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Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 95 minutes

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The D4VD case just exploded with the first clear look at what prosecutors believe happened to 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez before her decomposed body was found in the front trunk of David Anthony Burke’s Tesla. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the disturbing new prosecution timeline, including allegations involving chainsaws, a kiddie pool, a body bag, a shovel, Amazon purchases, text messages, and the chilling evidence prosecutors say may point to motive and cover-up. Former California homicide prosecutor Matt Murphy joins Ashleigh to explain why the case took months to charge, what the delay could mean for both sides, and how prosecutors may be building their case against D4VD.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Sirius.
0:09.0	And I wanted to do an episode to bring you up to speed if you're not already on what the prosecutors in California believe. David, the singer, who spells his name D4VD,
0:27.5	what they allege he did to his underage girlfriend, Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
0:33.0	Because if you get your hands on this people's briefing, and I have to call it a people's briefing,
0:39.7	it's not an affidavit, it's not a charging document, it's none of those things.
0:43.2	It is a briefing paper that the DA in California has put together for the judge in advance of
0:50.1	a preliminary hearing for David.
0:52.5	And, you know, you already know he's David Anthony Burke, but he goes by David, D4VD.
0:57.0	So for purposes of this podcast, that's what I'm calling him.
1:00.0	Anyway, finally, finally we know the narrative.
1:06.0	Finally we know what the police have and what they allege this guy did to this poor young
1:14.4	girl, this child who was only 14 when she met her death and had her 15th birthday rotting
1:22.8	in the front trunk of his Tesla.
1:25.9	We've known all along that the body of a girlfriend of his, an underage
1:30.7	girlfriend, was rotting in his Tesla, and he's running off and doing a start of a tour, or at
1:35.9	least starting, and then canceling it real quick. But we couldn't quite figure out back in September
1:42.6	of 2025 why they weren't arresting them.
1:45.0	It seemed kind of obvious to us.
1:47.0	Tesla's 400 feet away from your front door of your house.
1:50.0	And there's a dead girlfriend cut up inside that Tesla.
1:54.0	How was this a hard case?
1:57.0	Well, in some ways it isn't. It's just unbelievably obvious. And in some ways it isn't.
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