Police now say the remains of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were partially frozen when they were found in the trunk of a Tesla belonging to D4VD.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert, im Grace Breaking crime News now straight out
to Nicole Parton for the latest Nancy.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
More than two months after the body of fourteen year
old Celeste Revas Hernandez were discovered partially dismembered inside a vehicle,
shocking new details have emerged. Investigators now say her remains
were partially frozen when they were found. On September eighth,
Employees at a Hollywood toe reported a foul odor coming
(00:27):
from a Tesla SUV that had been sitting on the
lot for five days. The car had been abandoned in
the Hollywood Hills area. That Tesla, with Texas plates, was
registered to twenty year old David Anthony Burke, better known
as David, a rising R and B musician with millions
of fans.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
According to a report from.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
TMZ, Celeste decomposing body parts, including her head and torso,
worth thawing inside the front trunk when the grizzly discovery
was made. Her body in horrific condition, decapitated torso intact,
but her limbs had been removed and cut into tiny pieces.
Police say that Tesla was parked near a Hollywood Hills
(01:10):
rental home where Burke had been living before it was
TOWD detectives later served a search warrant at the home
and seized evidence. On November eighteenth, LAPD sources told KTLA
that Burke is considered a suspect in Celeste's death. The
teen had been missing from the Lake Eleanor area since
April twenty twenty four, when she was just thirteen. Investigators
(01:33):
are looking closely at her possible relationship with Burke. Images
online appear to show the two together, and the girl's
mother told police her daughter had a boyfriend named David.
The pair reportedly shared matching tattoos on their right index
finger with the word sh. Friends in Burke circle believes
Celeste was nineteen, when in fact she was fourteen. Following
(01:56):
the discovery, Burke canceled his US and European tour dates
and shelved an album release. Sources say he is not
cooperating with investigators and has not commented publicly. Detectives are
also investigating whether the suspect had help dismembering and disposing
of the body. TMZ reports investigators believe the manner of
(02:17):
dismemberment suggests more than one person was involved. They're also
looking into a trip Burke allegedly made to a remote
area of Santa Barbara County in the middle of the
night last spring. Celest's body was found the day after
her fifteenth birthday, but officials believe she died weeks earlier.
The frozen state of her remains may make it difficult
(02:39):
to determine a cause of death. Her funeral was held
in October at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Roland Heights.
So far, no arrest have been made, and any decision
to prosecute will likely come after the official autopsy report
is released.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
More private justice news after this, a New York Jets
player Chris Boyd in critical condition after being involved and
injured in a shooting New York City. The NFL Star
twenty nine shot outside a fine dining restaurant the early
morning hours. A spokesperson from NYPD says authorities responded to
(03:17):
a nine one one of a male with a gunshot
wound to the abdomen in front of one fifty six
US thirty eight.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
During a press conference, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kinney
detailed what led up to the chaos early Sunday morning,
November sixteenth. It started around two am whin. Twenty nine
year old cornerback Boyd, along with his teammate Jermaine Sherwood,
wide receiver Irvin Charles, and a friend visiting from Texas,
pulled up to the say Less, a midtown Asian fusion
(03:46):
speakeasy known as a celebrity hotspot. As the group approached,
four or five men outside allegedly began heckling them, walking
their outfits and throwing out lines like what.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Do you think you're better than us?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Boyd's group ignored the taunts and went inside, but didn't
stay long. According to Kenny quote, they're not feeling it
and they decide to leave. That's when things turned ugly. Outside,
the same group confronted them again. This time Boyd and
his friends fired back verbally. The exchange escalated into what
Kenny called a pretty chaotic melee involving up to sixty people.
(04:24):
Then gunfire. A shooter opened fire twice with a nine
millimeter handgun. One bullet struck Boyd in the chest, pierced
his lung and is now lodged in his pulmonary artery.
The gunman fled, jumping into a white BMW. Police say.
Surveillance video shows two vehicles of interest speeding out of
the parking garage across from the restaurant, ramming through the
(04:47):
gate before racing onto Broadway. Detectives have identified a person
of interest thanks to a crime stopper's tip and social
media post, but no arrest yet. Investigators also recovered a
one one hundred and eighty five thousand dollars watch at
the scene.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
So far, no one's claiming it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Nancy Boyd remains hospitalized as police work to track down
the shooter.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Nicole, thank you. Nothing good happens after midnight. Tensions high
between Chantelle Hudson and her mom after they moved from Bishop,
California to Dayton, Nevada. Just after Chantelle starts her junior
year of high school, Chantelle's mom thinks her teen girl
has fallen in with the wrong crowd at her new school.
Seven thirty Monday morning, Chantelle leaves home on foot after
(05:34):
an argument. Her mom reports Chantelle missing when she's marked
absent from school. Searches of Chantelle's route to school turn
up nothing. Several reported sightings turn out to be misidentifications.
Chantelle's social Security number no activity, and extensive driver's license
searches don't provide any leads Chantale Hudson, now missing thirty
(05:58):
six years. Chantale Native American, five five, brown hair, brown eyes, glasses,
has a scar on her left ring finger a birthmark
on her lower back. If you have info on Chantale Hudson,
call Lion County, Nevada Sheriffs seven seven five five seven
(06:20):
seven five zero two three. For the latest crime injustice news,
go to crime online dot com and please join us
for our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our
best to find missing people, especially children, and help solve
unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.
Crime Alert, im Grace Breaking crime News now straight out
to Nicole Parton for the latest Nancy.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
More than two months after the body of fourteen year
old Celeste Revas Hernandez were discovered partially dismembered inside a vehicle,
shocking new details have emerged. Investigators now say her remains
were partially frozen when they were found. On September eighth,
Employees at a Hollywood toe reported a foul odor coming
(00:27):
from a Tesla SUV that had been sitting on the
lot for five days. The car had been abandoned in
the Hollywood Hills area. That Tesla, with Texas plates, was
registered to twenty year old David Anthony Burke, better known
as David, a rising R and B musician with millions
of fans.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
According to a report from.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
TMZ, Celeste decomposing body parts, including her head and torso,
worth thawing inside the front trunk when the grizzly discovery
was made. Her body in horrific condition, decapitated torso intact,
but her limbs had been removed and cut into tiny pieces.
Police say that Tesla was parked near a Hollywood Hills
(01:10):
rental home where Burke had been living before it was
TOWD detectives later served a search warrant at the home
and seized evidence. On November eighteenth, LAPD sources told KTLA
that Burke is considered a suspect in Celeste's death. The
teen had been missing from the Lake Eleanor area since
April twenty twenty four, when she was just thirteen. Investigators
(01:33):
are looking closely at her possible relationship with Burke. Images
online appear to show the two together, and the girl's
mother told police her daughter had a boyfriend named David.
The pair reportedly shared matching tattoos on their right index
finger with the word sh. Friends in Burke circle believes
Celeste was nineteen, when in fact she was fourteen. Following
(01:56):
the discovery, Burke canceled his US and European tour dates
and shelved an album release. Sources say he is not
cooperating with investigators and has not commented publicly. Detectives are
also investigating whether the suspect had help dismembering and disposing
of the body. TMZ reports investigators believe the manner of
(02:17):
dismemberment suggests more than one person was involved. They're also
looking into a trip Burke allegedly made to a remote
area of Santa Barbara County in the middle of the
night last spring. Celest's body was found the day after
her fifteenth birthday, but officials believe she died weeks earlier.
The frozen state of her remains may make it difficult
(02:39):
to determine a cause of death. Her funeral was held
in October at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Roland Heights.
So far, no arrest have been made, and any decision
to prosecute will likely come after the official autopsy report
is released.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
More private justice news after this, a New York Jets
player Chris Boyd in critical condition after being involved and
injured in a shooting New York City. The NFL Star
twenty nine shot outside a fine dining restaurant the early
morning hours. A spokesperson from NYPD says authorities responded to
(03:17):
a nine one one of a male with a gunshot
wound to the abdomen in front of one fifty six
US thirty eight.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
During a press conference, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kinney
detailed what led up to the chaos early Sunday morning,
November sixteenth. It started around two am whin. Twenty nine
year old cornerback Boyd, along with his teammate Jermaine Sherwood,
wide receiver Irvin Charles, and a friend visiting from Texas,
pulled up to the say Less, a midtown Asian fusion
(03:46):
speakeasy known as a celebrity hotspot. As the group approached,
four or five men outside allegedly began heckling them, walking
their outfits and throwing out lines like what.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
Do you think you're better than us?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Boyd's group ignored the taunts and went inside, but didn't
stay long. According to Kenny quote, they're not feeling it
and they decide to leave. That's when things turned ugly. Outside,
the same group confronted them again. This time Boyd and
his friends fired back verbally. The exchange escalated into what
Kenny called a pretty chaotic melee involving up to sixty people.
(04:24):
Then gunfire. A shooter opened fire twice with a nine
millimeter handgun. One bullet struck Boyd in the chest, pierced
his lung and is now lodged in his pulmonary artery.
The gunman fled, jumping into a white BMW. Police say.
Surveillance video shows two vehicles of interest speeding out of
the parking garage across from the restaurant, ramming through the
(04:47):
gate before racing onto Broadway. Detectives have identified a person
of interest thanks to a crime stopper's tip and social
media post, but no arrest yet. Investigators also recovered a
one one hundred and eighty five thousand dollars watch at
the scene.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
So far, no one's claiming it.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Nancy Boyd remains hospitalized as police work to track down
the shooter.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Nicole, thank you. Nothing good happens after midnight. Tensions high
between Chantelle Hudson and her mom after they moved from Bishop,
California to Dayton, Nevada. Just after Chantelle starts her junior
year of high school, Chantelle's mom thinks her teen girl
has fallen in with the wrong crowd at her new school.
Seven thirty Monday morning, Chantelle leaves home on foot after
(05:34):
an argument. Her mom reports Chantelle missing when she's marked
absent from school. Searches of Chantelle's route to school turn
up nothing. Several reported sightings turn out to be misidentifications.
Chantelle's social Security number no activity, and extensive driver's license
searches don't provide any leads Chantale Hudson, now missing thirty
(05:58):
six years. Chantale Native American, five five, brown hair, brown eyes, glasses,
has a scar on her left ring finger a birthmark
on her lower back. If you have info on Chantale Hudson,
call Lion County, Nevada Sheriffs seven seven five five seven
(06:20):
seven five zero two three. For the latest crime injustice news,
go to crime online dot com and please join us
for our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our
best to find missing people, especially children, and help solve
unsolved homicides. With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.
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