Detective says D4vd's phone had photos of teen, talk of abortion

Key Points:

• Evidence presented in court reveals that singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, impregnated a 13-year-old girl, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, and convinced her to have an abortion before allegedly murdering and dismembering her in April 2025.
• Text messages and photographs from Burke’s phone show a sexually abusive relationship spanning from 2023 to 2025, including discussions about pregnancy, abortion, plans to live together, and travel, contradicting Burke’s claim that he met Hernandez only once and was unaware of her age.
• Prosecutors allege Burke killed Hernandez after she threatened to expose their relationship, then attempted to cover up the crime by amputating her fingers (to remove tattoos linking them) and dismembering her body with a chainsaw, with forensic evidence linking Hernandez’s blood to Burke’s home.
• Burke faces charges of murder and sexual abuse and has pleaded not guilty; the preliminary hearing is ongoing, with the judge set to decide whether the case proceeds to trial, where Burke could face life imprisonment or the death penalty.
• Defense attorneys have challenged aspects of the autopsy and evidence, suggesting alternative scenarios for Hernandez’s death, but no murder weapon has been recovered, and key details of the killing remain unclear.