Singer D4vd Allegedly Visited Santa Barbara County the Night of 14-Year-Old’s Murder
Santa Barbara Independent
May 1, 2026
It’s a heavy story to start the weekend with, and one that hits close to home. According to the *Santa Barbara Independent*, new court filings allege that singer D4vd—whose real name is David Anthony Burke—was in Santa Barbara County the night 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was killed at his Hollywood Hills home. The filings claim he disposed of evidence near Lake Cachuma, a place many of us know for weekend fishing trips and sunset drives along the 154. For a local community that often feels removed from L.A.’s darker headlines, this news lands differently—it brings the tragedy to our own backyard, to a lake where families gather and kids learn to cast their first lines.
It’s a sobering reminder that even our quiet corners can become part of a larger, painful story. As details unfold, our thoughts are with Celeste’s loved ones, and with a community grappling with how a young life could end so far from home, yet so close to ours.
This summary was written by AI based on the original article from Santa Barbara Independent.
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