D4vd's garage had signs of blood where girl's body was likely cut up, expert testifies

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Set us as preferred A forensic analyst said in court Wednesday that evidence of blood was found in multiple sections of the garage where the singer D4vd allegedly cut apart a teenage girl with a chainsaw last year.Lauren Wallace, an criminologist with the Los Angeles Police Department, said she found evidence of blood on gym mats and flooring inside the garage at the artist’s Hollywood Hills residence.Wallace was the latest witness to take the stand as a preliminary hearing on murder and sex abuse charges against the “Romantic Homicide” singer continued in downtown Los Angeles.

D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, is charged with fatally stabbing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez last April and then using a chainsaw to dismember her body before shoving it inside the trunk of his Tesla, where the girl’s remains were discovered months later.Prosecutors say Hernandez was last seen alive at the 21-year-old‘s Doheny Place residence.

If convicted as charged, Burke would face life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty, though prosecutors have not indicated whether they intend to pursue capital punishment.At the end of the preliminary hearing, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo will decide whether prosecutors have enough evidence to take Burke to trial.

California Prosecutors made public photos of the dismembered body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez during a preliminary hearing Tuesday on murder and rape charges against David Anthony Burke, better known as the singer D4vd.Burke has pleaded not guilty and denied all wrongdoing through his attorneys.On cross-examination, defense attorney Blair Berk prodded Wallace to admit that her chemical analysis — done months after prosecutors believe Burke turned his garage into an abattoir — did not definitively ...