Prosecutors Accuse d4vd of Killing 14-Year-Old, Dismembering Body to Protect Multimillion-Dollar Career
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Updated · CNN · Jul 20
Prosecutors Accuse d4vd of Killing 14-Year-Old, Dismembering Body to Protect Multimillion-Dollar Career
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 20
Summary
A nine-page Los Angeles County filing says d4vd fatally stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez on April 23, 2025, after she threatened to reveal details of their relationship and damage his career.
Prosecutors allege he then bought 2 chainsaws, a body bag and an inflatable pool on Amazon, dismembered her in his garage, and hid the remains in the front trunk of his Tesla.
The brief says the then-20-year-old sent an Uber to bring Celeste from Lake Elsinore to his Hollywood Hills home the night before the killing, after a text-documented argument over other women and their future.
D4vd, now 21, was arrested in April and has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and mutilating human remains; his lawyer says he did not kill her.
Celeste's remains were found in the impounded Tesla on Sept. 8, 2025, after months in which prosecutors say the singer lied about the odor while continuing his album rollout and international tour.
How did technological tools and social media play a role in both enabling and uncovering the alleged crimes involving Celeste and d4vd?
What unanswered digital evidence or witness testimony could tip the case for or against d4vd at the upcoming preliminary hearing?
What systemic breakdowns allowed a celebrity to maintain illegal contact with a minor, despite law enforcement involvement and multiple missing person reports?