Celeste deserves justice!!! I almost lost hope waiting for an update and D4vd arrest.
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AP_in_Indy2 days ago
+26
This and that wrestler who was beat up by that MMA fighter's son.
EDIT: Raja Jackson
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Stock_Dragonfly96322 days ago
+3
Did too.... litle by little... was no longer checking about the case because afraid it would fizzle out.
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cmaia15032 days ago
+53
> Singer D4vd has been arrested in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was found dead in Hollywood in the trunk of a Tesla in September.
> According to the LAPD, D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was arrested by the Robbery-Homicide Division for the murder of Hernandez and is being held without bail. The case will be presented to the District Attorney’s office on Monday for filing consideration.
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Happy-Gnome2 days ago
+6
Not a lot of robberies getting solved when the competing priority is murder
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gentlewesternwind2 days ago
+157
F****** finally.
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animalivebecome2 days ago
+54
I understand that they wanted to build a solid case and that’s why it took so long, but man I really wonder what these past months have been like for him just sort of waiting to be arrested.
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gentlewesternwind2 days ago
+23
Yeah, like I don't feign to know the schematics of prosecuting someone, and this was obscene from the beginning. I hope Celeste's soul can rest. That poor child.
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Walmartian_Beta2 days ago
+11
Honestly, I expected him to kill himself over it, but ... apparently not.
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IANALbutIAMAcat1 day ago
+1
I imagine it could’ve been easy enough for him to leave the country. Which leads me to wonder how often these sorts of villains simply escape prosecution.
We obviously know about folks like Roman Polanski. But I’d never even heard of D4vd before hearing of the girl’s body being found in his car.
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Stock_Dragonfly96322 days ago
+2
I second that FF.
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More_Combination862 days ago
-16
I just said ts out loud. It kind of makes you wonder just how inept the f****** cops really are when tik tok’ers are picking ts apart quicker than law enforcement.
Keep downvoting me. But you know god damn well it’s the truth. Any news on Tyler Robinson yet and the shit show they’ve thrown at us?
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Impressive_Dish95312 days ago
+33
Tik Tok’ers don’t have to present a bulletproof case to the DA of the most high profile county in the country and then convince a jury *beyond a shadow of doubt* that he is dead-to-rights guilty, all while navigating lord knows how much bureaucratic red tape and making absolutely certain no tiny crack could derail the whole case.
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Stock_Dragonfly96322 days ago
+1
Thank you!
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More_Combination862 days ago
-8
True. Very true. But like half a year to bust a dude that had a dead minor in his trunk, and was clearly having a relationship with this girl. I mean, unless this dude is a criminal mastermind. The wheels of justice moved reeeeal slow on a guy that seemed dead to rights. But like I said, maybe he was a mastermind.
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Real_External_60302 days ago
+14
i feel like you’re underestimating how much evidence is needed during a trial
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More_Combination862 days ago
-7
Sure, in some cases things don’t always move lightening speed. But Honestly, it’s been like 6 or 7 months after we found out just these facts; She was deceased in his car trunk and they were in a relationship while she was a minor. I mean, was he so slick with the law that they knew it was him but just couldn’t touch him? Doesn’t strike me as a super criminal that could be that untraceable. But damn. Just wild it took this long.
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s_matthew2 days ago
+6
Consider all the connective tissue needed to legitimately prove - like with ironclad proof - that someone intentionally murdered a person, dismembered them, put them in their trunk, then left the car somewhere. It seems obvious that he was involved, but where is the actual undeniable proof that he murdered her? Not internet rumors or heavy suspicions; actual proof that a jury can’t refute. And how was she murdered? And why? Etc.
Just getting cellphone records takes weeks. They must’ve run multiple tests on the severely decomposed body remnants - autopsy, toxicology, etc. - which takes available experts and time. Half a year to get everything lined up to unequivocally prove this is the guy doesn’t seem unreasonable to me.
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the-dude-212 days ago
+379
How tf did it take 7 months
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MARATXXX2 days ago
+288
they wanted to create a solid case that wouldn't get derailed at trial. or to make a strong enough case that he just admits to it and avoids a trial.
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greenappleeeeeee2 days ago
+132
Heavy on this. People don’t realize how easy it is to get a case thrown out. Something as simple as a technicality could grant him permanent release
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kosmonautinVT2 days ago
+12
Yeah but let's be real. I'm pretty sure if a dead body was found in the trunk of a car registered to me I would be arrested within days. And it isn't like this guy was some big celebrity.
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AnyDescription32932 days ago
+23
Gotta prove the person's death was a murder. On a heavily decomposed body that is not easy.
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Connbonnjovi2 days ago
-4
Okay but she was dismembered.
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AnyDescription32932 days ago
+39
I don't want to defend this guy at all. I definitely think he did it. But let's say..... She's doing some drugs at a party with him. She ODs at his house. When she dies, he freaks out cause he doesn't want to get in trouble for doing drugs with an underage child, and so he tries to get rid of her body by dismembering it and dumping it in his car. That's not the same as actively murdering her, which yes I think he did. the cops want to prove she was actually intentionally murdered, not by some accidental way that the defense attorney is going to try to claim happened.
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Connbonnjovi2 days ago
+15
Okay that’s fair
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Wrong_Mark83872 days ago
+62
Being arrested and being convicted aren’t the same. They wanted to make sure they could convict.
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kosmonautinVT2 days ago
-29
No shit. Obviously I would be arrested with the intention of getting a conviction. Because a dead body was found in my car
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48x152 days ago
+20
It was you
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Roseartcrantz2 days ago
+11
take him in, boys!
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FeloniousStunk2 days ago
+6
Bake him in, toys!
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RacksOnRacksOnRacks32 days ago
+8
*Bake em away toys!*
I hope you get fired for that blunder
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Wrong_Mark83872 days ago
+4
Doesn’t mean you put it there, super genius. Duh 🙄
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Meepmoop1022 days ago
+16
It took so long because his family, friends, and team were prolonging the process by refusing to talk or make any comments in case it could be used against him. They’ve probably known for a long time that it’s him but that’s not enough for an arrest.
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ai_art_is_art2 days ago
+8
\> And it isn't like this guy was some big celebrity.
He made that one TikTok song. Micro-celebrity with growing status. Probably would have made it big by now if he hadn't done this.
I would wonder that if (1) because she was underage and (2) she possibly became pregnant with his kid and (3) she didn't want an abortion, that he became violent.
There's no publicly announced proof that she was pregnant. Might not be the case. But if it was, they could have used this time to look for additional DNA to build the case. If she was pregnant, the number of murders jumps to two and the case becomes that much stronger.
No matter what happened, it's really sad for her and fucked up that it happened.
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Aeon15082 days ago
+3
yeah he was literally in the process of making it big. I think his album was set to drop right after the body was found. It probably would have been a top album last year
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Meepmoop1022 days ago
+1
He was fully on tour. His last concert was in Seattle the day the news came out.
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rhinosyphilis2 days ago
+1
His music was really good
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Wazzit2 days ago
+3
He was supposed to play the LA Greek a week or so after the body was discovered. The Greek is not a small venue. This guy had a following for sure.
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Hydration__Nation2 days ago
+1
Yup that’s why you will see a prosecutor push for a lesser charge like murder 2 instead of murder 1 because their case isn’t strong enough to guarantee m1 so getting convictions and some time is better than none at all
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ryeguymft2 days ago
especially with a wealthy public figure who can hire a great legal team
0
wookiee422 days ago
+9
Also, part of the reason to arrest someone quickly is to prevent it from happening again. I'm sure they were keeping a close eye on him. And he likely did it alone, so they didn't need to arrest him and pressure him to turn on his accomplice to get a killer off of the street.
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Xavier97562 days ago
+6
I think people have a dramatically exaggerated idea of how this stuff works.
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Paleblood_Hunt2 days ago
+3
Most people have a realistic view of the world in that they wouldn’t be referred to by the media as their AOL screen name like “DaFOURvid” and also probably wouldn’t be able to spend months free after having the f****** body of a dead person in their car.
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RussianDahl2 days ago
+2
Exactly, forensics can take weeks or months.
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ogredmenace2 days ago
-1
I mean she was chopped up in his car. Isn’t that a solid case already lol
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MARATXXX2 days ago
+34
no, because the body was discovered like a year after her disappearance. so that opens up a lot of possibilities that have to be fully explored, refuted or confirmed.
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ogredmenace2 days ago
+22
Yeah I should have read more into then the basics before giving my opinion. You’re correct on that.
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Impressive_Dish95312 days ago
+17
I’m proud of you for receiving new information and actually adjusting your stance accordingly. Truly, that’s not easy to do.
So many people who have no clue are questioning everything about this case. People need to have some humility and realize they don’t know everything.
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ogredmenace2 days ago
+9
Thanks, yeah nothing wrong with being incorrect. I will admit I have been a headline reader and based my opinion off that and assumptions.
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Mwootto2 days ago
+4
Respect!
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intriqet2 days ago
+3
I appreciate this call out
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Juicetraingod2 days ago
+25
Not enough. He could claim someone placed the body there.
He could claim that there was tampering with evidence and that he was framed.
Etc. Etc.
Investigators need a lot of evidence to accuse someone of murder in a case like this. And if they don't handle it properly, the whole case could go right out the window.
Look at OJ for example
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ogredmenace2 days ago
+7
Yeah true enough.
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dburr100852 days ago
+7
This guy kills - allegedly
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Stock_Dragonfly96322 days ago
+1
u/MARATXX. Yep, they needed this to be solid as possible. I have been sooo waiting for that snarky little dweeb to be hauled in!
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Extension-Toe-70272 days ago
+1
Did they get is passport at least?
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scottishdrunkard2 days ago
+1
Everyone may have a right to a speedy trial, but it's best not to rush things.
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reppit2 days ago
+23
Homicides that aren’t smoking gun type ones take time. Interviews, collect cell data/tower dumps, surveillance videos, random roadblocks either from judges or the district attorney’s office, etc.
There are plenty of cold case homicides all over the country where everyone is probably having the same thoughts you’re having, but there may not have been enough probable cause for an arrest. Circumstantial evidence only supports a case, but it doesn’t make a conviction.
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Dewgong_crying2 days ago
+31
Article says he was fully cooperating from September to November, so maybe he was able to bullshit them long enough to not arrest him then? Maybe he had reported the car stolen? Still sus as hell, so assume it will take a while to get the full story.
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Violet6242 days ago
+7
I'm sure they wanted to make sure they had a solid case. With no obvious cause of death, he could have said she overdosed or something and he only concealed her body. You can only try someone once for homicide, after all.
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guiltyspaekle2 days ago
He only concealed her body? She was found dismembered and rotting in 3 different garbage bags
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Violet6242 days ago
+6
That still doesn't neccisarily mean a homicide charge if they don't have evidence of her manner of death. I'm not defending him, I'm sure he's responsible, but it's understandable that the prosecutors would want to build as solid a case as possible.
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Cabrill02 days ago
+8
Real life isn’t a tv show that wraps up in 60 minutes.
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AnyDescription32932 days ago
+2
Her body was heavily decomposed when they found it, so they had to prove her death was the result of a murder, which I'm sure is very difficult to do with a heavily decomposed body.
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Coffeezilla2 days ago
+1
Especially a body in a car laden with your prime suspect's DNA.
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Wooden_Aerie_71602 days ago
+1
He also rich
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gloriousdays2 days ago
+1
I was about to say..
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Justryan952 days ago
+18
During that time he was free, D4vd almost finished his new Album "If I did it" with the opening single "I, David Anthony Burke, killed Celeste Rivas Hernandez and stuffed her in my trunk."
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CharacterOnly45702 days ago
-1
Bro exposing his own evidences 💀
-1
Short-termTablespoon2 days ago
+7
Took so long I thought it happened again.
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Individual-Result7772 days ago
+8
Interesting to call out the model of the car.
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broke_boi12 days ago
+3
Clearly all Tesla owners are killers
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phunkyunkle2 days ago
+2
Every article I've seen about this mentions the car is a Tesla. Every single one. Is there some significance to this I am missing?
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IamL0rdV0ldem0rt2 days ago
+1
Probably bc it was a front trunk she was found in
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phareous2 days ago
+6
Since I didn’t know the connection I looked it up…he did the “remember me” song in the Arcane show
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Most-Bench64652 days ago
+1
I was literally thinking about this two days ago when a similar song came on, and that poor girl. She probably thought she had a future with him and it was just the opposite. I wonder what the reasoning was for why he did this.
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Mr_Wh0ever2 days ago
+17
Man that took a minute. Glad we finally got there
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Stock_Dragonfly96322 days ago
+1
I was just about to leave the building.... then suddenly this! Yes!
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bryman192 days ago
+7
About time. Must have been building a strong case. Both had tattoos of "shhh" I can't remember
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better_every_day142 days ago
+13
They only now arrested him??
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IcedThunder2 days ago
+32
From what I recall, he was away on tour for the majority of the period the coroner said she likely died, there was like less than 48 hour window he could have done it, but he would have to have taken a plane, which would mean a paper trail. So it was difficult to pin to him, because they couldn't find any flight records or anything.
But I haven't kept up with it.
Edit: Why am I being downvote? I'm just saying his tour schedule made it difficult for police to tie the murder to him. I'm not defending the guy, but my money is he paid someone to do it.
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Nervous-Economy81192 days ago
+8
“I need you to kill someone while I’m away so it can’t be traced to me.”
“What should I do with the body?
“Just put it in my trunk.”
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IcedThunder2 days ago
+4
I don't know, maybe he wanted the drama of it while enjoying getting away with it.
I'm just saying, when this came out I followed the threads of people piecing together his social media posts and tour dates and confirming where he was and when, and it left a very small window of when he could have done it, and there would be flight logs, airport cameras, etc.
So if all that sluething was true, which it seemed legit people used photos from his concerts to verify where he was before the murder and it was over 600 miles from his home, then if he's connected it has to have been someone he hired.
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NYCtattooed2 days ago
+6
They believe happened in the spring, months before the tour. The body was severely decomposed and they were not able to determine cause of death which prolonged this arrest.
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IcedThunder2 days ago
+1
Ah. Yeah I didn't keep up after the 2nd week or so, a million earth shattering news stories have broken since lol. Well I hope they nail him then.
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downtownbattlemt2 days ago
+3
Dudes cooked, surprised he didn't kill himself in those 7 months
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ruckus_4402 days ago
+6
Guess he'll be nc4rcr4td.
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Stock_Dragonfly96322 days ago
+2
FINALLY!!!!! So encouraged to see good investigation at work.
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mfhtotheizzo2 days ago
+2
Dee-Four-Vee-Dee
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Expensive_Actuary7542 days ago
+2
“IT OnLy tOoK a MiLlIon yEaRs” please stop being sheep rewriting the same damn comments without knowing how long the law takes to make something stick.
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EffectiveActive68372 days ago
+2
My god, he got to be free for awhile
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GarlicTraditional3002 days ago
+2
He should be arrested just for his name
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live_kairos1 day ago
+1
Yep agreed. Also why does this guy keep popping up on my feed? I have no clue who he is. Glad he got arrested
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Temsturnips32 days ago
+1
"Sources told ABC News the arrest is based on evidence and probable cause that was developed. It was not an indictment."
I don't see what they have charged him with anywhere yet but it seems he may not actually be getting charged with murder, likely abuse of a corpse
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NYCtattooed2 days ago
+3
He was arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Stock_Dragonfly96322 days ago
+1
Yes, suspicion of murder means uh suspicion of murder. They suspect he murdered Celeste so they arrested him. NO BAIL
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NYCtattooed2 days ago
+2
Yes I know!
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Kavirell2 days ago
+1
He has not been charged with anything yet. They are presenting the case on Monday to prosecutors.
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AP_in_Indy2 days ago
+1
"Hernandez was reported missing from her home in Lake Elsinore, Calif., last year. She was last seen in April 2024, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. **After her body was found, police said that because a manner of death had not been determined.**"
Why do I feel like this is an incomplete sentence. What about it? Because "a", "b"... where is the "b"?
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Scott8012582 days ago
+1
Thug Life = Life Sentence.
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duckfart20202 days ago
+1
Consider me shocked
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EffectiveActive68372 days ago
+1
Waiting for dna and forensic data to process, it can take awhile but maybe that's what they needed for this case to proceed bc her body was so badly decomposed.
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Strangegary2 days ago
+1
Because we know nothing , we are making really plausible assumptions. They have to prove without a shadow of a doubt that he is guilty.
If i was accused of a crime i would want them to take their time, not just say "hey we know you're guilty come oooonnnn", plus if they half ass it he can get out of a punishment vy a technicality.
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Shallot_True2 days ago
+1
... who the heck is D4vd?
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[deleted]2 days ago
+2
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Fuunna-Sakana2 days ago
+13
Killed and was "dating" a child btw
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heinous_legacy2 days ago
+1
genuinely, how’d it take so long.
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Big4HeadBiggerHeart2 days ago
i understand it takes awhile to create a solid case, but if he was arrested at his house, why did THAT take so long? haven’t charges been out for a few months?
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Ambitious_Use_37392 days ago
+5
Nope. He's been under investigation. once they arrested him, they started the clock to take him to trial. they didn't want that clock to run, so they took their time building the case.
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ghoulishgirl2 days ago
-1
It only took a million years.
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SarkastikAmbassador2 days ago
He had a nice little pre jail vacay fr
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Jazzlike-Vacation2302 days ago
-1
She just wouldn’t listen and get that abortian I guess is what it sounds like, or something else
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Unite-Us-34032 days ago
-3
I still cannot believe it came to this. I knew him for collaborating my favorite singer, Damiano David. Damiano did a song featuring d4vd titled “[Tangerine](https://youtu.be/m201oIHu9v8?si=jFXJSDjYStA1WNI2)”.
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MandatorySaxSolo2 days ago
-4
How is this entertainment news? Its about a random dude who murdered a girl. Please stop doing this
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Kavirell2 days ago
+3
D4vd was a singer. He was in the entertainment industry and this was a big story when her body was first found.
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savvi5159 hr ago
+1
What makes me mad is why was a child living with this man and not at home. The parents should be charged with something too
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