The singer D4vd has been arrested in reference to the death of a teenage girl whose decomposing physique was discovered in September within the trunk of a towed Tesla registered to the singer, the Los Angeles Police Division informed ABC Information.
Officers mentioned D4vd, whose authorized identify is David Burke and is a 21-year-old resident of Los Angeles, is being held with out bail.
Sources informed ABC Information the arrest is predicated on proof and possible trigger that was developed. It was not an indictment.
The LAPD mentioned the case will likely be offered to the L.A. District Legal professional’s Workplace on Monday for submitting consideration.
Rivas Hernandez, a teen from Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, was reported lacking in 2024, investigators confirmed to ABC Information in October.
In line with sources on the time, the woman’s physique was dismembered, and the method of dismembering and disposing of her physique is believed to have seemingly concerned a couple of particular person.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – MAY 25: d4vd performs throughout the 2024 Boston Calling Music Competition at Harvard Athletic Advanced on Might 25, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The teenager could have been lifeless for a number of weeks earlier than her physique was found, police mentioned.
Officers responded to an impound lot in Hollywood on Sept. 8 “for a foul odor coming from a automobile,” Los Angeles police mentioned.
Authorities situated a physique within the entrance trunk of the Tesla that was in a state of decomposition, LAPD sources mentioned.
The Tesla had been on the impound lot for 2 days after being discovered deserted on a Hollywood road, investigators mentioned. The towed automobile was registered to Burke.
D4vd, who first went viral on TikTok, the place he has almost 4 million followers, had been on his “Withered” world tour when the physique was found in his automobile. The previous few reveals of the tour, together with these in San Francisco and Los Angeles, had been canceled.
Reveals on the European leg of the tour had been additionally canceled.
Promotion on the deluxe version of the “Romantic Murder” singer’s debut album, which was set to be launched on Sept. 19, was additionally paused, a supply near the scenario beforehand informed ABC Information.
