LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell on why it took so long to arrest D4vd in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

See? Life is more like “BOSCH” than “Law & Order.” Results take time. These are good results, too.

This is a capital murder case. If he is convicted, David Anthony Burke (he is no longer an artist) will either be in jail for the rest of his life, or be given the death penalty (still on the books in california, though currently California is no longer executing its death row population). It has to be dealt with the utmost seriousness. May that poor girl’s soul rest in peace, and may Burke answer for the crimes he is alleged to have commited.

I’m genuinely so hot about this fucking case. He was BRAGGING ABOUT IT!!! To the whole fucking world! Made a whole fucking music video where he puts a body in a trunk. Whatever punishment they give him will never feel like enough

May Celeste rest in peace and may that vile man face the repercussions for his horrendous actions.

First degree has a huge burden of proof and they obviously have everything they need now. Better to put him away for forever.

Justice for Celeste!

Kudos to them. I remember when LAPD said there was “no evidence of foul play”. With a decomposed, dismembered child found in the trunk of a car. I remember the thinking these guys are clowns, but now I see they were playing the long game. Sometimes you have to get your no1 suspect comfortable so you can really catch them out. 

I can’t imagine having a job where you have to physically obtain and manage someone’s rotting corpse. It feels like it should be a traumatic experience every time. 

the amount of ppl complaining about how long the investigation took was making me lose my mind. investigations take time! going through digital evidence takes time! figuring out last whereabouts takes time! doing autopsies (which the coroner’s office mentioned they were having a hard time doing bc of how decomposed her body was) takes time! plus with how big of a case this is, they definitely were getting false tips that they still had to investigate. a hard truth is that just because her body was found in his trunk, that doesn’t automatically mean he killed her. it is obviously absolutely extremely uber very very very suspicious but they still have to find evidence of him killing her, which takes time. proving a murder charge is very different from a tampering with a dead body charge.

i absolutely feel sorry for her and her family. i hope he rots. the only way she can get some semblance of justice is by waiting for the justice system to work, which unfortunately takes time. if you are interested in really diving into the legal aspects case, i highly recommend the youtuber/lawyer emily d. baker. her coverage is top tier.

He sounds like he reads at a seventh grade level

They’re going to fumble the fuck out of it.

Can we start a movement to collectively ban his music from Spotify etc.

I rather law enforcement takes time to build a solid case than rush and someone like this pos gets off on a technicality. I hope this arrest (and hopefully a conviction) helps her family start healing.

It feels like a million years since I watched somebody in a position of importance/ power speak in such a professional, no nonsense way. I can’t understate how refreshing that was, and how much confidence it gives in this man and his colleagues.

Everything seems like an absolute clown show these days in comparison (and even so without being compared to anything)z

You think youre bad with procrastination?

D4vd procrastes so hard he procrastinated covering up his murder. It just sat in his car half done