At evidence hearing in D4vd murder case, detective describes finding teen’s severed limbs in singer’s car

The preliminary hearing in Los Angeles is expected to last about four days and will look much like an abbreviated trial.

LOS ANGELES — Singer D4vd was back in court Tuesday for a multiday hearing to decide whether there is enough evidence to put him on trial in the killing and dismemberment of a 14-year-old girl who authorities said had threatened to expose their relationship.

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D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, entered the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in shackles and an orange jumpsuit. The judge denied a request to unshackle him completely, saying that the handcuffs would be removed while Burke was at the table but that his legs would remain shackled under it.

Prosecutors have said the evidence will show that Burke, 21, took Celeste Rivas Hernandez to the Hollywood Hills house he was renting, stabbed her multiple times, then cut apart her body in his garage using chain saws.