What happens when a rising pop artist’s secret relationship with a 14‑year‑old collides with a missing‑person case—and a body found in a Tesla’s front trunk in Los Angeles? In this episode of Debate The News: True Crime, hosts Adrienne Barker and Joseph Lobosco examine the unfolding D4vd (David Anthony Burke) & Celeste Hernandez case—an LAPD death investigation with no charges filed as of November 18, 2025. We trace the timeline from repeated runaways in 2024 to the grisly discovery in September 2025, and debate what the available facts—and gaps—really suggest.

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• Early 2024 – Runaways & a secret older “friend”: Fifteen‑year‑old Celeste Rivas Hernandez repeatedly runs away from her Lake Elsinore, CA home as her family pleads for her return. Her mother suspects an older friend named “David.”
• April 5, 2024 – Found in Hollywood: Police locate Celeste ~80 miles away in Hollywood and return her home. Family learns she had been in contact with 20‑year‑old David Anthony Burke (stage name: D4vd), and a former teacher later says Celeste spent about a month with him before police intervened.
• May 2024 – Double life intensifies: Celeste runs away again; she and David reportedly get matching “SHHH” finger tattoos. Friends claim they thought she was 19 because of fake IDs and 18+ events. She eventually returns home.
• Jan 2, 2025 – Last confirmed alive image: After this date, Celeste is scarcely seen in Lake Elsinore and is believed to have secretly rejoined David in LA as his career surges (debut album Withered releases April 2025; major tour planned).
• May–July 2025 – The Tesla starts moving: Neighbors notice David’s Tesla being shuffled to different curb spots (apparently to avoid the 72‑hour rule). On July 29, the SUV is parked one last time on Bluebird Avenue as David departs by tour bus for the first leg of the Withered Tour.
• Aug 27–Sep 5, 2025 – From chalk to tow: Tires are chalked on Aug 27; a 72‑hour citation is issued Sep 3; the Tesla is towed Sep 5 to a Hollywood impound lot.
• Sep 8, 2025 – Discovery in the frunk: A tow‑yard employee reports a powerful odor. Police open the front trunk (frunk) and find a black duffel containing the badly decomposed remains of a young female, quickly identified as Celeste—one day after what would have been her 15th birthday. The Medical Examiner cannot immediately determine cause or time of death, though she likely died weeks earlier.
• Sep 17, 2025 – Warrants & swatting: LAPD searches David’s Hollywood Hills rental, seizing electronics and personal items; a swatting hoax hits his family home in Texas the same day.
• Sep 19–24, 2025 – Career in freefall: Tour canceled by sponsors/management; his social media goes quiet; a Texas property is transferred to his mother; movers clear out the LA rental as the lease ends. Police name no suspect and suggest the only potential crime known so far could be concealment of a death if Celeste died accidentally.
• October 2025 – Defense...