D4vd Murder Case: Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s Cause of Death Is Revealed

“After several months, I am grateful this information can now be released, not only to the public but also to the grieving family enduring loss,” the chief health worker, Dr. Odey Ukpo, said in a statement. “It is unfathomable they have had to wait this long to learn what happened to their daughter.”

Some components of the report have been redacted, however the launch did embrace an investigator’s commentary that the dismembered physique had been discovered inside a “large, black, zippered body bag with handles.”

At Monday’s courtroom continuing, Mr. Burke’s legal professionals pushed for a preliminary listening to to be held quickly and urged prosecutors to show over paperwork, together with the health worker’s report. That led the decide to order the report’s launch.

An preliminary standing listening to within the case is scheduled for Thursday.

The first-degree homicide cost towards Mr. Burke contains the particular circumstances of mendacity in wait, committing the crime for monetary achieve and murdering a witness to an investigation. Those elements imply that Mr. Burke faces a most sentence of life with out the likelihood of parole, or the loss of life penalty. The workplace of the Los Angeles County district lawyer has stated it has not determined whether or not it should pursue the loss of life penalty.

In a prison grievance, prosecutors stated Mr. Burke engaged in three or extra acts of “substantial sexual conduct” with Celeste within the 12 months between Sept. 7, 2023, and Sept. 7, 2024. At the time, she was 13 years previous.

On April 23, 2025, when Celeste was 14, she went to Mr. Burke’s home within the Hollywood Hills at his invitation, in response to the district lawyer, Nathan J. Hochman, and “was not heard from again.” The grievance stated the mutilation of human stays occurred on May 5, 2025.