Episode 515: D4vd Finally Arrested - Everything We Know So Far

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You can buy a cadaver bag online, no questions asked. Though, most of the buyers make sense: a rural veterinarian, a hunter, maybe a livestock farmer. 

Just because you order a body bag on Amazon doesn’t mean you get put on some government watch list, right? 

Recently, people have been arguing for the opposite. 

Especially if a buyer is flagged buying an inflatable pool, two chainsaws, and a large burn cage, in addition to a cadaver bag. 

These were purchases made by David Burke, aka ‘D4vd.’ The same rising pop-singer whose Tesla was discovered to contain the dismembered remains of a 14 year old child. 

D4vd was just arrested, seven months after the Tesla discovery. According to California v. David Anthony Burke aka ‘D4vd,’ this is exactly what authorities say happened… 

Sources

Public documents 

https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/singer-d4vd-charged-capital-murder-14-year-old-girl

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/story/d4vd-murder-trial-celeste-rivas-hernandez

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/us/d4vd-hearing-celeste-rivas-hernandez 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzll79529o 

https://abc7.com/post/court-appearance-set-singer-d4vd-connection-killing-celeste-rivas-hernandez/19087481/ 

https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/d4vd-murder-trial-delayed-over-mountain-of-evidence-in-celeste-rivas-case/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/us/d4vd-timeline-celeste-rivas 

https://www.billboard.com/lists/d4vd-body-car-career-everything-we-know/ 

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/d4vd-david-burke-court-hearing-delay/ 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-12/d4vd-murder-case-preliminary-hearing-set 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/d4vd-court-appearance-1235555150/

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/d4vd-arrested-death-teen-found-tesla-trunk-1236586320/

https://abc30.com/post/d4vd-celeste-rivas-hernandez-murder-case-updates-significant-amount-child-pornography-found-phone-belonging-singer/18951827/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/24/us/celeste-rivas-hernandez-d4vd

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2026/04/30/d4vd-case-celeste-rivas-hernandez-investigation/89864543007/

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