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Singer D4vd could look nan decease punishment for nan execution of a teenage woman past year, nan Los Angeles County District Attorney declared today.
With a general lawsuit expected to beryllium revenge successful tribunal later today, DA Nathan Hochman Monday greeting said nan looming charges against nan ‘Romantic Homicide’ performer for nan sidesplitting of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez are “the astir superior charges that a DA’s agency tin bring. “That is first-degree execution pinch typical circumstances.”
Like pinch nan first-degree execution charges laid by nan DA’s agency against Nick Reiner for nan stabbing decease of his parents Rob and Michelle Reiner precocious past year, those “special circumstances” are what extremity nan D4vd lawsuit from life down bars to execution. Those typical circumstances travel from D4vd, existent sanction David Anthony Burke, supposedly readying to execution Hernandez pinch nan specifics, according to Hochman, of “lying successful wait, execution for financial summation and sidesplitting a witnesser successful a criminal investigation.”
Similar to nan Reiner case, which will spot the presently incarcerated younger Reiner backmost successful tribunal adjacent week, nan DA’s agency has not yet made nationalist whether aliases not it will activity nan decease punishment successful nan D4vd case. The fatal reward is highly uncommon successful California, but wrong prosecutor’s prerogative nether those statute sanctioned typical circumstances.
However, arsenic possibly an denotation of wherever his reasoning is, nan usually verbose Hochman trim to nan case, virtually and figuratively, Monday. At today’s property convention successful downtown LA pinch LAPD main Jim McConnell by his side, nan DA called nan alleged sidesplitting of Hernandez past twelvemonth “brutal and horrific.”
Her decomposed and mutilated assemblage was discovered connected September 8 successful nan trunk of a Tesla registered to D4vd, which had been parked successful nan Hollywood Hills for weeks earlier it was towed away. The brutalized remains were identified astatine a LA tow yard.
D4vd was arrested connected April 16 astatine his Hollywood Hills residence by a swarm of police. Taken into custody successful DTLA, he remains location without bail. Without providing specifics, nan LAPD’s McConnell noted this greeting that cops “recovered and analyzed a important magnitude of integer and forensic evidence” successful their probe
Officials besides confirmed coming that nan 21-year-old vocalist was nether investigation for “lewd and lascivious intersexual acts” pinch an individual nether 14 years of age. The DA Monday made a constituent of stating that his agency believes D4vd killed Hernandez, who had been missing since 2024 according to her family, “to support his very lucrative philharmonic profession that Celeste was threatening.”
“A parent’s nightmare is simply a business wherever your girl goes retired 1 nighttime and ne'er comes back,”
The past clip nan teen was seen by anyone seems to beryllium successful April 2025, nan apical charismatic said Monday. A months delayed afloat coroner’s study connected Hernandez is expected to beryllium released soon now nan charges are being filed, asserted Hochman coming also.
Likely preparing for this afternoon’s hearing, D4vd’s lawyers were silent today.
Yet, past week nan defense trio of Blair Berk, Marilyn Bednarski, and Regina Peter were very vocal connected behalf of nan singer.
“Let america beryllium clear — nan existent grounds successful this lawsuit will show that David Burke did not execution Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not nan origin of her death,” nan 3 attorneys said successful a statement. “There has been nary indictment returned by immoderate expansive assemblage successful this lawsuit and nary criminal title filed. David has only been detained nether suspicion. We will vigorously take sides David’s innocence.”
