Prosecutors Say Singer D4vd Stabbed 14-Year-Old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to Death to Silence Her

In this courtroom sketch, David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, is seen in court on April 23, 2026, in Los Angeles on charges of killing a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in his car. Bill Robles via AP

LOS ANGELES—Prosecutors said Wednesday that singer D4vd killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her multiple times then dismembered her body using chainsaws in his garage.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office shared what they said the evidence in the case would show in a court filing that provided the first detailed allegations of the killing and efforts to cut apart Rivas Hernandez’s body and get rid of evidence.