Court records show 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was murdered on April 23, 2025, after a heated text exchange with 21-year-old David Burke, whose legal name is David Burke. Prosecutors presented messages from Burke's phone accounts during a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles, including an Uber sent to transport the victim and her final text indicating arrival at his Hollywood home. Burke faces charges of murder, sexual abuse of a child under 14, and mutilation of a body, to which he has pleaded not guilty.