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Pretty Lies And Alibis

Singer D4VD To Be Charged In The Murder Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez Today

Pretty Lies And Alibis

GiGi McKelvey

True Crime, Daily News, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Singer D4VD (David Burke) is expected to be charged today in the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. I will be live streaming the press conference at 1 eastern and recap later today in another episode.
 
link to live presser: https://www.youtube.com/live/q4U9XVQryy0?si=e_OEFeO5FfH3e0Kf

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pretty Lies and Alibis. Let's seek the truth and travel the long road to justice together.

0:08.0

What you know, Alibiers, welcome to another episode of Pretty Lies and Alibis. I'm Gigi. Good to have you here. It's Monday, April 20th.

0:16.0

Before we jump in, I just want to say a huge thank you to all y'all. We hit 100,000 followers on YouTube yesterday,

0:23.6

six years in the making, but worth the wait for sure. You guys don't know how much it means to me

0:29.6

that you guys allow me to do what I love every single day. We're just getting started. I have a lot of

0:34.8

plans coming up for the podcast, so I can't wait to see how we grow from here.

0:39.4

We're going to jump in. The singer David was arrested last Thursday and booked on suspicion of

0:45.0

murder in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The DA is expected to file murder charges against him

0:51.7

today, and is actually the last day to do so before he would

0:55.4

have to be released from custody if charges weren't filed. And as of this morning, there is a case

1:00.9

number assigned to him. The arrest is said to be a result of the LAPD actually just being

1:07.0

tired of waiting on the district attorney attorney and they essentially forced their hand.

1:12.1

Attorney Mark Garagos told TMZ his sources in the DA's office said they were not ready,

1:17.6

but the LAPD felt they had enough evidence to support the murder charges.

1:22.4

Now, some legal analysts believe this could mean the DA isn't as confident in the evidence against David since they've had this case for months.

1:30.2

So a little refresher.

1:31.4

21-year-old David and 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were allegedly, and I say allegedly loosely because it was pretty obvious.

1:40.4

They were in an inappropriate relationship.

1:42.8

She had been reported missing three separate times by her family with the final missing report being filed on April 5th.

1:49.9

Celeste was seen on live streams with David on Twitch and also in photos where she covered her face.

1:55.8

We do not know where she was killed or how she was killed, but she was seeing photos almost a year after,

2:02.1

being reported missing for the last time. Also, a private investigator found photos on a digital

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