Singer D4vd was arrested in connection with the death of a teenage girl whose decomposed body was find out In September in the trunk The Los Angeles Police Department told ABC News that a cut-off Tesla was registered in the singer’s name.
D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke and is 21 years old and resides in Los Angeles, is being held for the alleged murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez without bail, officials said.
Sources told ABC News that the arrest was based on the evidence and probable cause that had been developed. It was not an indictment.
The case will be presented to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office on Monday for consideration, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Rivas Hernandez, a 14-year-old from Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, was reported missing in 2024, investigators confirmed to ABC News in October.
According to sources at the time, the girl’s body was dismembered, and it is believed that the process of dismembering and disposing of her body likely involved more than one person.
BOSTON, MA – MAY 25: d4vd performs during the 2024 Boston Calling Music Festival at Harvard Sports Complex on May 25, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Police said the teenager may have been dead for several weeks before her body was discovered.
Officers He responded Los Angeles police said he was taken into custody in Hollywood on September 8 “due to an offensive odor coming from a vehicle.”
Los Angeles Police sources said that authorities found a body in the front trunk of a Tesla car that was in a state of decomposition.
Investigators said the Tesla remained in custody for two days after it was found abandoned on a Hollywood street. The towed vehicle was registered in Burke’s name.
D4vd, who first went viral on TikTok, where he has nearly 4 million followers, was on his “Withered” world tour when the body was discovered in his car. The last few shows of the tour were cancelled, including those in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Shows on the European leg of the tour were also cancelled.
Promotion for the deluxe edition of the “Romantic Homicide” singer’s debut album, which was scheduled to be released on September 19, has also been temporarily halted, a source close to the situation previously told ABC News.
