From USA TODAY.

Singer D4vd is facing murder charges following his high-profile arrest in the slaying of teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Monday, April 20, announced that the 21-year-old singer-songwriter, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, will be charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous lewd acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating human remains of a body.

The special circumstances for the first-degree murder charge include "lying in wait, committing this crime for financial gain or murdering a witness in an investigation," LA County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said during a press conference.

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