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A judge has ruled that US musician D4vd will go on trial for murder over the death of a teenage girl.<\/b><\/p>\n
The decision came after a five-day preliminary hearing, in which Los Angeles prosecutors questioned a dozen witnesses and displayed graphic photographic evidence as 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s family watched on.<\/p>\n
The star, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, is accused of killing the girl, whose remains were found last September in a Tesla registered to his address.<\/p>\n
Burke, 21, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering and sexually abusing her.<\/p>\n
Burke is scheduled to be in court next on 31 August to have the charges against him formally read. The trial is to start within 90 days of that date.<\/p>\n
The charges include first-degree murder, mutilation of human remains and child sexual abuse. The murder charges include special circumstances linked to financial gain that could make Burke potentially liable for the death sentence.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors have alleged Burke stabbed the teen before dismembering her body after years of sexual abuse.<\/p>\n
The accusation of murder \u200bfor financial gain is among the special circumstances included \u200bin the charges making Burke potentially liable for \u2060the death sentence.<\/p>\n
They allege he killed her because the teen had threatened to reveal his relationship with a minor and destroy his multi-million dollar music career.<\/p>\n
Evidence read in court on Monday showed threats Hernandez made to Burke on 22 April 2025, stemming from arguments about his friendship with another girl.<\/p>\n
“I swear to GOD I will kill u”, one expletive-laden text said, followed by a threat to strangle him and tell her dad lies about him. “i will end ur career and ur life I will damage anything,” the text went on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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