Gruesome images in D4vd hearing are 'worst nightmare' for Celeste Rivas Hernandez's family

Gruesome images in D4vd hearing are 'worst nightmare' for Celeste Rivas Hernandez's familyImage source, Getty ImagesByShaimaa KhalilIn courtPublished8 minutes agoWARNING: Readers may find details in this article distressing.Gruesome images of a teenage girl's dismembered corpse have been shown in court before her horrified parents on the opening day of the hearing in the murder case against the singer who performs under the stage name D4vd.Prosecutors presented graphic crime scene photos for the first time, showing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's body when it was found last year inside a Tesla registered to singer David Anthony Burke in Hollywood, Los Angeles. A homicide detective testified that Burke, 21, had ordered a body bag, chainsaws, an inflatable pool and a shovel online in the days after Celeste's death.Burke has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering and sexually abusing the girl.Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesThe grisly details had previously only been described in court filings. Tuesday's preliminary hearing marked the first time the evidence and photographs were shown publicly in court.Although this was not the trial itself, it was the first time prosecutors began laying out the evidence they say links Burke to Celeste's death as they sought to convince the judge there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial.Prosecutors say Burke stabbed Celeste before dismembering her body with a chainsaw to conceal the killing after years of alleged sexual abuse.They allege he killed her because she had threatened to reveal his relationship with a minor and destroy his multi-million dollar music career.For Celeste's parents, it was an ordeal they had prepared themselves for but could never fully anticipate, according to their lawyer."This is the first time they've heard this evidence in detail, and they're horrified," the family's attorney, Patrick Steinfeld, told the BB...