Singer D4vd Allegedly Identified as Suspect in Death of Adolescent Located in Tesla
This performer known as D4vd has been identified as a suspect in the demise of Celeste Rivas, a teenager who vanished and was later found deceased inside the artist's Tesla vehicle in September, according to police.
Discovery of the Body
The decayed body of Rivas, aged fifteen, was located in September inside the front trunk of a dark-colored Tesla linked to D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke. The vehicle had been ticketed in a Hollywood Hills and then confiscated at a vehicle storage facility in the metropolitan area.
Sequence of Incidents
Authorities suspect that Rivas probably succumbed in the spring, adding that D4vd had apparently helped in cutting up and discarding the corpse. The artist has been uncooperative in the inquiry, per a official representative.
This teenager Rivas was first reported missing from her hometown in last April. Her body was subsequently discovered in the singer's Tesla after staff at a towing company notified a foul smell emanating from the vehicle.
Inquiry and Formal Remarks
This fatal cause has not yet been determined, but the medical examiner's office remarked that Rivas seems to have been dead inside the car for an extended period before being found.” Law enforcement are considering her death as a homicide.
Context on D4vd
This Houston-born musician had been issued a violation in the Los Angeles neighborhood just less than two weeks before Rivas was found in the vehicle, after overstaying the 72-hour parking limit. Residents in the Hollywood Hills mentioned that the Tesla had been stationed in the vicinity for several weeks.
Celeste's sibling revealed that the household was aware that Rivas was acquainted with the artist and that she was traveling to see a movie with him just before she disappeared.
D4vd, pronounced as “David,” is a New York-born artist recognized for the popular songs “Romantic Homicide” and “Here With Me.” He and his agent were living at a Southern California home in the Hollywood Hills in this past autumn, as stated by the residence's owner, until police investigated the home.
D4vd has contracted with Darkroom and Interscope. D4vd was engaged in a concert series at the period Rivas's body were found, but called off those performances after the discovery of Rivas's corpse.
