Singer D4vd considered suspect in investigation of teen found dead in his Tesla: Sources

[ad_1] The singer D4vd is now thought-about a suspect within the dying investigation of a teenage woman whose decomposing physique was found 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 Vogue 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 dying 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 line with sources, the woman's physique was dismembered, and the method of dismembering and disposing of her physique is believed to have probably concerned a couple of particular person. Investigators have been involved with a number of folks they consider have been concerned within the case ultimately, sources mentioned.

Investigators mentioned they consider the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner will decide the reason for dying quickly, which shall be important in making an arrest and figuring out expenses, sources mentioned.

A photograph of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, confirmed by regulation enforcement to be genuine.

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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 car," 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.

Police sources say a decomposing physique was situated 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, recognized professionally as D4vd, in response to 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 dwelling was searched later that evening, regulation enforcement sources advised ABC Information.

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 car. The previous couple of exhibits of the tour, together with in San Francisco and Los Angeles, have 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.