The singer D4vd is now thought of a suspect within the loss of life investigation of a teenage lady whose decomposing physique was discovered in September within the trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer, sources confirmed to ABC Information.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
David Anthony Burke, aka D4VD, attends the Ottolinger Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 present as a part of Paris Trend Week, March 9, 2025, in Paris.
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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has nonetheless not decided a trigger and method of loss of life for the teenager, recognized as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The teenager, from Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, was reported lacking final yr, investigators confirmed to ABC Information.
In accordance with sources, the lady’s physique was dismembered, and the method of dismembering and disposing of her physique is believed to have seemingly concerned multiple particular person. Investigators have been in touch with a number of folks they consider had been concerned within the case in a roundabout way, sources mentioned.
Investigators mentioned they consider the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner will decide the reason for loss of life quickly, which shall be crucial in making an arrest and figuring out fees, sources mentioned.
A photograph of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, confirmed by regulation enforcement to be genuine.
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The teenager could have been useless 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 car,” Los Angeles police mentioned.
Authorities positioned 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.
Police sources say a decomposing physique was positioned in a Tesla in a tow yard in Hollywood, California, Sept. 8, 2025.
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The towed car is registered to 20-year-old David Anthony Burke, identified professionally as D4vd, in accordance with a senior LAPD supply.
D4vd is allegedly not cooperating with the investigation, the sources mentioned.
ABC Information has reached out to his consultant and lawyer for remark a number of instances, however has not obtained a response.
Following the identification of the physique in mid-September, a Los Angeles house the place D4vd had been residing was searched later that evening, regulation enforcement sources advised ABC Information.
D4vd, who first went viral on TikTok, the place he has practically 4 million followers, had been on his “Withered” world tour when the physique was found in his car. The previous few exhibits of the tour, together with in San Francisco and Los Angeles, had been canceled.
Exhibits on the European leg of the tour have additionally been canceled.
Promotion on the deluxe version of the “Romantic Murder” singer’s debut album, which was set to be launched on Sept. 19, has additionally been paused, a supply near the scenario beforehand advised ABC Information.
