Autopsy Doctor Says 14-Year-Old Bled for Minutes After 2 Stab Wounds in D4vd Hearing
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Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 24
Autopsy Doctor Says 14-Year-Old Bled for Minutes After 2 Stab Wounds in D4vd Hearing
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Jul 24
Summary
Dr. Grant Ho testified Friday that 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez died from two sharp-force wounds—one piercing her liver, another damaging ribs—and would have taken minutes to bleed to death.
Ho said severe decomposition limited what the autopsy could determine, including the exact time of death; he testified she had been dead at least weeks and potentially four to five months.
Her dismembered body was found in a Tesla trunk in September 2025, nearly five months after prosecutors say she was killed in April.
Prosecutors argue David Burke, the singer known as D4vd, killed her after she threatened to expose a sexual relationship they say began when she was 13; he has pleaded not guilty to murder, child sexual abuse and mutilation.