A judge has ruled that US musician D4vd will go on trial for murder over the death of a teenage girl.
The decision came after a five-day preliminary hearing, in which Los Angeles prosecutors questioned a dozen witnesses and displayed graphic photographic evidence as 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s family watched on.
The star, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, is accused of killing the girl, whose remains were found last September in a Tesla registered to his address.
Burke, 21, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering and sexually abusing her.
Burke is scheduled to be charged on 31 August. The trial is to start within 90 days of that date.
Prosecutors have alleged Burke stabbed the teen before dismembering her body after years of sexual abuse.
They allege he killed her because the teen had threatened to reveal his relationship with a minor and destroy his multi-million dollar music career.
Evidence read in court on Monday showed threats Hernandez made to Burke on 22 April 2025, stemming from arguments about his friendship with another girl.