Singer D4vd has been formally ordered to stand trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was found dead and dismembered in a car last year.
After five days of preliminary hearings, the judge ruled that the singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, must stand trial on charges of murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and unlawful mutilation of human remains.
'The people have met their burden on all counts,' Judge Charlaine Olmedo said before ordering that Burke, 21, continue to be held without bail.
She then went on to emphasize that the probable cause standard for a preliminary hearing like this is lower than the threshold to prove guilt at trial. However, prosecutors asserted the evidence was overwhelming.
'Based on the mountains of evidence presented,' Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman said, 'all of the allegations have been proved way beyond the standard required.'
