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THU · 2026-04-30 · 02:24 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0430-72650
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Gruesome details alleged in D4vd case: chainsaws, a paddling pool and corpse in Tesla

R&B singer D4vd is accused of murdering 13-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez and dismembering her body. Prosecutors allege the murder occurred because the victim threatened to expose their illegal sexual relationship.

Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-04-30 · 02:24 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
Gruesome details alleged in D4vd case: chainsaws, a paddling pool and corpse in Tesla
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R&B singer D4vd is accused of murdering 13-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez and dismembering her body. Prosecutors allege the murder occurred because the victim threatened to expose their illegal sexual relationship. According to charging documents, D4vd used chainsaws purchased from Amazon to dismember the body, placing the remains in a paddling pool to contain blood. The dismembered corpse was then allegedly bagged and left in the trunk of his Tesla in the Hollywood Hills. D4vd is reported to have departed on a music tour shortly after the alleged crime.

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Celeste Rivas Hernandez threatened to reveal their long-standing and illegal sexual relationship.

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D4vd hacked up Celeste Rivas Hernandez's corpse using a plastic paddling pool, and stuffed it into bags that he left in his car.

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R&B singer D4vd used chainsaws to cut up the body of teenage girl he murdered, leaving her to rot in trunk of his Tesla.

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D4vd began an illegal sexual relationship with Celeste Rivas Hernandez when she was just 13 years old.

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R&B singer D4vd used chainsaws he bought from Amazon to cut up the body of the teenage girl he murdered and left to rot in the trunk of his Tesla, prosecution documents claimed on Wednesday.The internet breakout star killed Celeste Rivas Hernandez because she threatened to reveal their long-standing and illegal sexual relationship, which began when she was just 13, charging papers allege.He then hacked up her corpse, using a plastic paddling pool to contain the blood, and stuffed it into bags that he left in his car on the streets of the swanky Hollywood Hills neighbourhood, before leaving for his music tour around the United States, prosecutors said.
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