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Inflatable pool fragments, DNA samples from Tesla: New evidence in D4vd's pretrial hearing
Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Based on reporting by Helen Jeong and Eric Leonard , NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)
· July 23, 2026
· 3 min read
Los Angeles prosecutors Thursday continued to connect the dots between forensic evidence and singer D4vd to demonstrate that there’s enough proof to put him on trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. One day after alleging the singer, born David Burke, killed Rivas Hernandez ...
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Key takeaway D4vd attended the third day of the pretrial hearing as Lisa LaHendro, an LAPD criminalist, took the stand.
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Category: parks ·
Published: July 23, 2026 ·
Source: NBC Los Angeles (KNBC) ·
Reading time: 3 min
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What is this story about? Los Angeles prosecutors Thursday continued to connect the dots between forensic evidence and singer D4vd to demonstrate that there’s enough proof to put him on trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. One day after alleging the singer, born David Burke, killed Rivas Hernandez ...
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