D4vd arrested by LAPD on murder charges months after teen’s dismembered body found in abandoned Tesla ⁠47%

By Ben Chapman⁠57%

4/16/2026, 5:28:32 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 42.6% saturation with 133 hits. Analysis detected 830 faulty-reasoning hits from 312 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 48.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠47% (11,685 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 53.40% of the article peer group.

Rapper D4vd has been arrested on charges of murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas. 
The star was taken into custody Thursday by the LAPD's robbery-homicide division and is being held without bail, police said. 
Cops descended on a Hollywood Hills home where the singer had been staying when he was arrested. 
Shortly after he was taken in, officers were seen outside the Hollywood Hills home — as was the singer's criminal attorney Blair Berk. 
"Detectives from Los Angeles Police Department, Robbery-Homicide Division have arrested David Burke, a 21-year-old resident of Los Angeles, for the murder of Celeste Rivas. 
Burke is being held without bail. 
The case will be presented to the District Attorney's office on Monday for filing consideration," an LAPD release said. 
Rivas' dismembered body was discovered in the back of a Tesla belonging to D4vd back in September after employees in a tow yard could smell a foul odor coming from the vehicle. 
Rivas had previously been reported missing by her family in April. 
Shortly after the body was discovered, D4vd canceled his remaining tour dates and went silent as online speculation continued to grow around D4vd's possible relationship with Rivas — including photos that surfaced of the two together before her disappearance. 
As the case continued to develop, more horrifying details emerged about the condition in which Rivas' dismembered body was found — including the fact her body parts were dumped in two different cadaver bags within the Tesla. 
Cops found Rivas' head and torso in one bag and several body parts in a second bag with insects swarming over the remains, according to documents unsealed in a Texas court. 
A grand jury investigation into the case started in February 2026 where D4vd was named as a target. 
More to follow. 
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312 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker16%attributed speech263writer words
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Writer's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverageLos Angeles Police Department • 24 words • 100.0% coverageLos Angeles Police Department • 6 words • 0.0% coverageLos Angeles Police Department • 19 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 32 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 39 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 37 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 31 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 100.0% coverage
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49 attributed words100% of attributed speech81% writer coverage
0%45.0%90.0%Unattributed Quote+87.8 ptsWriter: 0.0%Los Angeles Police Department: 87.8%87.8%Quote-first Misdirection+47.8 ptsWriter: 1.1%Los Angeles Police Department: 49.0%49.0%Biased Writer Voice-47.5 ptsWriter: 47.5%Los Angeles Police Department: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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