Singer d4vd to face trial over the killing of a teenage girl. Here’s a timeline of the case | CNN

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes graphic and disturbing details. In the 10 months since a girl’s severely decomposed remains were found in d4vd’s abandoned car, prosecutors have described in gruesome detail how they believe the famed singer killed and dismembered the 14-year-old runaway to prevent her from disclosing details about their relationship. The 21-year-old musician, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, and mutilating human remains in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Prosecutors laid out their evidence over a five-day preliminary hearing, after which a judge ruled there was enough for the case to move forward to trial. Inside the final hours of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s brief life The following is a timeline of d4vd’s connection to Celeste, the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and death, and what we know about the investigation so far: D4vd first met Celeste in 2022, when she was 11, according to a document outlining the prosecution’s evidence in support of the charges. In November 2023, the pair began a s

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