歌手D4vd（本名David Anthony Burke）因谋杀14岁少女Celeste Rivas Hernandez而受审，案件在洛杉矶法庭进行听证。DNA专家在7月23日出庭作证，血迹DNA证据与受害者发生强烈匹配 [1]。
根据庭审公开的证据，Burke被指控在2025年4月用刀致命刺伤Rivas Hernandez [2]。法医Grant Ho详述了遗体状况，确认存在两处致命伤口：一处击中腹部肝脏，另一处损伤左胸肋骨 [2]。法医称因尸体已分解数周，无法确定确切死亡时间 [2]。遗体于2025年9月在Burke名下的特斯拉前车干内被发现，距受害者失踪五个月 [2]。
检控方指控Burke与受害者存在不当关系。根据庭审公开的文本消息，性虐待始于2023年，当时Burke 18岁，Rivas Hernandez仅13岁 [2]。短信记录可追溯至2022年8月8日，当时受害者仅11岁，Burke 17岁 [3]。Burke的iPhone中发现了少女的露骨照片 [3]。
消息显示Rivas Hernandez曾怀孕并堕胎 [2]。在2024年1月，Burke在短信中向Rivas Hernandez表示"我们都无法照顾这个婴儿，这样是最好的" [2]。检察官称Burke在2024年6月写道，要"让这次流产成为最后一次，直到我们有真正的孩子" [3]。Rivas Hernandez曾在2024年8月写下"I care abt u i killed my kid [for] you" [2]。
2024年2月，Burke向警察声称认为Rivas Hernandez是18岁 [2]。Rivas Hernandez最后一次被看到是在2025年4月3日在Burke的好莱坞山庄 [3]。
洛杉矶县地检长Nathan Hochman对Burke提出七项刑事指控，包括谋杀罪、对儿童的持续性虐待罪和尸体肢解罪 [3]。Burke于2025年4月被逮捕 [3]，已认罪无罪 [2]。
A DNA expert testified in Los Angeles court that blood evidence found at the scene strongly matched 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the victim in a high-profile murder case involving singer D4vd [1]. The July 23 testimony came as prosecutors laid out evidence against David Anthony Burke, who stands accused of killing and dismembering the teenager to conceal an abusive relationship [1].
According to court documents, Burke was 19 years old at the time of the alleged murder in 2025, while Rivas Hernandez was 14 [3]. Prosecutors allege the abuse began in August 2022, when she was just 11 years old and Burke was 17 [3]. Text messages presented as evidence reveal that Rivas Hernandez became pregnant during the relationship and had an abortion in early 2024 [2]. In one message from January 2024, Burke wrote to her: "Neither of us are capable of watching and taking care of the baby. it's for the best no?" [2]
A medical examiner confirmed during the hearing that the victim suffered two fatal stab wounds—one to the abdomen that struck the liver and another to the left chest that damaged the ribs [2]. The examiner, Grant Ho, stated he could not determine the exact time of death because the body had already decomposed for several weeks [2]. The victim's remains were discovered in September 2025 inside the trunk of a Tesla registered to Burke, approximately five months after she went missing [2]. She was found just one day before her 15th birthday [3].
Burke was arrested in April 2025 and has pleaded not guilty to seven criminal charges, including murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child, and dismemberment [3]. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman brought the charges against him [3]. According to testimony, Burke's iPhone contained explicit images of the teenage victim [3].