Rapper D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was arrested on Thursday 16 April at a Hollywood Hills home on suspicion of murdering 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in a major development in the long-running case. The Los Angeles Police Department said the 21-year-old is being held without bail while detectives prepare to present the case file to the District Attorney's office.
The arrest follows an increasingly grim investigation that began in September 2025, when Hernandez's half-decomposed body was found in the boot of a vehicle registered to Burke. At the time, he was reportedly in Minnesota on tour. He cooperated with detectives in the early stages and has consistently denied any role in the teenager's death, but the discovery of her body in his Tesla drew him into an investigative grand jury process that has now led to his arrest.
