LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday gave a moment-by-moment account of the last night of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, showing that after a stream of text messages with singer D4vd, her phone went permanently silent when she arrived at his home.The texts were shown in court on the fifth and likely final day of a Los Angeles hearing to determine whether he’ll go to trial in her killing.As she neared his Hollywood home shortly after 10 a.m. on April 23, 2025, in an Uber he had sent to pick her up, she sent her final text: “girly pop i’m almost there open ur door if ur home.”Prosecutors allege D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, stabbed her to death when she came through the door.The night before, the two argued via text about his relationship with a woman. She sent him an angry and profane text saying she will tell her dad so many lies about him and “i will end ur career and ur life.”
Detective Corey Farrell of the Los Angeles Police Department, under questioning from the prosecution, read the texts that were obtained from warrants on Burke’s iPhone and iCloud accounts. After the hearing ends, Judge Charlaine Olmedo will decide whether to put the 21-year-old Burke on trial on charges of murder, sexual abuse of a child under 14 and mutilation of a body.He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers have said he didn’t cause her death.
