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D4vd's Cell Phone Contained "Significant Amount" of Child Pornography, LA County Prosecutors Say
- On Thursday, prosecutors revealed that a cellphone belonging to singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, contained a "significant amount" of child pornography during a court hearing in the murder case of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
- Prosecutors allege Burke killed Rivas Hernandez in April 2025 after she threatened to expose his criminal conduct, months before her dismembered body was discovered in his Tesla at Hollywood Tow last September.
- Wednesday's autopsy report revealed Rivas Hernandez died from "multiple penetrating injuries" to the torso, ruling the death a homicide, while authorities noted the teen's body was dismembered with plastic fragments embedded in cut surfaces.
- Burke pleaded not guilty to murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child, and mutilation of human remains on Monday, remaining in custody without bail as his attorneys prepare to "vigorously defend his innocence."
- A status conference is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, ahead of a preliminary hearing on May 1, where the court will determine if sufficient evidence exists for the case to proceed to trial.
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American R&B singer D4vd, suspected of having murdered a teenage girl whose decomposing body was found in his car, had child pornography content on his phone, the Los Angeles prosecution reported this Thursday. The 21-year-old artist, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, could even face the death penalty for the murder of Celeste Rivas, 14 years old. According to the prosecution, the interpreter would have killed and quartered the minor, plac…
D4vd’s phone had ‘significant amount’ of child pornography: prosecutors
Prosecutors have alleged D4vd’s iPhone was packed with child porn in wake of his arrest for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a 14-year-old runaway whose dismembered and badly decomposed body was found in his Tesla this past September.
D4vd Had “Significant Amount” of Child Sex Abuse Images in iCloud Account, Prosecutors Say
D4vd appeared in court three days after he was charged with 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s murder, during which prosecutors alleged he had been in possession of child sex abuse images.
The interpreter of "Romantic Homicide" was arrested in mid-April, while the corpse of a teenage girl with whom he allegedly had sex was found in the trunk of his car.
D4vd was allegedly in possession of “a significant amount of child pornography”, the court heard today
D4vd was allegedly in possession of “a significant amount of child pornography”, the court heard today (Thursday April 23). The musician (real name David Anthony Burke) was charged with the murder of a 14-year-old girl, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, on Monday (April 20). Her remains had been found severely decomposed in the front boot of a Tesla registered to Burke last September. Earlier this year, the artist was named as the target of a grand jury …
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