‘Unrecognisable’ remains in singer D4vd’s Tesla: Horrifying details emerge at preliminary hearing
A preliminary hearing has revealed disturbing details regarding the murder of a teenage girl found in the car of singer D4vd. Prosecutors allege the singer killed the victim to protect his career after an illegal relationship was threatened to be exposed.
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The body of a teenage girl found in the boot of US singer D4vd’s car had decomposed to the point it was “unrecognisable,” a police detective testified in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, faces several charges, including murder, in the horrifying death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
Her body was discovered in Burke’s Tesla last September, within days of what would have been her 15th birthday.
Los Angeles Police Detective Joshua Byers testified during the preliminary hearing’s first day, saying that when law enforcement opened the boot of Burke’s car in a tow yard, he recognised the “very distinctive smell” of a corpse.
Grim photographs of the girl’s dismembered remains were shown to the court, with a large black bag containing her head and torso.
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