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Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Murder of Teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez: Singer D4vd Now Being Investigated as a Suspect

Surviving the Survivor: #BestGuests in True Crime

Big Pond Podcasts

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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0:00.0

Investigators now believe that David did not act alone. Of course, we brought you a video yesterday,

0:07.2

saying that he is now the prime suspect from the NYPD robbery homicide division, the ones

0:13.6

investigating this. And tonight, new reporting, very disturbing, that David most likely had

0:20.0

help dismembering and disposing of the body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez,

0:27.5

and that the teens' remains were found severely decomposed as the quote and concealed in a plastic bag inside the front of David's Tesla. This case just went from

0:41.5

disturbing to almost unthinkable. Welcome to the global phenomenon, surviving the

0:48.8

survivor, where we bring you the best guests in all of true crime. Here's your host, Emmy Award winning journalist Joel Waltman.

0:58.0

What's up, St.S Nation?

0:59.3

Welcome to Surviving the Survivor.

1:01.3

This is the show, the global phenomenon that brings you the very best guests in all of true crime.

1:07.3

Just a couple of hours ago on this, I believe it is November, no, November 19th,

1:13.2

that was wrong.

1:14.1

On the evening of November 19th, it was People magazine of all the media outlets now reporting

1:21.9

that they say investigators believe that David, quote unquote, most likely had help dismembering and disposing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez's body.

1:35.7

That obviously changes a calculus a bit.

1:38.7

They also say he has not been cooperative since the very early stages.

1:43.9

Even as multiple outlets now confirm, he is being

1:46.8

viewed as suspect number one in this case. We're going to walk through all the details we know

1:53.3

and we've got some of the best people to do it with. Tom Smith, retired NYPD. It's only the best police department in the world.

2:02.5

I think the biggest as well.

2:04.5

Tom also part of the counterterrorism unit when he was there.

2:09.1

Next up, we'll flank the NYPD detectives with Akron, Ohio, Middle America, an active detective.

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