The night the decomposed remains of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in David Anthony Burke’s Tesla and identified as Celeste Rivas, police in Hempstead, Texas, were dispatched to Burke’s parents’ home.
After receiving a 911 call of shots fired, a woman screaming in the background, and a report of a dead person at the location, officers approach the house with guns drawn. Burke’s shocked parents open the door, and Burke’s father says, “Someone is messing with us.”
The troubled home life of Celeste Rivas is being unveiled, as deputies were called to her house 11 times in one year, including three times in one day, March 19, 2024. This is the day Celeste is seen on surveillance video near a liquor store on the same block as her house, walk-running around 7 a.m.
Investigators seized electronics and computers from Burke’s rented Hollywood Hills mansion, but their purpose was to locate signs of blood.
Using Luminol, a chemical spray that reveals traces of blood, investigators focused their search on the floors, drains, and other surfaces inside the home.
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[Feature Photo: Celeste Rivas/GoFundMe and D4vd/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP]
