MURDER! LAPD Confirms Death Of Missing Teen Is MURDER INVESTIGATION!

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Part two of the Celeste Rivas death investigation. Many of the stories leaked to TMZ are false, leading LAPD to officially release some information about the condition of Celeste Rivas body. A court order is now preventing the LA Coroner from releasing details of the Celeste's body when she was found in Tesla registered to David Anthony Burke AKA "D4VD". The investigation has officially been labeled an "Investigation into murder" and autopsy findings will not be released to protect the investigation. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go deeper into what is known about the death of the teen who went missing when she was just 13-years-old.

Transcript Highlights

00:00:01.30 Introduction - Celeste Part Two

00:00:14.71 Identification

00:03:51.48 D4VD Fortnite videos on YouTube

00:05:26.94 D4VD "Romantic Homicide"

00:09:43.30 September 7th - big day for D4VD

00:15:24.69 Using Luminol in search of rental home

00:20:00.36 D4VD close circle of friends living in rented mansion

00:25:02.65 Tracking phones

00:30:05.24 Assistance dismembering body

00:36:07.31 Dismembering a body with non-surgical equipment

00:40:07.54 Environmental conditions impact on decomposition

00:46:09.48 Celeste Body being moved - maybe not panic

00:50:07.35 Conclusion - there will be another update

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.7	Body facts with Joseph Scott Moore.
0:09.7	I have said it throughout my career.
0:11.7	I will say it until my eyes close in that final sleep.
0:18.5	Identification is everything in any investigation that you conduct.
0:25.9	In the case involving David Burke, D4D or however it's pronounced.
0:41.6	He's a human being, David, David Burke, he's a real person.
0:54.5	We now have an ID on who those remains were that were indwelling the fronk of his Tesla.
0:57.9	And she was a person as well.
1:03.4	Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
1:09.4	We know who she is, but who was she?
1:18.1	Who was she? What is it that brought her life to the point where it intersected with a young man who had a burgeoning career in the music industry. And why?
1:28.3	Why?
1:31.0	Was her body in multiple pieces
1:35.3	in this Tesla
1:38.3	that belonged to this person?
1:41.9	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan,
1:43.8	and this is body bags.
1:48.0	Dave, so we are oriented here.
1:51.8	We have to state from the beginning that this is a continuation of an earlier episode that we have done.
1:58.5	Because I got to tell you, right now, we're choking on data.
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