The forensic trail prosecutors outlined in the D4VD People’s Brief reads like a receipt of alleged premeditation. According to the filing, in the weeks following Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s alleged death on April 23, 2025, David Anthony Burke allegedly ordered a Read more…
She performed the role of successful entrepreneur, devoted wife, and grieving widow so convincingly that she landed a spot on local television to promote a children’s grief book she paid a ghostwriter $2,500 to write. But behind Kouri Richins’ carefully Read more…
The prosecution didn’t just file charges against David Anthony Burke — they filed a blueprint. Nine pages detailing exactly what Deputy DA Beth Silverman plans to present at the preliminary hearing. The defense tried to seal it. The judge said Read more…
Millions of people watched the Michael Jackson biopic opening weekend and walked out smiling. Millions more read the allegations from his so-called second family and felt their stomachs drop. And almost nobody is holding both of those experiences in their Read more…
One week they demanded speed. The next week they asked for time. David Anthony Burke’s defense team reversed course in open court — and the prosecution didn’t hide their frustration about it. Blair Berk pushed for a preliminary hearing within Read more…
The people who hired Brent Turvey to help defend Bryan Kohberger are now publicly condemning him. Not because he did bad work. Because he’s talking about what the work revealed. Turvey is a forensic scientist — PhD in Criminology, three Read more…
It started with one man and a pond in rural Maine. Carl Stevens said God poured liquid waves of love over him — and that story became the foundation of Greater Grace World Outreach, a network of churches, schools, and Read more…
Riverside County deputies called David Anthony Burke. They conducted a welfare check. They told him Celeste Rivas Hernandez was a thirteen-year-old runaway. And according to the People’s Brief filed this week, Burke allegedly responded by driving to Lake Elsinore and Read more…
A shovel from Home Depot via Postmates. Two chainsaws from Amazon. A body bag, heavy-duty laundry bags, and a blue inflatable pool — all allegedly purchased under the fake name “Victoria Mendez.” That’s what prosecutors laid out in the People’s Read more…
The AG’s ninety-four-page response to Richard Allen’s appeal is built on one word used over and over — harmless. Every excluded witness. Every blocked piece of evidence. Every ruling that went against the defense at trial. Harmless error. But there Read more…
