New details released in court filings reveal that the murder case involving singer D4vd has ties to Santa Barbara County. The singer is accused of disposing of evidence near Lake Cachuma immediately after allegedly killing Celeste Rivas Hernandez at his Hollywood Hills home.
Documents allege that David Anthony Burke repeatedly visited “an isolated site” off of Highway 154 where Rivas Hernandez’s passport card was found by a Caltrans worker in January 2026.
On April 23, 2025 — two days before his debut album was released — Burke allegedly murdered Rivas Hernandez, a 14-year-old girl who then-20-year-old Burke was reportedly having a sexual relationship with. According to court documents, the two had a heated argument via text message the day before, where Rivas Hernandez “threatened to disclose damaging information about her relationship with the defendant to end his career and destroy his life.”…