D4vd Preliminary Hearing: Day Three

DNA consistent with Celeste is found at 11 locations in D4vd’s Tesla and garage, as the court hears initial evidence from the medical examiner’s office.

There are some graphic descriptions and disturbing content that some listeners and viewers may find distressing.

Fame Under Fire brings you the latest from inside the Los Angeles courtroom at the D4vd preliminary hearing. The singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, is charged with murder, unlawful dismemberment and continuous sexual abuse of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found decomposing in the front trunk of a Tesla linked to him.

Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty is joined by reporter Sam Mulick, who explains the DNA evidence, the examination of a cut inflatable pool and the records tracking a phone and Tesla to Santa Barbara.

David Burke has pleaded not guilty and denies all charges.

Host: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty
Series Producer: Louise Clarke
Senior Impact Producer: Melanie Stewart Smith
Digital Journalist: Leona Gasper
Researcher: Helena Warwick-Cross
Production coordinator: Phoebe Lomas
Technical Producer: Cameron Ward
Editor: Clare Fordham
Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Walsh-Heron
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts