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, appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom this week as prosecutors laid out their case accusing him of murdering and dismembering the teen. The prosecution sought to convince Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo that probable cause existed to believe Burke committed the crime, presenting a series of findings from a modern digital homicide investigation — a fitting approach given the ages of both the Gen Z defendant and the alleged victim. Burke’s text messages, cloud storage content, Amazon purchase history and Tesla data will likely be used against the 21-year-old based on what was presented during this week’s preliminary hearing. |
