Singer D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old found in trunk, could face death penalty The hearing comes after prosecutors claimed that Burke possessed “a significant amount of child pornography” in an iCloud storage account and on his phone last week during a court proceeding to schedule a preliminary hearing. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. Sign up for daily National newsletter Get Started By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman made the claim that Burke’s phone and iCloud account contained the child sexual abuse materials, the Los Angeles Times reports. She did not elaborate or provide further details about the materials. Silverman said the materials were found as part of a series of search warrants that were executed on the 21-year-old singer’s phone and iCloud account. Burke is exercising his right in California to have a judge decide within 10 court days of his arraignment whether there is enough evidence to proceed to trial. Story continues below advertisement “We believe the actual evidence will show David Burke did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez,” lead defence lawyer Blair Berk told a judge last week. Silverman said in court that the prosecution would be “very happy” to present their evidence, and that “40 terabytes” of it have been collected and can be shared. View image in full screen In this courtroom sketch, David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, is seen in court Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Los Angeles on charges of killing a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in his car. Bill Robles via AP Last Thursday’s hearing came a day after Rivas’ autopsy report revealed she died from penetrating wounds to her upper body. Her death was ruled a homicide in the report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office that had been blocked from release for months. The autopsy was limited by “extensive postmortem changes” to the body that was dismembered and decomposing when it was found in two bags in the trunk of a Tesla parked in the Hollywood Hills in September. Story continues below advertisement The examination revealed “two penetrating wounds of the torso with smooth edges that may represent sharp force injuries.” One wound on the upper abdomen penetrated the liver. Another, on the left chest, damaged her ribs. The tube top she was wearing appeared to be cut in three places. More on Entertainment