Overview
- D4vd, who appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday, agreed to move the probable-cause hearing to June 29 with a status check on June 17.
- Prosecutors told the court they have already turned over more than 10 terabytes of digital files and said the total could exceed 40 terabytes as uploads continue.
- The 21-year-old singer, born David Anthony Burke, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, and unlawful mutilation of human remains with special-circumstance allegations that could make the case death-eligible.
- Filings say the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide and cite DNA from Burke’s garage, online orders for chainsaws, a shovel, a body bag, and a blue inflatable pool, and blue plastic fragments in the remains that prosecutors say match that pool.
- Investigators say the decomposed, dismembered body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found on Sept. 8, 2025, in the front trunk of Burke’s Tesla, and the upcoming hearing will test whether the evidence is sufficient to send the case to trial.