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

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Body bag bought online was part of d4vd’s scheme to kill 14-year-old to hide his sexual abuse, prosecutors say By Ray Sanchez, Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — 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.

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

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Prosecutors claim that singer d4vd bought a body bag online as part of a scheme to kill a 14-year-old girl he had been sexually abusing. The girl, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, had threatened to expose their relationship, which would have ruined d4vd's career. The alleged murder took place on April 23, 2025.

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Body bag bought online was part of d4vd’s scheme to kill 14-year-old to hide his sexual abuse, prosecutors say By Ray Sanchez, Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — 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,

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

Prosecutors claim that singer d4vd bought a body bag online as part of a scheme to kill a 14-year-old girl he had been sexually abusing. The girl, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, had threatened to expose their relationship, which would have ruined d4vd's career. The alleged murder took place on April 23, 2025.

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