Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Singer D4vd Heads to Preliminary Hearing on Special-Circumstance Murder Charges | Crime Alert 07.13.26

Episode Date: July 13, 2026

Los Angeles prosecutors set a preliminary hearing date for D4vd, who may face death penalty for the sexual abuse, stabbing, and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Washington software engineer pleads not guilty to wife's strangulation death. Ohio defense attorney is pushing back against "pure evil" description of family facing sixteen counts of child endangerment over squalid living conditions. Sydney Silvagni reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. Crime Alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News now. I'm Sydney Silvoni. A major legal update out of downtown Los Angeles where a judge has decided that the high-profile murder case involving 21-year-old singer David,

whose real name is David Anthony Burke, will move forward toward a preliminary hearing starting July 21st. Burke appeared at a 12-minute status hearing Tuesday. Defense attorney Blair Burke previously stated the evidence will show Burke did not murder 14-year-old Celeste Revis Hernandez. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has not yet decided whether to pursue capital punishment. DA Nathan Hatchman noted these are the most serious charges possible. First-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual acts, and loot acts with a minor under 14.

Burke stands accused of killing Celeste at a home in the Hollywood Hills. Court records say the teen was last seen April 23, 2025, when she went to Burke's home and was stabbed multiple times. Prosecutors alleged Burke callously stood by as she bled out. On September 8, 2025, her dismembered body was found inside the front trunk of a Tesla at a Los Angeles tow yard. Prosecutors alleged Burke killed Hernandez after she threatened to expose an illegal sexual relationship that could have damaged his music career.

Having pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, sexual abuse, and unlawful mutilation, Burke faces special circumstance allegations of murdering a witness and murder for financial gain. He remains held without bail for the upcoming hearing, which is expected to last three to five days. More crime and justice news after this. Listen and you're there for heart-wrenching knockouts. And breathtaking triumph. In 2026 FIFA World Cup, the knockout stage. Every match, every moment.

Listen on TSN Radio. Join the globe. On the road to the July 19th final. 2026 FIFA World Cup. Stream it all live on TSN Radio. Available on IHeart Radio. In Washington State, eight months after a woman was found dead in her apartment, her husband has been officially charged with her murder.

Court records show 30-year-old software engineer Avanash Narn was charged July 1st with first-degree murder in the October 2025 death of his wife, Rajitha Sabaneni. Narn is currently held on $5 million bail and pleaded not guilty on July 7th. The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office alleges the engineer from India strangled his wife and staged the scene to appear as if he had just returned from running errands to find her missing from the couch. Local authorities responded to the couple's Bellevue apartment on October 27, 2025, after Narn called 911, reporting his wife was locked in the bathroom and unresponsive. First responders forced open the door, finding Sabinini on the floor.

Despite life-saving efforts, she died from strangulation. Investigators allege, Narn called the medical examiner multiple times the next day, seeking updates. During his initial police interview, Narn stated they entered an arranged marriage in June 2025 and moved in together the following month. He claimed he left the apartment to buy medicine and ice cream, denying he killed his wife. However, electronic door lock records revealed no one entered the home while he was out, and investigators found the bathroom door could be locked from the outside. Last month, authorities obtained a warrant for Narn's phone records, revealing a secret romantic relationship with a woman in India,

whom he was previously engaged to in 2024. Despite text-proof, Narn claimed she was just a friend. Investigators found he continued proclaiming his love to her, calling her multiple times on the day of the murder and continuing the next day. Prosecutors allege Narn deleted a message right after the crime, which they suspect was a photo of Sabanini's body. Narn is expected back in court on July 23rd. In Ohio, an attorney representing a mother accused of child endangerment after 16 children were found living in squalid conditions as pushing back against authority's claims.

33-year-old Elizabeth Siders was arrested June 30, along with her husband, Gary Siders Jr., and his parents. Each faces 16 counts of child endangerment and is pleaded not guilty. bonds were set at $300,000 each, though the elder Gary Siders may be released for medical treatment. State Attorney General Andy Wilson described the Vinton County home as deplorable and pure evil, alleging the children, aged 18 months to 18 years, were confined to a small room filled with human feces, lacked schooling, and required urgent medical care. However, speaking to local station WBNS, defense attorney Thomas Stolley rejected these claims. clarifying the children's freedom of movement inside the home.

There's no evidence to suggest that there were any restraints in the home that the children were locked or forced to remain in the 12 by 12 room. I think this is one of the things that's been really sensationalized on the internet. Stali heavily criticized public statements by officials, arguing they violate the family's presumption of innocence. He notes Elizabeth shows no malice and simply wanted a large family. What she's told me repeatedly is that she and Gary wanted a big family. I don't know if they wanted a family that was this big,

but they repeatedly said, she's repeatedly said to me that she wanted a big family. She said that kids are a gift from God. While child welfare officials of taking custody of the children, court records show Elizabeth and Gary were married in 2008 when she was 15 and he was 18, with their first child born two months later. Stolly filed a motion for her release on her own recognizance, stating she cannot afford bond, is not a flight risk, and wants only to reunite with her children. For more crime and justice news, be sure to join us for crime stories with Nancy Grace on Fox 1, YouTube, SiriusXM, and now streaming on 2B. With this crime alert, I'm Sidney-Silvani.

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