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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Graphic images were shared in a Los Angeles courtroom for the supposed penultimate day of the preliminary hearing into Celeste Rivas Hernandez's death
Prosecutors made public photos of the dismembered body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez during a preliminary hearing Tuesday on murder and rape charges against David Anthony Burke, better known as the singer D4vd.
Prosecutors haven't announced whether they will seek the death penalty if D4vd, real name David Anthony Burke, is convicted.
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How digital evidence may be prosecution's backbone in D4vd's murder case
Nearly a year after the badly decomposed remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were discovered in the front trunk of a black Tesla Model X, singer D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke,
During the latest testimonies in the D4vd's preliminary hearing, investigators testified that 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was pregnant and had an abortion roughly a year before the singer killed her.
D4vd, the 21-year-old singer whose legal name is David Burke, ordered a body bag, chain saws, an inflatable pool and a shovel online in the days after the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez,
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D4vd murder case: Testimony focuses on forensic evidence, air fresheners allegedly found in Tesla
Testimony continued in the key preliminary hearing for D4vd, who is accused of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
The testimony came on the fourth day of the singer’s preliminary hearing. He is accused of fatally stabbing Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 14, and dismembering her body.
During Friday's hearing, medical examiner Dr. Grant Ho -- who examined the young girl's body -- returned to the stand to describe incredibly graphic images presented by the prosecution. At one point, Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman showed photos of Celeste's two amputated fingers ... eliciting gasps and shrieks from inside the courtroom.
The judge will determine whether prosecutors have presented enough evidence in the killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez for the case to move forward to trial.
The singer is charged with killing Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a teenager whose decomposed body was found in the trunk of his Tesla.