She was fourteen years old. She walked into a Hollywood Hills home, and according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney, she was never heard from again. Celeste Rivas Hernandez was from Lake Elsinore, California. Her parents immigrated from El Salvador. She was reported missing three separate times in the final year of her life. David Anthony Burke — the singer known as D4VD — has now been formally charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, charges involving a minor, and tampering with remains. He has pleaded not guilty. His attorneys say the evidence will show he did not cause Celeste's death. The special circumstances — lying in wait, financial gain, and eliminating a witness — mean prosecutors could seek the most severe penalty California law allows. But what makes this case impossible to look away from is how visible the connection was. A Twitch livestream where he allegedly told a thirteen-year-old to "delete everything." Discord messages. Photos near her home. Backstage at his concerts. Matching tattoos. A girl reported missing three separate times who kept ending up in the same place. And a system that failed to intervene every single time. Twelve days before prosecutors say Celeste walked into that Hollywood Hills home for the last time, Burke was on stage at Coachella doing backflips. His album was dropping. The career was exploding. According to prosecutors, that career is exactly what he was allegedly trying to protect — and a fourteen-year-old girl was allegedly treated as a liability to a brand. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke to break down what prosecutors are telling the world by stacking the charges this way, where the seams in the case might be, and whether a circumstantial case built on months of decomposed evidence can carry charges this heavy. The LAPD chief acknowledged that degraded evidence has been a challenge. The DA says they have physical, forensic, and digital evidence to present. Motta lays out whether they can back it up. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JusticeForCeleste #BobMotta #LAPD #Coachella #TrueCrimePodcast