Celeste Rivas Hernandez was fourteen years old. She'd been reported missing from Lake Elsinore three separate times. She was gone for over a year before anyone found her — and the only reason anyone did was because a tow yard worker noticed something wrong with the way a car smelled. That car was registered to David Anthony Burke, the recording artist known as D4VD. Celeste's remains were inside the front trunk. Burke has been charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, abuse of a child under fourteen, and mutilation of remains. He has pleaded not guilty. The special circumstances — lying in wait, financial motive, and eliminating a witness — mean prosecutors could seek the maximum penalty allowed by law. His defense team has maintained his innocence and requested an expedited public hearing. But pay attention to the language they used. They didn't say he was innocent. They didn't say he didn't know Celeste. They said he "was not the cause of her death." That phrasing is specific. That phrasing is strategic. A grand jury heard months of testimony in this case and did not return an indictment. Charges were ultimately filed through a criminal complaint by the DA's office. And the witnesses tell their own story — not with words, but with behavior. Burke's manager allegedly testified for three days and was reportedly overheard saying his job was to keep the tour going, not call police. A female associate went into hiding and had to be threatened with arrest to appear. Another associate allegedly fled to Montana and had to be compelled to return. Meanwhile, tracking data allegedly places Burke in a remote stretch of Santa Barbara County in the middle of the night during the window investigators believe Celeste died. His circle allegedly believed she was a nineteen-year-old college student. She was a child. Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down the defense strategy, what the witness behavior reveals, and whether this prosecution can survive the shadow of a grand jury that didn't indict. 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 #DavidBurkeArrested #LAPD #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #JusticeForCeleste #GrandJury #HollywoodMurder #DavidAnthonyBurke