How Did The D4VD Investigation Go From A Parking Ticket To Murder Charges?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Jul 2, 2026 · 43m

Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a fourteen-year-old girl who had been missing for approximately seventeen months, was found only because a vehicle received a parking citation and was subsequently towed. When tow-yard employees opened the front trunk of the impounded Tesla — registered to David Anthony Burke, the recording artist known as D4VD — they discovered her remains in a condition that made determining cause of death an extraordinary challenge.This look back traces the investigative arc from that discovery through to the charges that were ultimately filed. The investigation involved a sealed…