D4vd Murder Case: Is Police Attention Turning To A Possible Accomplice?

In February 2027, singer David Anthony Burke, AKA D4vd, will go on trial in a Los Angeles court where he faces charges of first-degree murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, and the mutilation of human remains following the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

This week, a lot of speculation arrived that there might be an accomplice identified by investigators. Read on to find out more.

The New Speculation

On her YouTube channel, Nancy Grace, the legal commentator and podcast host opened by saying:

Bombshell tonight. D4VD aka David Anthony Burke murder accomplice in the brutal, the savage death, of a 14-year-old girl, Celeste according to reports. Let that sink in. Police, LAPD reportedly investigating a suspect.

Then she shared a clip of a conversation between TMZ’s Harvey Levin and Mark Geragos.

In that clip, Geragos said, “I’ve already been told a name as well… but they’re not ruling anything out. I mean, everything is on the table.”

Cops Believe D4VD Had Help?

According to him, “They kept this wide open because they believe and they believed since the beginning… that there was more than one person involved.”

Pressed by Levin for details, Geragos explained that “the other person is not somebody after the car was found.” However, he noted, “that would appear or somebody close in time… who was geographically overlaid with his location.”

He also mentioned that it appears to be based on circumstantial evidence that the two of them “had a connection to either the trip or something that potentially could have been untoward.”

A Possible State Witness

Nancy Grace, like many of her followers, followed the case against D4VD very closely, so she explained more.

Nancy told her followers, “We believed at the beginning it was a matter of time before digital forensics ruled the day. A murder case is not something you throw together.”

The panel discussed whether the alleged accomplice would turn state witness. But right now, nobody knows much at all.

Digital Forensics

Guest Robert Fried, digital forensic expert and author said that the accomplice could easily have been tracked through digital forensics. He noted that these days, experts can trace locations in apps like Facebook.

Nancy wondered about digital tracking of the iPhone and the navigation system in the Tesla. But she admitted that she hadn’t thought about social media being used.

Per Robert, being logged into social media usually has a phone track record of locations. It’s not confined to Facebook. And he noted that investigators could have considered a whole bunch of points.

A Data Dump

Nancy Grace asked if a data dump was used. She wondered if everyone in the circle could have had their phones checked.

Robert said, “There are specialists who gather information from cellphone towers.” He believes that via different geolocations, the investigators could have put two and two together.

Remember the trip that D4VD allegedly made to Santa Barbara? Nancy said that police could have tracked the journey by data. And that’s where they found some of Celeste Rivas’ possessions.

Notably though, despite all the speculation about how an accomplice might have been identified, no police statement has confirmed exactly what technology has been used.

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