Body bag bought online was part of d4vd’s scheme to kill 14-year-old to hide his sexual abuse, prosecutors say | CNN

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes graphic and disturbing details. Prosecutors have laid out a detailed and grisly timeline in their case against singer d4vd, who is accused of sexually abusing Celeste Rivas Hernandez starting when she was 13, then fatally stabbing her when she – at 14 years old – threatened to expose their relationship. Celeste is believed to have been killed April 23, 2025, one day after she and d4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, had an argument in which she threatened to disclose damaging information about their relationship “to end his career and destroy his life,” according to a filing Wednesday from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The singer, whose first studio album was released days later, took “horrifying measures to destroy and discard the victim’s body,” the filing says. D4vd, now 21, bought two chainsaws online that he used to dismember Celeste’s body in an inflatable pool, prosecutors allege, adding her DNA was found in his garage. The singer also made online purchases of a body bag and heavy-duty laundry bags, according to the court document. Small blue plastic fragments were embedded in the victimâ€