Inside the Alleged Psychology Driving D4vd's Actions With Celeste
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Prosecutors describe an alleged pattern in the D4vd case that goes far beyond a single act of violence. David Anthony Burke allegedly made contact with Celeste Rivas Hernandez when she was eleven. The relationship allegedly became sexual when she was thirteen and he was eighteen. By the time prosecutors allege he killed her, she was fourteen — reportedly living in his home, traveling with him, and embedded in a world she could not escape.
What prosecutors have alleged in court filings reveals a reported sequence of behavior that demands psychological examination. After law enforcement reportedly contacted Burke about Celeste being a minor and missing, he allegedly escalated — paying a thousand dollars to resume contact through a classmate. After her alleged death, prosecutors describe a series of reported purchases under a fake identity — chainsaws, a body bag, an inflatable pool — with forensic evidence allegedly tying those materials to her remains. And through it all, prosecutors allege Burke maintained his public life, reportedly doing interviews and promoting his album while Celeste's body allegedly remained in his Tesla.
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, author of "The Minds of Mass Killers," analyzes what this alleged pattern of behavior reveals about compartmentalization, control, and the psychological mechanisms that prosecutors allege allowed Burke to reportedly function in plain sight. Burke has pleaded not guilty and maintains his innocence through counsel.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske and Robin Drink. |
| 0:07.8 | Let's go over to another case, David, David Anthony Burke, D4VD, first met Celeste Rebus Hernandez. |
| 0:14.7 | When she was 11 years old, and by 13, the relationship had allegedly become a bit more than just friends. |
| 0:23.1 | When we hear about an adult, allegedly seeking out a child that young, |
| 0:28.1 | and it's important to understand for the context of this case, he was about 18 at the time, too. |
| 0:34.8 | Still, an adult, without a doubt, but not 40 or 50. Still, they would have been in the same school system, essentially, at a point in time. |
| 0:43.8 | But seeking out a child that young and reportedly maintaining contact for years. Let's talk about that. |
| 0:54.4 | What does that pattern suggest about intent versus opportunity? |
| 0:59.4 | Is this someone, because people are going to look at this and you're going to hear a thousand, |
| 1:03.2 | and I'm not saying they're justified excuses, but I'm already seeing them, |
| 1:07.3 | of, well, when I was 18 or my grandma was 18 or my mother was 18 or my father was 18, |
| 1:13.6 | they were dating my mother who was 14 or whatever. |
| 1:17.4 | You hear these stories and things like that. |
| 1:20.2 | This is a little further than that. |
| 1:22.1 | This is not just like senior and freshmen. |
| 1:25.2 | This is more like senior and seventh grader. |
| 1:28.9 | Right. |
| 1:29.3 | Which is more. |
| 1:31.3 | I remember being in seventh grade and I remember having female friends of mine who would brag about their boyfriends who were driving and were 18 and adults and they were you know they thought they were adults they were |
| 1:45.3 | down with that they're like this is great and and and fortunately in 1990 whatever that was five |
| 1:52.2 | six that uh people were still kind of like oh well okay it was looked the other way still |
| 1:58.5 | um anyway uh it's not about me. |
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