Before there were charges. Before a body was found in a trunk. Before a famous musician was arrested. There was a 13-year-old girl who kept running away from home — and a series of adults, systems, and platforms that let her vanish.
Celeste Rivas Hernandez was allegedly connected to David Anthony Burke through his Discord server as early as 2022, when she was approximately 12 years old. By 2024, she was reportedly living in his Hollywood Hills rental. She carried fake IDs. His friends thought she was a college student. And nobody asked the right questions.
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott — a clinician with over 30 years in trauma recovery, forensic mental health, and the psychology of violence — joins Tony Brueski for Part 1 of a three-part deep dive into the psychological dimensions of the D4VD case. This installment focuses entirely on the before: the family dynamics, the systemic failures, the vulnerability that made Celeste a target, and the resource imbalance between a working immigrant family and a celebrity machine that allegedly swallowed their daughter whole.
Scott is the author of The Minds of Mass Killers and has worked extensively with both victims and perpetrators. She doesn't hedge. She doesn't soften. And in this conversation, she lays out exactly how a child disappears in plain sight — and why it keeps happening.
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