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trescast Apr 17, 2026 +109

Celeste deserves justice!!! I almost lost hope waiting for an update and D4vd arrest.

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AP_in_Indy Apr 17, 2026 +26

This and that wrestler who was beat up by that MMA fighter's son. EDIT: Raja Jackson

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Stock_Dragonfly9632 Apr 17, 2026 +3

Did too.... litle by little... was no longer checking about the case because afraid it would fizzle out.

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cmaia1503 Apr 17, 2026 +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-Gnome Apr 17, 2026 +6

Not a lot of robberies getting solved when the competing priority is murder

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gentlewesternwind Apr 17, 2026 +157

F****** finally.

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animalivebecome Apr 17, 2026 +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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gentlewesternwind Apr 17, 2026 +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_Beta Apr 17, 2026 +11

Honestly, I expected him to kill himself over it, but ... apparently not.

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IANALbutIAMAcat Apr 17, 2026 +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_Dragonfly9632 Apr 17, 2026 +2

I second that FF.

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More_Combination86 Apr 17, 2026 -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_Dish9531 Apr 17, 2026 +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_Dragonfly9632 Apr 17, 2026 +1

Thank you!

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More_Combination86 Apr 17, 2026 -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_6030 Apr 17, 2026 +14

i feel like you’re underestimating how much evidence is needed during a trial

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More_Combination86 Apr 17, 2026 -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_matthew Apr 17, 2026 +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-21 Apr 17, 2026 +379

How tf did it take 7 months

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MARATXXX Apr 17, 2026 +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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greenappleeeeeee Apr 17, 2026 +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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kosmonautinVT Apr 17, 2026 +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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AnyDescription3293 Apr 17, 2026 +23

Gotta prove the person's death was a murder. On a heavily decomposed body that is not easy.

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Connbonnjovi Apr 17, 2026 -4

Okay but she was dismembered.

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AnyDescription3293 Apr 17, 2026 +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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Connbonnjovi Apr 17, 2026 +15

Okay that’s fair

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Wrong_Mark8387 Apr 17, 2026 +62

Being arrested and being convicted aren’t the same. They wanted to make sure they could convict.

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kosmonautinVT Apr 17, 2026 -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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48x15 Apr 17, 2026 +20

It was you

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Roseartcrantz Apr 17, 2026 +11

take him in, boys!

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FeloniousStunk Apr 17, 2026 +6

Bake him in, toys!

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RacksOnRacksOnRacks3 Apr 17, 2026 +8

*Bake em away toys!* I hope you get fired for that blunder

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Wrong_Mark8387 Apr 17, 2026 +4

Doesn’t mean you put it there, super genius. Duh 🙄

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Meepmoop102 Apr 17, 2026 +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_art Apr 17, 2026 +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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Aeon1508 Apr 17, 2026 +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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Meepmoop102 Apr 17, 2026 +1

He was fully on tour. His last concert was in Seattle the day the news came out.

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rhinosyphilis Apr 17, 2026 +1

His music was really good

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Wazzit Apr 17, 2026 +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__Nation Apr 17, 2026 +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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ryeguymft Apr 17, 2026

especially with a wealthy public figure who can hire a great legal team

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wookiee42 Apr 17, 2026 +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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Xavier9756 Apr 17, 2026 +6

I think people have a dramatically exaggerated idea of how this stuff works.

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Paleblood_Hunt Apr 17, 2026 +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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RussianDahl Apr 17, 2026 +2

Exactly, forensics can take weeks or months.

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ogredmenace Apr 17, 2026 -1

I mean she was chopped up in his car. Isn’t that a solid case already lol

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MARATXXX Apr 17, 2026 +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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ogredmenace Apr 17, 2026 +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_Dish9531 Apr 17, 2026 +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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ogredmenace Apr 17, 2026 +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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Mwootto Apr 17, 2026 +4

Respect!

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intriqet Apr 17, 2026 +3

I appreciate this call out

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Juicetraingod Apr 17, 2026 +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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ogredmenace Apr 17, 2026 +7

Yeah true enough.

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dburr10085 Apr 17, 2026 +7

This guy kills - allegedly

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Stock_Dragonfly9632 Apr 17, 2026 +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-7027 Apr 17, 2026 +1

Did they get is passport at least?

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scottishdrunkard Apr 17, 2026 +1

Everyone may have a right to a speedy trial, but it's best not to rush things.

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reppit Apr 17, 2026 +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_crying Apr 17, 2026 +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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Violet624 Apr 17, 2026 +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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guiltyspaekle Apr 17, 2026

He only concealed her body? She was found dismembered and rotting in 3 different garbage bags

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Violet624 Apr 17, 2026 +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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Cabrill0 Apr 17, 2026 +8

Real life isn’t a tv show that wraps up in 60 minutes.

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AnyDescription3293 Apr 17, 2026 +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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Coffeezilla Apr 17, 2026 +1

Especially a body in a car laden with your prime suspect's DNA.

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Wooden_Aerie_7160 Apr 17, 2026 +1

He also rich

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gloriousdays Apr 17, 2026 +1

I was about to say..

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Justryan95 Apr 17, 2026 +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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CharacterOnly4570 Apr 17, 2026 -1

Bro exposing his own evidences 💀

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Short-termTablespoon Apr 17, 2026 +7

Took so long I thought it happened again.

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Individual-Result777 Apr 17, 2026 +8

Interesting to call out the model of the car.

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broke_boi1 Apr 17, 2026 +3

Clearly all Tesla owners are killers

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phunkyunkle Apr 17, 2026 +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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IamL0rdV0ldem0rt Apr 17, 2026 +1

Probably bc it was a front trunk she was found in

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phareous Apr 17, 2026 +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-Bench6465 Apr 17, 2026 +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_Wh0ever Apr 17, 2026 +17

Man that took a minute. Glad we finally got there

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Stock_Dragonfly9632 Apr 17, 2026 +1

I was just about to leave the building.... then suddenly this! Yes!

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bryman19 Apr 17, 2026 +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_day14 Apr 17, 2026 +13

They only now arrested him??

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IcedThunder Apr 17, 2026 +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-Economy8119 Apr 17, 2026 +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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IcedThunder Apr 17, 2026 +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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NYCtattooed Apr 17, 2026 +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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IcedThunder Apr 17, 2026 +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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downtownbattlemt Apr 17, 2026 +3

Dudes cooked, surprised he didn't kill himself in those 7 months

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ruckus_440 Apr 17, 2026 +6

Guess he'll be nc4rcr4td.

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Stock_Dragonfly9632 Apr 17, 2026 +2

FINALLY!!!!! So encouraged to see good investigation at work.

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mfhtotheizzo Apr 17, 2026 +2

Dee-Four-Vee-Dee

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Expensive_Actuary754 Apr 17, 2026 +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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EffectiveActive6837 Apr 17, 2026 +2

My god, he got to be free for awhile

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GarlicTraditional300 Apr 17, 2026 +2

He should be arrested just for his name

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live_kairos Apr 17, 2026 +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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Temsturnips3 Apr 17, 2026 +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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NYCtattooed Apr 17, 2026 +3

He was arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Stock_Dragonfly9632 Apr 17, 2026 +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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NYCtattooed Apr 17, 2026 +2

Yes I know!

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Kavirell Apr 17, 2026 +1

He has not been charged with anything yet. They are presenting the case on Monday to prosecutors.

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AP_in_Indy Apr 17, 2026 +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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Scott801258 Apr 17, 2026 +1

Thug Life = Life Sentence.

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duckfart2020 Apr 17, 2026 +1

Consider me shocked

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EffectiveActive6837 Apr 17, 2026 +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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Strangegary Apr 17, 2026 +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_True Apr 17, 2026 +1

... who the heck is D4vd?

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[deleted] Apr 17, 2026 +2

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Fuunna-Sakana Apr 17, 2026 +13

Killed and was "dating" a child btw

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heinous_legacy Apr 17, 2026 +1

genuinely, how’d it take so long.

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Big4HeadBiggerHeart Apr 17, 2026

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_3739 Apr 17, 2026 +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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ghoulishgirl Apr 17, 2026 -1

It only took a million years.

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SarkastikAmbassador Apr 17, 2026

He had a nice little pre jail vacay fr

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Jazzlike-Vacation230 Apr 17, 2026 -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-3403 Apr 17, 2026 -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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MandatorySaxSolo Apr 17, 2026 -4

How is this entertainment news? Its about a random dude who murdered a girl. Please stop doing this

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Kavirell Apr 17, 2026 +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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savvi515 Apr 19, 2026 +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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