Celeste Rivas Hernandez Was Reported Missing Three Times Before She Was Found

She loved Hello Kitty. She had thick dark curls and a soft smile. Neighbors in Lake Elsinore remember her walking to the corner store with her backpack. Her parents reported her missing three times. She was fourteen years old — and according to prosecutors, the person who allegedly took her from that life is facing first-degree murder charges with special circumstances that could carry the death penalty.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez allegedly met David Burke when she was eleven. Prosecutors say a sexual relationship allegedly began when she was thirteen and he was eighteen. They allege she was brought on trips to Las Vegas, London, and Texas, introduced to his family, given matching tattoos — and then, when she reportedly threatened to tell the truth about everything, allegedly murdered. The People's Brief describes an alleged stabbing, followed by months of alleged concealment while Burke reportedly launched a world tour and released music.

Her dismembered remains were allegedly found in the trunk of Burke's Tesla. She was discovered one day after what would have been her fifteenth birthday. Her family issued a statement through their attorney calling Burke's arrest "a first step toward justice."

Former felony prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis joins Hidden Killers to examine every legal dimension — the charges, the alleged evidence, the defense strategy that just reversed itself, and the road to the preliminary hearing set for May 26. But at the center of all of it is a girl from Lake Elsinore whose family has been fighting for answers since the first time she went missing. Her parents reported her missing three times. Three times. This case is about Celeste. It always has been.

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