{"id":271751,"date":"2026-04-17T01:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/271751\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T01:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:17:11","slug":"singer-d4vd-arrested-for-murder-of-teen-in-los-angeles-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/271751\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer D4vd Arrested for Murder of Teen in Los Angeles, Police Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSinger D4vd<\/a>, whose real name is David Burke, has been arrested for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHomicide Division have arrested David Burke, a 21-year-old resident of Los Angeles, for the murder of Celeste Rivas. Burke is being held without bail,\u201d authorities shared in a statement. \u201cThe case will be presented to the District Attorney\u2019s office on Monday for filing consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNBC4 reported<\/a> that D4vd was arrested in Hollywood on Thursday on a probable cause warrant, and that he\u2019s being held without bail.<\/p>\n

\n\tHernandez was last seen alive a year ago, and her decomposed remains were found<\/a> in the trunk of an abandoned Tesla at a L.A. impound lot in September 2025 that was registered to D4vd. A foul odor was reportedly coming from within the vehicle, which led to homicide detectives being called.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe remains were later identified as Hernandez<\/a>, a missing Inland Empire teen. Before her body was discovered, Hernandez had been missing for nearly 18 months.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe deceased was found severely decomposed inside a vehicle,\u201d a statement from the medical examiner\u2019s office read at the time. \u201cShe appears to have been deceased inside the vehicle for an extended period of time before being found.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn November, the 20-year-old artist was identified by investigators as a suspect in connection with the teen\u2019s death, NBC4 reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tD4vd, known for his hits\u00a0\u201cHere With Me\u201d and \u201cRomantic Homicide,\u201d initially broke out on TikTok and SoundCloud in 2022. As his music career took off, he opened for SZA the following year and later performed at Coachella in 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe also released his debut album,\u00a0Withered, in April last year. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, D4vd said the album explored themes of loss and grief, calling it \u201cessentially a goodbye letter to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, has been arrested for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[723,5013,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-271751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-d4vd","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-headlines","12":"tag-la-news","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","15":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}