Disturbing details of how D4vd allegedly butchered Celeste Rivas revealed in court with new gruesome photos

Celeste Rivas’ was stabbed in her liver and her body cut up into multiple pieces, as horrific new details were shared in the preliminary hearing of D4vd.Medical examiner Dr.Grant Ho was back on the stand Friday in Los Angeles where he described Rivas’ upper and lower extremities being dismembered.

Ho said each leg had two dismemberment sites — one below the thigh and one around the knee — possibly done by a power tool.The courtroom was shown graphic photos of Rivas’ hands and fingers, some of which had also been removed.Photos of Rivas’ decomposing body were also shown to the courtroom.D4vd, real name David Burke, did not look at the photos when they were displayed, and Rivas’ parents were not in the courtroom.Ho revealed he discovered two wounds on Rivas’ body — one on the right abdomen and one on the chest.

The wound to the abdomen punctured Rivas’ liver and was compatible with “sharp force injury.”The other injury, he said, may “represent a gunshot wound,” though that was not clear.The medical examiner testified that the victim’s left chest wound could have been fatal by allowing air to enter the chest, while the liver wound could have caused life-threatening internal bleeding.Death could have occurred within minutes or taken up to an hour, he said, noting that a 14-year-old has less than five liters of blood and poignantly added, “She didn’t make it to her 15th birthday.” California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story Ho’s testimony started late Thursday but not before Rivas’ parents left the courtroom.  Their attorney Patrick Steinfeld stayed and heard grizzly details about the state of Rivas’ body when the medical examiner received it.Ho detailed Rivas’ body as only weighing 71 pounds during the autopsy.“...