The clothes by which Celeste Rivas was murdered was revealed Thursday as her dad and mom regarded on.
Lisa Lahendro, an LAPD criminalist took the stand in a preliminary listening to for the singer D4vd, actual identify David Burke, who’s accused of murdering the teenager woman.
Lahendro described pictures proven of Rivas’ clothes that was found alongside along with her physique — together with a Victoria’s Secret thong, leggings, a Endlessly 21 tube prime and leggings. Lahendro described the clothes as “closely dirty and had quite a few bugs,” and “a really sturdy odor to them, and so they have been in poor situation.”
She additionally mentioned the clothes was very moist. Detectives later allegedly found black cloth in a trash bag in Burke’s storage that in comparison with Rivas’ clothes.
The preliminary listening to kicked off on Tuesday with the courtroom proven grotesque photographs of Rivas’ decapitated and mutilated corpse as her household regarded in horror.
A number of pictures confirmed the younger woman’s dismembered physique, together with legs and arms in a trash bag, a head and torso in a physique bag, and severed fingers with lacking fingers.
“Trunk was open and there was {a partially} unzipped physique bag with torso and head,” an LAPD murder detective instructed the courtroom. “Lacking extremities on the time.”
Over the listening to’s first two days, the courtroom has heard dramatic testimony from regulation enforcement and forensic consultants.
LAPD Criminalist Chelsea Murillo testified Wednesday that she was assigned to examine the Tesla the place Rivas’ physique was discovered. Though the physique had already been eliminated, she mentioned a robust order resembling a decomposing corpse emanated from the car.
Murillo testified that she discovered “no less than 11” air fresheners within the automotive, with some within the heart console and trunk.
One other LAPD criminalist, Lauren Wallace, was assigned to examine D4vd’s Hollywood Hills mansion for proof of blood on September 17, 2025, after the singer’s arrest.
She examined a number of gadgets in Burke’s storage, discovering proof of blood on brick flooring beneath mats within the storage that would have leaked by means of.
Additionally on Wednesday, it was revealed that D4vd continued to revenue off of his report deal within the months after allegedly killing Rivas in April 2025.
Lewis Poimiroo, senior vice chairman of finance for Interscope Data, testified that D4vd earned $2.77 million that yr.
The singer’s funds, particularly associated to his music cope with Interscope, have been specified by the courtroom. D4vd made no less than 2.7 million the yr he allegedly killed Rivas based on testimony.
Burke has been charged with first-degree homicide with particular circumstances — mendacity in wait, homicide of a witness to an investigation and homicide for monetary achieve.
Moreover, he was additionally charged with lewd and lascivious sexual acts with an particular person beneath 14 years previous, and for mutilating the human stays of a physique.
Based on authorized paperwork obtained by The California Submit, D4vd ordered an Uber to ship Rivas from her household dwelling in Lake Elsinore to his Hollywood Hills dwelling on the evening of April 23, 2025.
He then stabbed her and stood by whereas she bled to dying, prosecutors mentioned.
The preliminary listening to is predicted to final from three to 5 days and can decide whether or not Burke will face a trial attainable subsequent yr.
