Former Prosecutor on D4vd
Decomposing Body Won’t Derail Murder Case
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A former homicide prosecutor in California says the severe decomposition of Celeste Rivas‘ body shouldn’t be a huge hurdle in the murder case against D4vd.
Matt Murphy, who prosecuted murder cases for two decades down in Orange County, joined us on “TMZ Live” Friday and gave us his two cents on the D4vd arrest.
The critical piece of evidence is Celeste’s manner of death … and a high-ranking LAPD source told us the L.A. County Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide.
D4vd’s arrest Thursday came 7 months after Celeste’s chopped up and decomposing body was found in the trunk of his Tesla … and a source connected to the M.E. previously told us they had trouble determining the manner of death because of the state of the body when it was found.
Matt says there are murder cases that get prosecuted even without a dead body … and he explains why he doesn’t see this being a problem in the D4vd case.
We also asked Matt about LAPD arresting D4vd and then saying they would present the case to the D.A. Monday — the D.A.’s office already had the case for months — and he has a much different take than Harvey.
The biggest thing for Matt, though … getting justice for Celeste.
