Singer-songwriter David Anthony Burke who performs as D4vd, sings on the Casino stage, during the 58th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, in July 2024. The singer is facing charges of murder in the death and mutilation of a 15-year-pld girl. By Cyril Zingaro/EPA
July 21 (UPI) -- A preliminary hearing is set to begin in Los Angeles Tuesday in the murder case against singer D4vd who is accused of murdering a teenage girl because she threatened to expose their relationship.
Prosecutors will present evidence and testimony for the first time in the case against the singer, whose real name is David Burke. He was arrested in April for the alleged killing and dismembering of Celeste Rivas Hernandez after her body was found in his car.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder, sexual abuse of a child and unlawful mutilation of human remains. He has been held without bail since his arrest.
Rivas was 13 and Burke was 18 when the relationship began in 2023. She allegedly threatened to go public with the relationship if he didn't stay exclusive to her.
