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Hey there, folks.

It is Monday, April 20th.

The day that L.A. prosecutors have a decision to make.

Charge singer David with murder or let him walk out of jail.

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. wrote,

that is a fairly simple, but I think accurate way of putting what they are up against.

We're talking about all these months after this investigation, he finally gets arrested,

and wait a minute, he might walk out today?

It's confusing because typically when someone's arrested, they are charged with a crime.

That did not happen in the case of Singer David or David Anthony Burke, which is his legal given name.

And it's a little puzzling because, yeah, it's been seven months since police found the body,

the dismembered and badly decomposed body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

So it's taken some time.

They've convened a grand jury.

They've had plenty of time to take a look at the evidence in the case, which has been thoroughly investigated.

And still, there aren't charges. And there are reports that the LAPD got that up with

the DA's office and said, you know what, we're just going to arrest this guy and we're going to

set the clock ticking. And the district attorney's office will have four days, give or take,

to decide whether or not they're going to charge him officially with any crime connected

to the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

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