Disgusting new alleged particulars have emerged in laying out precisely how prosecutors have been capable of cost D4vd with the homicide of Celeste Rivas.
In keeping with authorized paperwork, obtained by The California Submit, investigators say the singer, actual title David Burke, ordered an Uber to ship Rivas from her household house in Lake Elsinore to his Hollywood Hills house on the night time of April 23.
He then allegedly stabbed her to demise and stood by whereas she bled out, the paperwork state.
The following day, Burke allegedly ordered a shovel from Residence Depot from Postmates that was delivered to his house. On Could 1, he allegedly ordered two chainsaws from Amazon that have been delivered to his house, and on Could 5 he allegedly ordered a physique bag, heavy-duty laundry luggage and a blue inflatable pool, investigators declare.
He allegedly made the purchases underneath a faux title of Victoria Mendez, in accordance with the paperwork.
From there, investigators say Burke “took horrifying measures to destroy and discard the sufferer’s physique.”
Burke allegedly positioned Rivas’ physique into the blue inflatable pool to forestall her blood from making a large number on his storage flooring and used the chainsaw and maybe different instruments to chop off her limbs, in accordance with the paperwork.
Investigators declare they discovered plastic fragments embedded in Rivas’ stays that matched these discovered on the pool bought by Burke on Amazon.
Burke allegedly amputated Rivas’ left ring and pinky fingers as a result of her ring finger contained a tattoo of his title — these fingers have been by no means recovered — in accordance with the paperwork.
Investigators served a search warrant at Burkes house in September 2025 the place they allegedly “found proof in line with the dismemberment of the sufferer’s physique within the inflatable pool, which contained a number of linear cuts. A number of organic samples, which examined constructive for blood, have been collected throughout the storage space,” in accordance with the paperwork.
Investigators say the DNA matched that of Rivas.
Burke was in court docket Wednesday for a procedural listening to the place Burke’s legal professional stated she was involved in regards to the alleged proof turning into public.
Final week it was revealed {that a} “vital” quantity of kid pornography was allegedly discovered on Burke’s iPhone after conducting a search of the gadget.
Investigators claimed to have gathered 40 terabytes of knowledge by a prolonged investigation. In addition they revealed they performed a wiretap.
Rivas, the 14-year-old woman allegedly killed by the singer, died from “a number of penetrating accidents” in accordance with the Los Angeles County Nook’s Workplace.
Rivas’ dismembered physique was found Sept. 8, 2025 within the trunk of a Tesla belonging to Burke.
It took investigators a number of months to find out the trigger and method of demise — reaching a conclusion on December 8, 2025.
Burke was charged with first-degree homicide with particular circumstances. The particular circumstances included mendacity in wait, homicide of a witness to an investigation and homicide for monetary acquire.
He was additionally charged with lewd and lascivious sexual acts with an particular person underneath 14 years previous, and mutilating the human stays of a physique.
The particular circumstance of homicide of a witness to an investigation occurred as a result of Rivas was a witness within the lewd-and-lascivious investigation.
Officers say the homicide for monetary acquire circumstance was added as a result of they imagine Burke thought allegations of sexual relations with a minor might derail his music profession.
Unique video obtained by The California Submit exhibits the second Burke was hauled away in cuffs from his Hollywood mansion. The singer wearing black is flanked by officers.
Burke is being held within the notorious twin towers jail in downtown Los Angeles, the identical place the place Nick Reiner who’s accused of killing his Hollywood mogul dad and mom Rob and Michele is housed. He additionally had a listening to right now in the identical constructing.
Rivas’ dad and mom broke their silence on the alleged crime in an announcement issued by their legal professional Patrick Steinfeld.
“The Rivas Hernandez household is totally devastated by the findings contained within the Medical Examiner’s Report involving the horrible and grotesque demise of their beloved daughter,” it stated.
Burke’s preliminary listening to is scheduled to start out on Friday. He’s plead not responsible to all costs.
