{"id":23491,"date":"2026-07-21T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/inside-the-d4vd-murder-case-and-killing-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:01:00","slug":"inside-the-d4vd-murder-case-and-killing-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/inside-the-d4vd-murder-case-and-killing-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the D4vd Murder Case and Killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20260418\/cba9dc01-aac9-4648-bca5-1c7657e494cc_1776555991.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&amp;output-quality=90&amp;crop=1200:1200;center,top\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Prosecutors allege D4vd then drove to Santa Barbara County to &ldquo;dispose of her property and destroy evidence.&rdquo; While the brief states the &ldquo;Romantic Homicide&rdquo; singer texted Rivas Hernandez asking about her whereabouts at around 10:30 p.m and 11:30 p.m. that night as well as after he returned home the morning of April 24, 2025, prosecutors allege she was already dead and that the messages were part of his &ldquo;premeditated plan to cover up the murder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the brief, D4vd, using a fake name, allegedly ordered a shovel on April 24, 2025 followed by two chainsaws on May 1, 2025 as well as a &ldquo;body bag, heavy-duty laundry bags, and a blue inflatable pool.&rdquo; In addition, prosecutors allege he made two more trips to Santa Barbara County later in May and ordered a &ldquo;burn cage&rdquo; on July 7, 2025 to &ldquo;incinerate evidence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Moreover, defendant took horrifying measures to destroy and discard the victim&rsquo;s body,&rdquo; the brief continues. &ldquo;After placing her body into the blue inflatable pool to prevent her blood from spilling onto his garage floor, defendant used a chainsaw and perhaps other tools to cut off her limbs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, prosecutors allege D4vd &ldquo;amputated her left ring and pinky fingers because her ring finger contained a tattoo of his name,&rdquo; noting the fingers have not been located.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Defendant then placed her head and torso into the cadaver bag he purchased,&rdquo; the brief alleges. &ldquo;He placed her limbs into a garbage bag, which he deposited into his front trunk, laying the cadaver bag on top. For several weeks, or possibly months, defendant left the victim&rsquo;s body to decompose inside his Tesla.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Inside the D4vd Murder Case and Killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors allege D4vd then drove to Santa Barbara County to &ldquo;dispose of her property and destroy evidence.&rdquo; While the brief states the &ldquo;Romantic Homicide&rdquo; singer texted Rivas Hernandez asking about her whereabouts at around 10:30 p.m and 11:30 p.m. that night as well as after he returned home the morning of April 24, 2025, prosecutors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/inside-the-d4vd-murder-case-and-killing-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Inside the D4vd Murder Case and Killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}