D4vd murder trial delayed due to volume of evidence, prosecutors say - BERITAJA

A preliminary proceeding for the execution lawsuit against vocalist D4vd, ineligible sanction David Anthony Burke, has been delayed until the extremity of June owed to the magnitude of caller grounds successful the case, prosecutors said.

Burke appeared successful tribunal for a position proceeding connected Tuesday erstwhile the determination to hold the proceeding until June 29 was announced, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman told the tribunal that prosecutors person already turned complete more than 10 terabytes of integer evidence, including materials recovered arsenic portion of a bid of hunt warrants that were executed connected the 21-year-old singer’s telephone and iCloud account.

Silverman said prosecutors are continuing to upload grounds and added that the wide find could transcend 40 terabytes.

Burke has been charged pinch execution successful the decease of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposed assemblage was recovered successful the trunk of a Tesla registered to the vocalist past year.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges past period and is being held without enslaved up of his trial.

When asked if he agreed to the caller preliminary proceeding day of June 29, Burke replied: “Yes, your honour.”

Burke is owed backmost successful tribunal for a position convention connected June 17 earlier the June 29 preliminary hearing, which is expected to past 5 to six days.

Burke’s preliminary proceeding was antecedently rescheduled for May 26 aft it had primitively been group to statesman connected May 1.

The proceeding comes aft prosecutors alleged past period that Burke killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her aggregate times.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office shared what it said the grounds would show successful a archive that provided the first elaborate allegations of efforts to dismember Rivas’s body and get free of evidence, according to The Associated Press.

The tribunal filing, viewed and obtained by The Associated Press, alleges that Burke began a intersexual narration pinch her erstwhile she was 13 and he was 18, and killed her erstwhile she threatened to uncover their inappropriate relationship.

“Knowing he had to soundlessness the unfortunate earlier she ruined his euphony profession arsenic she had threatened, very soon aft her presence astatine his home, suspect stabbed the unfortunate to decease aggregate times and stood by while she bled out,” the filings allege.

Prosecutors obtained matter messages betwixt the 2 from April 22, 2025, the nighttime earlier each her telephone activity went quiet and they judge she was killed.

“The messages uncover the victim’s jealousy complete defendant’s relationships pinch different women, arsenic suspect led her to judge they had a early together. She became highly upset and threatened to disclose damaging accusation about her narration pinch suspect to extremity his profession and destruct his life,” the archive says.

The archive alleges that Burke bought 2 chainsaws online that he utilized to trim isolated her assemblage successful an inflatable pool. They said Rivas’s DNA was recovered successful his garage, wherever they allege the dismemberment occurred.

“Defendant took horrifying measures to destruct and discard the victim’s body,” prosecutors said successful the brief.

Rivas’s decease was ruled a homicide in the study from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office that had been blocked from merchandise for months.

The autopsy was constricted by “extensive postmortem changes” to the assemblage that was dismembered and decomposing erstwhile it was recovered successful 2 bags successful the trunk of a Tesla parked successful the Hollywood Hills successful September 2025.

The introspection revealed “two penetrating wounds of the torso pinch soft edges that whitethorn correspond crisp unit injuries.” One coiled connected the precocious abdomen penetrated the liver. Another, connected the near chest, damaged her ribs. The conduit apical she was wearing appeared to beryllium trim successful 3 places.

A judge had ordered the study sealed precocious past twelvemonth astatine the petition of rule enforcement, but prosecutors agreed to let its merchandise successful April.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office antecedently announced that Burke was charged pinch first-degree murder, lewd and lascivious acts pinch an individual nether 14 and mutilating a assemblage successful the sidesplitting of Rivas. She was reported missing by her family successful 2024, erstwhile she was 13. Authorities opportunity she was 14 erstwhile she died.

The execution charges included typical circumstances — lying successful wait, committing a crime for financial summation and murdering the witnesser successful an investigation — that could transportation the decease penalty. Prosecutors haven’t announced whether they will activity it.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Rivas was past heard from connected April 23, 2025, aft she went to Burke’s location and “she was ne'er heard from again.”

“A parent’s nightmare is simply a business wherever your girl goes retired 1 nighttime and ne'er comes back,” Hochman said.

“Celeste was conscionable a child, nether 14 years old, erstwhile David Burke allegedly engaged successful repeated lewd and lascivious intersexual relations pinch her,” Hochman continued. “But Burke’s actions did not allegedly extremity there. When she threatened to expose his criminal behaviour and devastate his philharmonic career, Burke allegedly murdered her, trim up her assemblage and stuffed her assemblage successful 2 bags that were placed successful the beforehand trunk of his car.

“There the dismembered assemblage sat for complete 4 months, decomposing until it was recovered astatine a tow gait connected Sept. 8, 2025. This horrific and gruesome execution committed by the charged intersexual predator is shocking and appalling. To Celeste’s loved ones, we will get the justness you activity and deserve.”

— pinch files from The Associated Press