An up to date dying certificates says it’s “unclear” if 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was pregnant when she was allegedly murdered and dismembered by “Romantic Murder” singer D4vd.
The preliminary dying certificates had acknowledged the slain teen was “not pregnant” — nevertheless it was amended April 22 to say “unknown.”
The potential element comes after court docket paperwork alleged D4vd had began messaging the now-slain lady when she was simply 11 — and began having intercourse along with her when she was 13, 5 years below the age of consent in his house state of California.
The singer, actual title David Antony Burke, additionally allegedly texted Rivas about being pregnant and abortion when she was 13 and the singer was 18, prosecutors revealed this week.
If Rivas was pregnant when she was stabbed to dying, her accused killer might face extra costs, in response to R.J. Drieling, a legal protection legal professional and former deputy district legal professional.
“If she was about seven to eight weeks alongside, it doesn’t matter if D4vd knew she was pregnant or not, he nonetheless might probably be dealing with a homicide cost for that problem,” Drieling advised ABC 7.
Burke, now 21, was charged with Rivas’ homicide final month — seven months after the teenager’s dismembered and decomposing physique was found within the trunk of an deserted Tesla belonging to the singer.
Burke allegedly referred to as Rivas an Uber to his Hollywood Hills house on April 23, 2025 after a battle wherein she’d threatened to spoil his profession by exposing him for having intercourse with a minor.
He then stabbed her and stood by whereas she bled to dying, prosecutors have alleged.
He then allegedly used a chainsaw to chop off her limbs in his storage and disposed of her stays at the back of the Tesla.
Burke and Rivas fought the night time earlier than the alleged killing as a result of she was jealous about Burke’s relationships with different ladies and threatened to disclose “damning details about her relationship” with the singer, in response to charging paperwork.
Right here’s the newest on the D4vd’s homicide costs of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas
Prosecutors allege that Burke believed allegations of sexual relations with a minor might derail his music profession and motivated the homicide.
Burke and Rivas allegedly met when she was solely 11 years outdated in January 2022. Investigators say the 2 started a sexual relationship in November 2023 when Rivas was 13 and Burke was 18.
He’s charged with first-degree homicide, steady sexual acts, lewd and lascivious sexual acts with a person below 14 years outdated and mutilating the human stays of a physique.
He pleaded not responsible to the fees earlier this month.
