STAR MUSICIAN D4VD WATCHES WHILE CELESTE, 13, BLEEDS IN KIDDIE POOL IN GARAGE
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Court documents reveal disturbing new details of the gruesome murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. D4vd, David Anthony Burke, charged with first-degree murder, continuous sexual acts, lewd and lascivious sexual acts with an individual under 14 years old and mutilating the human remains of a body. He has pleaded not guilty.
The documents reveal D4vd was seen on camera driving in his Tesla with Celeste's body in the frunk. What's more, court document alleges D4vd ordered two chainsaws from Amazon as well as a body bag, an inflatable pool and a burn cage via Amazon using a fake name.
Investigators say fragments of that pool were found in cut wounds on Celeste's body.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Tre Lovell - Trial Attorney of The Lovell Firm, website: www.lovellfirm.com, Facebook: tre.lovell.5, Instagram: tre-lovell1
- Dr. Geri-Lynn Utter - Clinical Psychologist specializing in psychological evaluations and risk assessments for individuals involved in the criminal justice system, Author of “Mainlining Philly: Survival, Hope and Resisting Drug Addition,” and “Aftershock: How Past Event Shake Up Your Life Today”, and Producer of “Utter Nonsense,” a documentary of exploration of addition and severe mental illness, available to stream on Apple TV and Prime Video, website:drgerilynnutter.com, Instagram & Facebook: DrGeriLynnUtter
- Steve Fischer - Missing Persons Private Investigator, Search & Rescue Specialist, & Owner of Search Investigations, hired by the owner of the Hollywood Hills property where D4vd had been staying, website: search investigations.org, Facebook: SearchInvestigations, X: @SF_Investigates
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", Instagram @JoScottForensic
- Susan Hendricks - Investigative Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi", IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks
- Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:12.0 | Bob Shell Tonight, a star musician, multi-millionaire musician D4VD, |
| 0:19.1 | a.k.a. David Anthony Burke, watches while Celeste Rivas, 13, a little school girl, 13, bleeds out in a hidden |
| 0:33.3 | kiddie pool, bleeds out in a kitty pool while he stands there and watches. Good evening. I'm Nancy |
| 0:44.6 | Grace. This is crime stories. I want to thank you for being with us. This little girl partially |
| 0:51.2 | skeletonize her left eye gone. We don't know why they wanted to keep it |
| 0:58.2 | secret for so long. When I read this, I felt nauseous. I got hot all over because I think of |
| 1:05.0 | Celeste as that little girl. I have just reviewed the people's brief regarding preliminary evidence in State v. David Anthony Burke. |
| 1:16.2 | And I've got to tell you, I prosecuted a lot of homicides. |
| 1:20.2 | I've handled cases where bodies were rendered, all sorts of cases. |
| 1:26.9 | This is beyond practically anything I've ever seen. |
| 1:32.6 | Joining me an All-Star panel to make sense of what we are learning straight out to Joseph |
| 1:37.7 | Scott Morgan. |
| 1:39.9 | He is a professor of forensics, Jacksonville State University. |
| 1:43.1 | He is the author of Blood Beneath My Feet on Amazon. |
| 1:46.3 | He's the star of a hit podcast series, bodybags with Joe Scott Morgan. |
| 1:50.7 | But most important, he is a death investigator with over 10,000 death scenes under his belt. |
| 1:58.3 | Did you read this? |
| 2:00.1 | That's a yes, no. Yes, no. Did you read this? That's a yes, no. |
| 2:01.2 | Yes, no. |
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