Caleb Burke Breaks Silence on D4vd Murder Case Amid Music Launch

When your older brother is at the center of a high-profile criminal investigation, staying quiet feels like the safest move. But silence has its own way of speaking—and on Thursday, Caleb Burke decided he’d heard enough speculation about his own involvement in the Celeste Rivas Hernandez case to go public with a detailed defense.

In a lengthy Instagram Story, D4vd’s younger brother directly addressed accusations that he helped cover for his sibling or played a role in concealing what happened to Celeste Rivas Hernandez. His response was straightforward: it’s not true. Caleb acknowledged the case is an ongoing legal matter, which is why he’s stayed quiet until now, but felt compelled to respond after social media users painted him as complicit.“I’ve seen people say that I knew what was going on and was protecting my brother. This is not true at all,”he wrote.

The specifics matter here. Caleb claims he hasn’t lived with D4vd for years and that they were never particularly close—just occasional family visits and tour stops. When it comes to Celeste Rivas Hernandez, he said he was around her only a handful of times when he was 15 and insisted he did not know her age. He also addressed a backstage video circulating online that some users claimed showed him sneaking her into a D4vd concert. His explanation: she was already at the show, and the clip was filmed after the concert ended. They were simply walking back after grabbing something from a fan near the stage.

Here’s where the optics get tricky. Caleb is launching a music career right now—exactly when public attention on anyone connected to D4vd is at peak intensity. Whether intentional or not, that timing invites questions about whether he’s benefiting from the massive spotlight the case has generated. He appeared to anticipate that criticism directly in his post, writing:“I don’t want to make this horrible situation about me. I want justice for Celeste and her family.”It’s a strategic move—getting ahead of the narrative while trying to carve out his own identity as an artist. The real test will be whether his actions match those words in the weeks ahead.