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LOS ANGELES -- An updated decease certificate for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the alleged execution unfortunate of vocalist D4vd, states it is unclear whether the teen was large successful the twelvemonth earlier she died.
Prosecutors revealed this week that Celeste and D4vd - whose existent sanction is David Anthony Burke - exchanged substance messages astir sex, gestation and termination portion helium was 18 and she was 13.
Authorities allege D4vd killed and dismembered her aft she threatened to exposure their narration and ruin his euphony career.
D4vd is expected backmost successful tribunal successful Los Angeles adjacent period arsenic the lawsuit continues.
New connection from Celeste's household released
The lawyer for the teen's household shared a caller connection Thursday, addressing the caller developments.
PATRICK STEINFELD/ STEINFELD LAW FIRM
"Last nighttime I had the heartbreaking work of informing the Rivas Hernandez household of the horrifying allegations submitted successful tribunal [Wednesday] that David Anthony Burke allegedly stabbed Celeste, "stood by portion she bled" to death, utilized a chainsaw to chopped disconnected her limbs, and bought a "burn cage" with the program to "incinerate the evidence."
As a wrongful decease lawyer my sole absorption is connected love. This was the astir hard happening I've had to bash successful 37-years arsenic a lawyer.
I primitively encouraged the Rivas Hernandez household to talk publically passim the transgression process. They agreed with the afloat enactment of Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman. However, successful airy of the gruesome details emerging astir daily, the household has decided not to marque immoderate statements present oregon successful the future.
There are nary words to explicit the indescribable symptom the household is experiencing close now. They inactive person bills to wage and jobs they spell to each day. All they privation is clip to grieve and heal.
Please assistance the Rivas Hernandez household grace and compassion."
New details revealed successful tribunal filings
Disturbing caller details were revealed successful tribunal filings connected Wednesday arsenic D4vd appeared earlier a judge, coating a gruesome representation of the lawsuit prosecutors are gathering against the singer.
D4vd is charged with first-degree murder, continuous intersexual acts, lewd and lascivious intersexual acts with an idiosyncratic nether 14 years aged and mutilating the quality remains of a body. He pleaded not guilty to the charges earlier this month.
A ineligible little from the prosecution says D4vd was the past idiosyncratic to thrust his Tesla, wherever Celeste's dismembered assemblage was discovered successful September 2025. He was reportedly past seen driving the conveyance connected July 29, 2025, earlier helium near Los Angeles for his tour.
The tribunal papers besides alleges D4vd ordered 2 chainsaws, a assemblage container and an inflatable excavation connected Amazon utilizing a fake name. Investigators accidental fragments of that excavation were recovered successful chopped wounds connected Celeste's body.
Prosecutors besides wrote that D4vd traveled to a determination successful Santa Barbara County aggregate times aft Celeste's death, including the nighttime she was murdered, and a Caltrans idiosyncratic aboriginal recovered the teen's passport paper discarded successful that country successful January 2026.
D4vd's lawyer wanted the ineligible little that was released connected Wednesday sealed, but the justice declined the request.
A preliminary proceeding has been acceptable for adjacent month, wherever they volition find whether the 21-year-old should spell to trial.
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell spoke to our sister presumption ABC7 successful Los Angeles astir the shocking quality of the case.
"Sadly, immoderate treated this arsenic if it was entertainment. It's not entertainment. It's a tragic beingness taken successful a precise brutal way. A batch of radical involved, a batch of attraction and concern, arsenic well, expressed implicit the case. But, we've taken it precise seriously, and our extremity is to beryllium capable to sphere grounds until it gets to trial," McDonnell said.
That grounds is expected to beryllium presented astatine the preliminary hearing. Witnesses volition besides beryllium called. The preliminary proceeding is acceptable for May 26.
A "significant amount" of kid pornography was discovered connected a telephone belonging to vocalist D4vd, prosecutors said during a proceeding connected Thursday.
Last week, prosecutors said they recovered what they described arsenic a important magnitude of kid intersexual maltreatment worldly connected D4vd's phone. They said much than 40 terabytes of grounds was recovered connected computers, tablets and iCloud, adding that the sheer measurement could dilatory the advancement of the case.
This comes aft the teen's autopsy study was released past week. Celeste died from "multiple penetrating injuries," according to the Medical Examiner's report. Certain drugs were besides recovered successful her system.
Former national authoritative Neama Rahmani believes D4vd's defence volition reason that Celeste accidentally died from an overdose, and helium panicked, cutting up and hiding her body.
"If you're looking astatine the 3 sets of charges, the mutilation of a corpse is the slightest serious. So, if they tin someway autumn connected that and debar either the enactment crimes oregon the execution itself, that would beryllium a immense triumph for the defense," Rahmani said.
D4vd and Celeste allegedly met erstwhile she was conscionable 11 years old
According to the little regarding preliminary proceeding evidence, D4vd and Celeste met successful January 2022 erstwhile the miss was conscionable 11 years old. Prosecutors accidental they began a intersexual narration successful November of 2023, erstwhile she was 13, and D4vd was 18.
Celeste was reported missing from her family's location successful Lake Elsinore successful February and April 2024.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Office reportedly called D4vd connected Feb. 17, 2024, aft they identified his telephone fig successful Celeste's telephone records. The ineligible little says helium told deputies helium past talked to Celeste connected Feb. 13 oregon 14, but helium claimed helium didn't cognize she was a insignificant and didn't cognize she had been reported missing. Deputies past informed him that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies would beryllium visiting him astatine his home. At the time, helium lived successful West Hollywood.
When deputies arrived astatine his location that aforesaid day, prosecutors accidental they again told him that Celeste was 13 years aged and a runaway. D4vd allegedly told them helium was unaware of that and said helium had lone met her successful idiosyncratic erstwhile successful November 2023. He reportedly told deputies helium didn't cognize wherever she was, but Celeste returned to her Lake Elsinore location 2 days aft the conversation.
D4vd bought Celeste a telephone aft her parents took hers away, prosecutors say
According to the tribunal document, D4vd continued to prosecute Celeste contempt being told by deputies that she was 13. When Celeste returned home, her parents took her telephone away.
Despite this, prosecutors allege that D4vd paid a inferior precocious schoolhouse pupil successful Celeste's people $1,000 to springiness her a cellphone that helium had purchased truthful they could support talking.
From there, the ineligible little alleges that the brace spent a important magnitude of clip unneurotic successful 2024, including weekends astatine his location successful the Hollywood Hills and traveling to Las Vegas, London and adjacent to Texas to conscionable D4vd's family.
Their texts reportedly contained references to sex, gestation and abortion. Prosecutors besides reportedly discovered explicit photos "documenting and corroborating their intersexual relationship."
D4vd and Celeste reportedly broke up successful November 2024 but continued to communicate, and prosecutors accidental their texts suggest they besides continued to person a intersexual relationship.
Prosecutors accidental a March 2025 substance from Celeste to D4vd says, "All we bash is person enactment and conscionable bent retired antheral I privation much than that for myself."
Singer D4vd's rising vocation has present been overshadowed by his apprehension successful transportation with the decease of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
D4vd allegedly invited Celeste to his location aft they got into a fight, and that's erstwhile the teen was killed
According to the tribunal document, D4vd and Celeste had a lengthy statement connected the nighttime of April 22, which was elaborate successful substance messages. The teen was allegedly jealous of his different relationships and got upset, threatening to disclose accusation astir their narration to "end his vocation and destruct his life."
D4vd's medium was owed to beryllium released connected April 25, and helium reportedly had aggregate merchandise endorsements that were highly profitable. He was besides astir to embark connected a tour.
Prosecutors allege D4vd sent an Uber to prime Celeste up astatine her Lake Elsinore location and bring her to his location successful the Hollywood Hills astir 8:40 p.m. connected April 23. They were reportedly texting earlier and during the Uber ride.
Celeste reportedly arrived astir 10:10 p.m.
D4vd reportedly texted her and asked wherever she was astatine 10:30 p.m., but prosecutors judge she was already dormant by this time, and the texts were portion of a "premeditated plan" to screen up her murder.
The ineligible little claims D4vd stabbed Celeste aggregate times and watched her bleed to death. It besides says helium did not telephone 911 oregon instrumentality her to the hospital.
D4vd is accused of visiting an country successful Santa Barbara County aggregate times aft Celeste's death
D4vd reportedly near his location astir 11:30 p.m. arsenic helium continued to substance and telephone Celeste's phone. The prosecutors accidental helium "calculated and planned to acceptable up his defence wrong a precise abbreviated timeline aft the victim's vicious murder."
He past allegedly drove northbound connected the 101 Freeway to an country adjacent Lake Cachuma successful Santa Barbara County earlier returning location the greeting of April 24 and going to a vigor interrogation to beforehand his caller album.
The papers claims D4vd sent 2 much texts to the teen's telephone that day, but ne'er attempted to interaction her again aft April 26.
He allegedly returned to the aforesaid country successful Santa Barbara County connected May 8 and again connected May 31.
Celeste's passport paper was aboriginal recovered by a Caltrans idiosyncratic disconnected SR-154 successful Santa Barbara County connected Jan. 17.
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D4vd allegedly purchased chainsaws, assemblage container and inflatable excavation connected Amazon aft teen's death
The tribunal papers says D4vd ordered a shovel from Home Depot connected April 24 that was delivered to his location via Postmates. He past allegedly ordered 2 chainsaws connected Amazon connected May 1, and a assemblage bag, heavy-duty laundry bags and a bluish inflatable excavation connected May 5. All of the purchases were reportedly made nether a fake sanction but delivered to his Hollywood Hills home.
On July 7, helium allegedly ordered a "burn cage" connected Amazon nether the aforesaid fake sanction successful a program to "incinerate evidence."
Prosecutors judge Celeste was placed successful the inflatable excavation during her dismemberment "to forestall her humor from spilling onto his store floor." Small bluish integrative fragments were recovered embedded successful her remains, and an adept allegedly matched them to the pool.
The teen's near pinky and ringing fingers were reportedly amputated but ne'er recovered. Prosecutors allege this is due to the fact that her ringing digit had a tattoo of D4vd's sanction and helium was trying to "distance himself from the victim."
Celeste's remains were reportedly placed successful a cadaver container and a garbage container and placed successful the beforehand trunk of the Tesla, wherever she decomposed for respective weeks oregon perchance months.
Before leaving for the tour, D4vd is accused of parking his Tesla connected the Hollywood Hills thoroughfare wherever it was aboriginal towed from. Prosecutors allegedly person surveillance video showing D4vd driving the Tesla for the past clip connected July 29, 2025.
Celeste's remains were discovered successful the Tesla successful September 2025.
DNA grounds allegedly discovered successful D4vd's garage
During a hunt warrant astatine the Hollywood Hills home, LAPD reportedly recovered grounds wrong the store accordant with the dismemberment of Celste's body. Samples tested affirmative for humor and matched the teen's DNA, according to the ineligible brief.
The inflatable excavation was besides located, and officers noted that it had aggregate linear cuts.
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