Court documents filed in Los Angeles detail a brutal sequence of purchases following the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
Newly released court filings have brought grim precision to the murder case against alt-pop artist David Burke, known as d4vd. Prosecutors now allege a chilling series of purchases and acts following the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
The documents, obtained by TMZ and reported by Stereogum, claim Burke ordered an Uber on April 23, 2025 to bring the teen from her family’s home in Lake Elsinore to his Hollywood Hills residence. He then allegedly stabbed her to death. That same day, according to the filings, he had a shovel delivered through Postmates.
On May 1, Burke purchased two chainsaws through Amazon. Four days later the orders included a body bag, heavy-duty laundry bags, and an inflatable pool. Prosecutors say he used a chainsaw to dismember Hernandez’s body inside that pool.
Burke, 21, was arrested earlier this month and formally charged with murder. He rose quickly in the alt-pop world, but the timeline laid out in these documents describes a violence far removed from any stage narrative. The allegations remain unproven, yet the detail in the state’s filing is stark. The case continues to move through court.
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