{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Celeste Rivas Was Fourteen — She Deserved So Much More","description":"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 singer known as D4VD. Celeste's remains were inside the front trunk.\n\nShe was a child. Reports indicate she was connected to Burke through Discord as early as 2022. His circle allegedly believed she was a nineteen-year-old college student. She wasn't. She was a kid from Lake Elsinore who was hidden in plain sight inside someone else's world — attending age-restricted events, moving through spaces where no one questioned whether she belonged there, because no one knew the truth about how old she was.\n\nBurke has been charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and mutilation of remains. He has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege he killed Celeste when she threatened to expose his conduct. The special circumstances — lying in wait, financial motive, killing a witness — mean this case carries the most severe penalties available under California law.\n\nTracking 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. Detectives seized electronics from his rental property, found a burn cage incinerator on the premises, and carried evidence boxes out of a separate address the night they arrested him. The medical examiner's office publicly fought LAPD's gag order on the autopsy, arguing they were being prevented from serving the community with transparency.\n\nRetired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down every phase of this investigation — what the evidence trail reveals, why LAPD moved when they did, and what accountability looks like for a child who was failed by every system designed to protect her. Celeste's family has spoken publicly for the first time. They are watching. They are not going away.\n\nJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!:https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/\nWant to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1\nInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/\nFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/\nTik-Tokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod\nX Twitterhttps://x.com/TrueCrimePod\nThis 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.\n\n#CelesteRivasHernandez #D4VD #JusticeForCeleste #DavidAnthonyBurke #LAPD #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #LakeElsinore #HollywoodMurder #CelesteDeservedBetter","author_name":"D4VD: The Murder Case Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5158550-d4vd-the-murder-case-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43612527/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}