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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Dalton

D4vd's lawyers ask why more DNA testing wasn't done on chain saws, car in teen girl's killing

Hollywood's Medical Examiner - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Lawyers for D4vd began showing glimpses into their defense strategy Thursday, pressing police on why they didn't conduct more DNA testing on items found in the singer's home and in his car that authorities said were used in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

The questioning came on the third day of a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide whether there is probable cause for D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, to be put on trial on charges of murder, sexual abuse of a child and mutilation of a body.

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