The singer D4vd was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of teenage girl whose decomposed body was found in the trunk of his abandoned Tesla last year, authorities said Thursday.
The “Romantic Homicide” singer, 21, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was being held without bail.
The case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office on Monday. The prosecutor's office said that its major crimes division will review the case.
On Sept. 8, police found the remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in the trunk of a Tesla impounded at Hollywood Tow. Officers were called to the lot because of a foul odor coming from the vehicle.
Inside a black cadaver bag in the vehicle's trunk, officers found a decomposed head & torso, according to court filings associated with a grand jury investigation. A second bag contained dismembered body parts.
The filings state that Burke was the target of the investigation.
It isn't clear how the teen died. The medical examiner’s office said last year that it couldn't release details about her cause & manner of death because of a security hold sought by police.
She was reported missing from Lake Elsinore, southeast of Los Angeles, last year. She was last seen on April 5, 2024, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said the girl was wearing black leggings, a tube top, a yellow metal chain bracelet & stud earrings when she was found. Law enforcement sources told NBC News that the remains were not intact. The medical examiner said it appeared she had been dead in the car for an extended period of time.
When news first broke of the remains being found, Burke was on his Withered World Tour. A spokesperson said at the time that he was aware of what happened & was “fully cooperating with the authorities.”
Burke later canceled the rest of his U.S. tour.
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