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D4vd Defense Delays Preliminary Hearing | Crime Alert 04.30.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alard hourly update, Breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni. A Wednesday court appearance has resulted in
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  Speaker 2: the delay of a preliminary hearing for singer David, accused
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  Speaker 2: of murdering fourteen year old celest Revus Hernandez. The defense
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  Speaker 2: is asking for more time to review all of the evidence,
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  Speaker 2: stepping back from their initial proposed date of Friday May
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  Speaker 2: first for Tuesday, May twenty sixth. Defense attorneys expressed concern
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  Speaker 2: the extreme amount of media attention the case is receiving
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  Speaker 2: may taint the jury pool. Attorneys asked to seal a
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  Speaker 2: briefing from the prosecution, but Judge Charlene Olndo denied the request,
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  Speaker 2: saying the case is no different from countless others in
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles County involving celebrities. Prosecutors say David killed fourteen
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  Speaker 2: year old Celeste Revus Hernandez by stabbing her multiple times
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  Speaker 2: than dismembered her body using chainsaws and his garage. Her
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  Speaker 2: body was discovered last year, dismembered and decaying in the
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  Speaker 2: trunk of a Tesla registered to Burke. Los Angeles County
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  Speaker 2: District Attorney Nathan Hodgman laid out the severity of the
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  Speaker 2: state's case.
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  Speaker 3: Today, I am announcing the charges against David Anthony Burke,
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  Speaker 3: the musician known as David Spelled D four v D,
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  Speaker 3: in connection with the brutal and horrific murder of Celeste,
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  Speaker 3: a fourteen year old at that time. These charges include
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  Speaker 3: the most serious charges that a DA's office can bring
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  Speaker 3: that his first degree murder with special circumstances. The special
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  Speaker 3: circumstances being lying in wait, committing this crime for financial gain,
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  Speaker 3: or murdering a witness in an investigation.
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  Speaker 2: Burke is pleaded not guilty to all charges. He's currently
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  Speaker 2: being held without bail, But the details emerging from the
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  Speaker 2: LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division paint a chilling timeline that began
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  Speaker 2: over a year ago. Celestrevas Hernandez was first reported missing
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  Speaker 2: in April twenty twenty four from her home in Lake Elsinore.
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  Speaker 2: For months, her family searched for an answers while she
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  Speaker 2: was classified as a runaway. It wasn't until September eighth,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five that the search ended in a North
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  Speaker 2: Hollywood inpound lot. A tesla which had been abandoned on
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  Speaker 2: a Hollywood Hills street for weeks, was towed after neighbors
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  Speaker 2: complained of a foul odour. When investigators opened the fronk,
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  Speaker 2: the front trunk of the electric vehicle, they found two
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  Speaker 2: plastic bags. Inside. The first was a decomposed head and torso,
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  Speaker 2: the second contained further dismembered remains. Forensics later confirmed the
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  Speaker 2: nightmare it was Celeste. District Attorney Hotchman alleges that Burke's
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  Speaker 2: motive was cold and calculated, a desperate attempt to protect
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  Speaker 2: his lucrative career at Innerscope Records from the fallout of
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  Speaker 2: his illegal relationship with the miner.
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  Speaker 3: This murder was committed for financial gain, as the evidence
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  Speaker 3: will show in court. The financial gain was for mister
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  Speaker 3: Burke to maintain his very lucrative music musical career that
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  Speaker 3: Celeste was threatening, in addition to lying in way and
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  Speaker 3: for financeancial gain. Is murdering a witness to an investigation.
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  Speaker 3: In this particular case, as the evidence will come out
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  Speaker 3: in court, the witness to the investigation was celested, and
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  Speaker 3: the investigation was into the lude and lascivious sexual acts
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  Speaker 3: committed by mister Burke that is the subject of count
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  Speaker 3: two of this complaint with Celeste while she was under
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  Speaker 3: fourteen years old.
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  Speaker 2: At the time those remains were found, Burke was in
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  Speaker 2: the middle of a tour performing in Minneapolis. While the
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  Speaker 2: tour was immediately canceled following the identification of the body,
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  Speaker 2: it took months for an arrest to be made. LAPD
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  Speaker 2: Chief Jim McDonnell addressed the public's frustration with the timeline.
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  Speaker 1: The condition of her remains delayed the medical examiner's ability
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  Speaker 1: to be able to determine cause of death. The substantial
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  Speaker 1: amount of time that passed between her death and the
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  Speaker 1: discovery meant that crucial evidence had degraded or disappeared, and
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  Speaker 1: as detectives worked to uncover the truth, they also had
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  Speaker 1: to sift through and debunk a great deal of false
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  Speaker 1: information circulating publicly. These challenges were real, and they required patience, precision,
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  Speaker 1: and an unwavering commitment to the facts.
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  Speaker 2: Burke was finally taken into custodied at a home in
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  Speaker 2: the Hollywood Hills. His defense team, however, isn't backing down.
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  Speaker 2: In a formal statement, his attorneys claimed they would vigorously
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  Speaker 2: defend Burke's innocence, explicitly stating that the evidence will prove
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  Speaker 2: Burke was not the cause of Celeste Death. Chief MacDonnell, however,
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  Speaker 2: says the timeline of her disappearance aligns perfectly with her
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  Speaker 2: arrival at Burke's residence.
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  Speaker 1: Miss Reeves was a reported runaway from Riverside County. During
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  Speaker 1: the course of our investigation, detectives learned that she had
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  Speaker 1: been involved in a sexual relationship with mister Burke when
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  Speaker 1: she was a minor and he was an adult. On
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  Speaker 1: April twenty third, twenty twenty five, Miss Reeves arrived at
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  Speaker 1: mister Burke's home in the Hollywood Hills. That's the last
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  Speaker 1: time she was known to be alive. On September eighth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, Missus Reeves's dismembered and badly decomposed body
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  Speaker 1: was discovered in the front trunk of mister Burke's impounded tesla.
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  Speaker 2: As the case moves forward, the District Attorney's office is
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  Speaker 2: weighing a heavy decision whether or not to pursue the
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  Speaker 2: death penalty. If they decline, Burke still faces life in
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  Speaker 2: prison without the possibility of parole. While the legal battle
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  Speaker 2: is just beginning, for Celeste's family, the focus remains on
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  Speaker 2: the girl behind the headlines. Their legal representative stated they
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  Speaker 2: are committing to ensuring Celeste's voice is heard. In his
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  Speaker 2: closing remarks at the press conference, da Hodgman reiterated his
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  Speaker 2: promise to the Revus Hernandez family that the person responsible
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  Speaker 2: for this brutal and horrific act would be held accountable.
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  Speaker 3: What they have demanded, what we have assured them that
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  Speaker 3: the District Attorney's Office, working with LAPD, would give them,
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  Speaker 3: is the idea. Is he proof beyond a reasonable doubt
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  Speaker 3: on who kill their daughter? And bring that killer to justice.
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  Speaker 3: That killer that we have now charged is David Anthony Burke.
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  Speaker 2: For the latest crime and justice breaking news, be sure
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  Speaker 2: to tune in tomorrow on your favorite podcast app with
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  Speaker 2: this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvine.