Why D4vd's Lawyer Brought Up Celeste's Old Texts

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Aug 3, 2026 · 36m

There's a reason legal analysts are watching the d4vd murder case closely, and it isn't just the celebrity name attached to it. David Anthony Burke has been held to answer on first-degree murder with special circumstances in the death of fourteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, along with charges tied to illegal conduct with a minor and unlawful mutilation of her remains. What makes this hearing worth breaking down is the defense strategy itself. Attorney Blair Berk pushed the medical examiner to concede he couldn't rule out that Celeste's wounds happened after she died, then introduced…