- Houston rapper D4vd’s preliminary hearing in the murder and sexual assault case of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez opened in downtown Los Angeles with crime scene photographs projected in court.
The preliminary hearing in the murder and sexual assault case against Houston rapper D4vd opened July 21 in downtown Los Angeles with crime scene photographs of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s remains projected onto a large courtroom screen, as her parents sat feet away in the front row of the gallery.
The victim’s mother, Mercedes Martinez, bowed her head and looked away while her father, Jesus Rivas, kept his eyes on the screen with a mournful expression. Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman, who displayed the photographs, paused at one point and appeared to mouth “Are you OK?” toward the family.
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