US EditionD4vd had 'significant amount' of child sex abuse images on iCloud account, prosecutors say
Prosecutors said search warrants uncovered terabytes of digital evidence, and D4vd faces murder and child-abuse charges in the killing of a 14-year-old girl.
- On Thursday, prosecutors revealed that a cellphone belonging to singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, contained a "significant amount" of child pornography during a court hearing in the murder case of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
- Prosecutors allege Burke killed Rivas Hernandez in April 2025 after she threatened to expose his criminal conduct, months before her dismembered body was discovered in his Tesla at Hollywood Tow last September.
- Wednesday's autopsy report revealed Rivas Hernandez died from "multiple penetrating injuries" to the torso, ruling the death a homicide, while authorities noted the teen's body was dismembered with plastic fragments embedded in cut surfaces.
- Burke pleaded not guilty to murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child, and mutilation of human remains on Monday, remaining in custody without bail as his attorneys prepare to "vigorously defend his innocence."
- A status conference is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, ahead of a preliminary hearing on May 1, where the court will determine if sufficient evidence exists for the case to proceed to trial.
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For a long time, the authorities have kept the details of the case hidden from the public and have only said very little about the investigation into the girl's death.
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Evidence against singer D4vd in killing of 14-year-old girl will be revealed in court within days
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for singer D4vd insisted Thursday on forcing prosecutors to show what evidence they have, and a judge set a hearing for next week for them to lay it out publicly in the killing and dismemberment of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The 21-year-old whose legal name is David Burke appeared in a small Los Angeles courtroom in orange jail clothes sitting next to his attorneys, exactly one year after authorities say Rivas Hernandez,…
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