D4vd's Murder Trial: New Court Details

0:00It's May 1st. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, your front row to the latest buzz. I'm Corey with the story. Singer David, real name David Anthony Burke, faced new core details this week on charges he murdered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Prosecutors say the 21-year-old rapper stabbed her at his Hollywood Hills home after she threatened to go public about their relationship. Then went on a shopping spree to cover it up. His first album dropped just days later. Right after the killing, he allegedly ordered a shovel from Home Depot by a delivery, plus two chain saws, a body bag, heavy duty laundry bags, and a blue inflatable pool from Amazon. All under the fake name Victoria Mendes shipped straight to his place. They claim he used the pool to catch blood while cutting up her body with blue plastic bits found in her wounds. At night it happened, he ubered her over around 11.30 p.m., stabbed her multiple times, and let her bleed out without calling for help.

1:02Then he drove to Santa Barbara County to ditch her stuff and destroy evidence rushing back for a radio promo the next morning. Months later, her remains turned up in the front trunk of his towed Tesla at an impound lot, found September 8th after a foul smell report. A worker even spotted her passport card on a Santa Barbara road in January, and he supposedly bought a burn cage in July to torch evidence. Families heartbroken, calling her a strong girl who loves singing and dancing, just seeking justice. LAPD chief slam folks treating it like entertainment. It's a brutal tragedy. Defense says it's all one sided, but prelim hearing said for May 1st to see if it has to trial, with the case still unfolding.