Singer D4vd Charged with Murder, Trial Starts

0:00It's April 23rd. You're listening to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered pop culture updates. I'm Cory with the story. Rising singer David, real name David Anthony Burke, just got moved to Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles while he waits for trial on. Charges of first-degree murder, sexual abuse of a minor, and mutilating a body. The victim was 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains turned up in the trunk of a Tesla, linked to Burke, back on September 8th, last year. That car sat impounded in a Hollywood tow yard until workers noticed the smell and call cops. Burke, a 21-year-old who blew up on TikTok with his indie rock and R&B vibes, got arrested last Thursday after months of investigation. Prosecutors say he stabbed her to death around late April, dismembered her, and dumped the body to protect his career when she threatened to spill. Not their year-long relationship that started when she was just 13. He pleaded not guilty on Monday to all counts, including special circumstances that could

1:03mean life without parole or even death row. Meanwhile, Twin Towers houses other big names like Nick Reiner, accused of killing his parents, and past inmates from Harvey Weinstein to Paris, Hilton. Burke's kept separate from general population due to the case's spotlight, and his team pushed for a speedy public hearing to test the evidence. The coroner's report dropped brutal details. Knife wounds to her chest and liver, mutilated fingers, her head partially skeletonized with bugs, everywhere, plus traces of benzodiazepines and meth in her system. They even matched SHERSH tattoos on their fingers, and her mom had reported her missing multiple times, mentioning a guy named David. Burke's defense says the real evidence will clear him, and he's set for court again this Thursday, exactly one year after the alleged killing. His tour got scrapped right after the body was found, halting a career that had collabs with Sizzah and Kali Uchi's. Stay tuned as this unfolds.