D4vd Murder Case: A Timeline of the Investigation & Charges Over Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Death

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Billboard is tracking developments in the singer's criminal case for allegedly killing the 14-year-old and dismembering her body.

d4vd at the Interscope & Capitol Records Coachella Party on April 13, 2024 in Palm Springs, California

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D4vd, the 21-year-old pop singer made famous by his 2022 hit “Romantic Homicide,” is facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing and dismembering the body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Prosecutors claim the musician, born David Anthony Burke, was having an illegal sexual relationship with the teenager and murdered her after she “threatened to expose his criminal conduct and devastate his musical career.”