th of October, 2026. This is Hidden Killers Live

1:04.8

with Tony Bruske and Robin Drey. It's happened. We have an arrest.

1:12.2

David has been arrested.

1:13.9

A 14-year-old girl's remains found in the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood towyard.

1:18.7

Seven months later, the man whose name was on that car walked out of a Hollywood Hills home in handcuffs just yesterday, arrested on suspicion of murder, but this didn't come

1:30.2

from a grand jury. It didn't come from a criminal complaint. LAPD went straight to a judge

1:36.9

and moved on their own, arresting him on suspicion of murder. We don't have charges yet.

1:43.2

And the defense of David has been very quick to point that out.

1:47.1

The question isn't just what do they have.

1:49.7

It's what finally pushed them over the line.

1:53.2

And to begin our conversation today,

1:56.5

Robin Drake, retired FBI special agency

1:58.4

for the counterintelligence behavioral analysis program, as always.'s fun day Friday and coming to us raw and real and actively in a police

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chase right now.

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Oh my God, that's really good.

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