Texts Allegedly Triggered a Murder Case: D4vd Charged in Celeste Rivas’s Death

Prosecutors in Los Angeles allege rapper D4vd (David Burke) murdered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas after text messages in which Rivas threatened to ruin his career; they showed exchanges from April 2025 during a preliminary hearing. The next day Burke allegedly stabbed Rivas and disposed of her body in his Hollywood Hills home, with autopsy findings noting dismemberment. Burke faces first-degree murder with special circumstances plus counts involving a minor and mutilation, carrying a potential life sentence or the death penalty. The case also references alleged messages about a pregnancy and abortion.