Autopsy doctor testifies about teen girl's fatal injuries at hearing to decide if D4vd faces trial

Key Points:

• Dr. Grant Ho, who performed the autopsy on 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, testified that she died from two sharp force wounds to her upper body, with one wound penetrating her liver and another damaging her ribs.
• Due to the advanced decomposition of her body, found in the trunk of a Tesla nearly five months after her death, the exact time of death could not be determined, though it was estimated she had been dead for at least weeks.
• Prosecutors allege that singer David Burke, known as D4vd, sexually abused Rivas Hernandez starting when she was 13 and killed her when she threatened to expose their relationship, then dismembered her body in his garage.
• Burke has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder, sexual abuse of a child, and mutilation of a body, and his defense maintains his innocence.
• The preliminary hearing aims to determine if Burke will go to trial, with evidence including DNA from blood stains in Burke's garage matching Rivas Hernandez's, and the case has drawn attention due to Burke's fame and the dark themes in his music.