What investigators present in D4vd’s Tesla, Hollywood Hills residence – NBC Los Angeles
As Los Angeles prosecutors tried to indicate that there is sufficient proof to place singer D4vd on trial for the homicide of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, Day 2 of the pretrial listening to went underway in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday.
After the prosecution questioned the enterprise associates of D4vd, whose authorized identify is David Burke, investigators with the Los Angeles Police Division took the stand, describing intimately what they witnessed and found once they combed by a Tesla registered to Burke and a Hollywood Hills residence the singer had rented.
Air fresheners inside 2023 Tesla Mannequin X
Chelsea Murillo, a criminalist with the LAPD, testified that she responded to the Hollywood tow yard the place Rivas Hernandez’s mutilated physique was discovered contained in the black Tesla registered to Burke on Sept. 9, 2026.
When Murillo arrived on the tow yard, Rivas Hernandez’s physique had already been taken to the medical expert’s workplace. However the investigator stated she observed “a powerful odor” coming from the automobile, including that it resembled the odor of a decomposing physique “based mostly on (her) skilled expertise.”
When she approached the automobile for the examination, she noticed a number of air fresheners contained in the vhicle.
“I gathered no less than 11 air fresheners,” Murillo stated. “Majority of them (have been) within the heart console, additionally within the rear seats, additionally within the frunk space.”
Tesla trunk lighting in blue
The criminalist stated after the LAPD photographer took general images, she started marking pink stains contained in the automobile.
Murillo stated after seeing pink stains within the decrease compartment of the rear truck, she used a chemical reagent referred to as phenolphthalein to substantiate the pink spots have been certainly blood. And to search out invisible blood traces, she stated she carried out a chemical check referred to as Bluestar.
When sprayed, Bluestar, a luminol-based forensic reagent, reacts with iron in hemoglobin to supply a brilliant blue luminescent glow, permitting investigators to substantiate the existence of blood.
Prosecutors introduced a photograph of the decrease compartment glowing with blue mild.
Murillo additionally testified the third-row seats of the SUV and its left-side paneling confirmed luminescence after being sprayed with Bluestar.
The investigator additionally confirmed a few of the samples she swabbed from the decrease rear trunk got here again optimistic not only for blood but in addition for Rivas Hernandez’s DNA.
Stains, blue-light luminescence inside storage
Lauren Wallace, Murillo’s colleague, additionally took the stand, testifying what she witnessed whereas inspecting the storage of a Hollywood Hills residence rented by Burke on Sept. 17, 2025.
Though Wallace noticed two chainsaws within the storage, chemical assessments confirmed it didn’t include any traces of blood.
However she stated she got here throughout uncommon objects: black interlocking flooring mats with obvious cuts that will have been made by a pointy object or instrument.
Because the prosecution confirmed an image of one of many seven broken rubber flooring mats, Wallace confirmed that the mat had bloodstains after phenolphthalein testing.
Even in areas of the mats the place no seen bloodstains could possibly be seen, the investigator testified that Bluestar produced a optimistic response per the presence of blood. Some folks contained in the downtown Los Angeles courtroom gasped as prosecutors displayed a photograph of the mats glowing blue.
A rowing machine and a Tesla charging plug additionally confirmed to have bloodstains, Wallace stated.
Inflatable pool with traces of blood
Crime scene investigators discovered trash luggage and tarps contained in the storage.
Phenolphthalein testing confirmed the trash bag — inside and outside — had bloodstains, together with the stains that appeared extra brown on the time of the examination.
When investigators situated inexperienced tarps, they sprayed Bluestar and spot brilliant blue mild, Wallace stated.
A blue inflatable pool was additionally discovered within the storage. When investigators opened the merchandise, which had been crumpled up in a ball, it smells like contemporary laundry, Wallace noticed. She stated there have been no visible stains, however it reacted to Bluestar and present luminescence.
A dryer sheet was rolled up contained in the inflatable pool, Wallace stated.
