MUSIC STAR D4VD SICK COVERUP IN MURDER DISMEMBERMENT CELESTE, 13?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Singer/TikTok star d4vd (David Anthony Burke) arrested on suspicion of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, makes his first court appearance. He is being held without bail. Celeste's body was discovered of the teen's body in a Tesla registered to him last September. According to LA prosecutors, the alleged motive for the murder was to silence her and protect D4vd's music career. Prosecutors allege that Burke was engaging in a sexual relationship with the teenager and killed her when she threatened to expose his conduct.
Attorneys for Burke declare his innocence.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers. Candidate for Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, on the June 2nd ballot, Twitter @TroySlaten
- Brian Fitzgibbons - Director of Operations for USPA Nationwide Security, Leads a team of investigators specializing in locating missing persons, website: www.uspasecurity.com, Instagram: @uspa_nationwide_security, former Marine and Iraq war veteran
- Scott Eicher - Digital Forensics Expert, Founding Member of the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (C.A.S.T); Historical Cellular Analysis Expert; Former FBI agent of 22 years; Former Police Officer and Homicide Detective with Norfolk Virgina Police Dept. having served 12 years; Has worked several missing persons cases. Currently with Precision Cellular Analysis - Handling Criminal, Defense and Civil cases, website: pcaexperts.com;
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", Instagram @JoScottForensic
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker,” featured on Peacock and Bravo, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.2 | Music star David Anthony Burke, |
| 0:14.2 | aka D4VD, sick cover-up of a brutal murder and dismemberment of a little girl, Celeste, just 13 years old |
| 0:26.1 | when the two started dating, alleged motive to cover up sex molestation while she threatening |
| 0:34.4 | to go public with their relationship. |
| 0:37.5 | Good evening. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:42.5 | I am announcing the charges against David Anthony Burke, the musician known as David, spelled D4VD, |
| 0:51.4 | in connection with the brutal and horrific murder of Celeste, a 14-year-old at that time. |
| 0:59.0 | These charges include the most serious charges that a DA's office can bring, |
| 1:05.0 | that is first-degree murder with special circumstances. |
| 1:09.0 | The special circumstances being lying in weight, committing this crime for |
| 1:13.3 | financial gain, or murdering a witness in an investigation. We learned a lot in that court of law |
| 1:20.6 | when D4VD, aka David Anthony Burke, was brought in for the very first time after all these months have passed, and we learned a lot. |
| 1:32.5 | Straight out to Dave Mack joining us, crime stories, investigative reporter. |
| 1:36.5 | Wow. |
| 1:37.5 | Bombshell in the courtroom. |
| 1:39.6 | We learned that there was a motive for Celeste's murder, that there was no accidental overdose. |
| 1:47.0 | Or for Pete's sake, a 14-year-old girl dying of natural cause is what a stroke, a heart attack, cancer? |
| 1:54.1 | No. |
| 1:55.2 | Their claim, the state's claim is that apparently little Celeste threatened to go public with their sex relationship |
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