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Celeste Rivas and D4vd: Inside the Evidence (Happening Now) // 606

5/8/202653 min

In April of 2026, an arrest was made in the disturbing, unfolding murder case of a 14-year-old girl who had been found in the trunk of a Tesla last September in Los Angeles. And since that arrest was made, countless horrific details have been released by prosecutors as they make their case to prove that she was intentionally killed, and by one particular person. This is the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, and the case against David Burke, also known as D4vd.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Heath Merryman· Host0:00

    [gentle music] What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host, Heath.

  2. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:17

    And I'm your host, Daphne.

  3. Heath Merryman· Host0:18

    And you're listening to Going West.

  4. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:21

    Hello, everybody. This has been long awaited. Last September of 2025, Heath and I covered the David and Celeste Rivas case right after it broke.

  5. Heath Merryman· Host0:32

    Yeah.

  6. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:32

    You guys know happening now cases are kind of like our bread and butter and, uh, a lot has happened in the last month.

  7. Heath Merryman· Host0:39

    Yes, I'm sure a lot of you guys have just been waiting for so long for new information to come out, and finally we have all the details for you guys today.

  8. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:48

    We've been posting a ton on our socials about some of the updates, but honestly, as we dove in this week, we realized there is so much out there.

  9. Heath Merryman· Host0:58

    It gets darker.

  10. Daphne Woolsoncroft· Host0:59

    It gets so much darker. Again, a lot has been released from prosecutors actually in various court documents over the last two weeks in particular, and we are gonna talk about all of it. So if you don't remember, if you listened to our original episode when it first came out, don't worry, you don't have to go back. We're going to kind of like run through the whole story again and update because we have so much more.

  11. Heath Merryman· Host1:23

    Yes, and I just wanna say that our hearts really go out to Celeste's family and friends and anybody who knew her personally,

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