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D4vd Charged with Celeste Rivas Hernandez's Murder, One Year After Teen Last Seen Alive | Crime Alert 04.21.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alart, hourly update, breaking crime news. Now, I'm Sidney
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  Speaker 1: Silvoni from the heights of TikTok stardom and billion stream
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  Speaker 1: hits to a high security courtroom in Los Angeles. Today,
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  Speaker 1: the music industry is reeling as one of its fastest
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  Speaker 1: rising stars faces allegations of a crime so gruesome it
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  Speaker 1: seems pulled from the lyrics of his own breakout hits.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty one year old David Anthony Burke, known to millions
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  Speaker 1: of fans globally as David, appeared in a Los Angeles
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  Speaker 1: court Monday afternoon, arraigned on charges of first degree murder,
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  Speaker 1: lewde and lascivious sexual acts with a child under fourteen
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  Speaker 1: and the mutilation of a human body. The victim fourteen
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  Speaker 1: year old Celeste Revas Hernandez. Her body was discovered last year,
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  Speaker 1: dismembered and decaying in the trunk of a Tesla registered
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  Speaker 1: to Burke. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hotchman laid
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  Speaker 1: out the severity of the state's case.
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  Speaker 2: Today, I am announcing the charges against David Anthony Burke,
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  Speaker 2: the musician known as David spelled D four v D,
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  Speaker 2: in connection with the brutal and horrific murder of Celeste,
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  Speaker 2: a fourteen year old at that time. These charges include
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  Speaker 2: the most serious charges that a DA's office can bring
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  Speaker 2: that his first degree murder with special circumstances. The special
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  Speaker 2: circumstances being lying in wait, committing this crime for financial gain,
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  Speaker 2: or murdering a witness in an investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Burg Is pleaded not guilty to all charges. He's currently
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  Speaker 1: being held without bail, a decision finalized by the judge yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: But the details emerging from the LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division
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  Speaker 1: paint a chilling timeline that began over a year ago.
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  Speaker 1: Celesterevas Hernandez was first reported missing in April twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: four from her home in Lake Elsinore. For months, her
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  Speaker 1: family searched for answers while she was classified as a runaway.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't until September eighth, twenty twenty five that the
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  Speaker 1: search ended in a North Hollywood impact lot, a tesla
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  Speaker 1: which had been abandoned on a Hollywood Hills street for weeks,
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  Speaker 1: was towed after neighbors complained of a foul odor. When
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  Speaker 1: investigators opened the fronk, the front trunk of the electric
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  Speaker 1: vehicle they found two plastic bags. Inside The first was
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  Speaker 1: a decomposed head and torso. The second contained further dismembered remains.
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  Speaker 1: Forensics later confirmed the Nightmare it was Celeste. District Attorney
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  Speaker 1: Hotchman alleges that Burke's motive was cold and calculated, a
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  Speaker 1: desperate attempt to protect his lucrative career at Innerscope Records
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  Speaker 1: from the fallout of his illegal relationship with the miner.
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  Speaker 2: This murder was committed for financial gain, as the evidence
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  Speaker 2: will show in court, the financial gain was for mister
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  Speaker 2: Burke to maintain his very lucrative musical career that Celeste
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  Speaker 2: was threatening, in addition to lying in wait and for
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  Speaker 2: financial gain. Is murdering a witness to an investigation. In
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  Speaker 2: this particular case, as the evidence will come out in court,
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  Speaker 2: the witness to the investigation was celested, and the investigation
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  Speaker 2: was into the lude I lascivious sexual acts committed by
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  Speaker 2: mister Burke that is the subject of count two of
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  Speaker 2: this complaint with Celeste, while she was under fourteen years old.
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  Speaker 1: At the time those remains were found, Burke was in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of a tour performing in Minneapolis. While the
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  Speaker 1: tour was immediately canceled following the identification of the body,
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  Speaker 1: it took months for a arrest to be made. LAPD
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  Speaker 1: Chief Jim McDonnell addressed the public's frustration with the timeline
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  Speaker 1: on Monday.
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  Speaker 3: The condition of her remains delayed the medical examiner's ability
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  Speaker 3: to be able to determine cause of death. The substantial
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  Speaker 3: amount of time that passed between her death and the
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  Speaker 3: discovery meant that crucial evidence had degraded or disappeared, and
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  Speaker 3: as detectives worked to uncover the truth, they also had
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  Speaker 3: to sift through and debunk a great deal of false
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  Speaker 3: and circulating publicly. These challenges were real, and they required patience, precision,
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  Speaker 3: and an unwavering commitment to the facts.
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  Speaker 1: Burke was finally taken into custody this past Thursday at
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  Speaker 1: a home in the Hollywood Hills. His defense team, however,
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  Speaker 1: isn't backing down. In a formal statement, his attorneys claimed
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  Speaker 1: they would vigorously defend Burke's innocence, explicitly stating that the
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  Speaker 1: evidence will prove Burke was not the cause of Celeste's death.
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  Speaker 1: Chief MacDonell, however, says the timeline of her disappearance aligns
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  Speaker 1: perfectly with her arrival at Burke's residence.
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  Speaker 3: Miss Reeves was a reported runaway from Riverside County. During
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  Speaker 3: the course of our investigation, detectives learned that she had
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  Speaker 3: been involved in a sexual relationship with mister Burke when
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  Speaker 3: she was a minor and he was an adult. On
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  Speaker 3: April twenty third, twenty twenty five, Miss Reeves arrived at
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  Speaker 3: mister Burke's home in the Hollywood Hills. That's the last
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  Speaker 3: time she was known to be alive. On September eighth,
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  Speaker 3: twenty twenty five, Miss reeves dismembered and badly decomposed body
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  Speaker 3: was discovered in the front trunk of mister Burke's impounded tesla.
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  Speaker 1: As the case moves forward, the District Attorney's office is
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  Speaker 1: weighing a heavy decision whether or not to pursue the
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  Speaker 1: death penalty. If they decline, Burke still faces life in
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  Speaker 1: prison without the possibility of parole. While the legal battle
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  Speaker 1: is just beginning. For Celeste's family, the focus remains on
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  Speaker 1: the girl behind the headlines. Their legal representatives stated they
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  Speaker 1: are committing to ensuring Celeste's voice is heard. In his
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  Speaker 1: closing remarks at the press conference, da Hodgman reiterated his
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  Speaker 1: promise to the Revus Hernandez family that the person responsible
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  Speaker 1: for this brutal and horrific act would be held accountable.
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  Speaker 2: What they have demanded, what we have assured them that
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  Speaker 2: the District Attorney's office, working with LAPD, would give them
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  Speaker 2: is the idea. Is he proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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  Speaker 2: on who killed their daughter and bring that killer to justice.
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  Speaker 2: That killer that we have now charged is David Anthony Burke.
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  Speaker 1: For the latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure
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  Speaker 1: this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvine.