Singer D4vd has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenage girl, reports say.Video above: Police in Los Angeles find body inside impounded Tesla registered to singer D4VDIn September 2025, 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found dead inside the trunk of a Tesla at a Los Angeles impound lot that was registered to D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke. According to police, the Tesla had been towed from the Hollywood Hills after being parked for several weeks and then taken to the impound lot.Los Angeles police said in a brief statement that the 21-year-old Houston-born alt-pop singer was being held without bail. Police said investigators would present a case to the District Attorney’s Office for consideration of charges on Monday. In November of 2025, it was reported that Burke, was not being cooperative in the investigation. However, a spokesperson for Burke said back in September, when the body was found, that Burke was “fully cooperating with authorities.” The Associated Press reports that the singer had been under investigation by an LA County grand jury looking into the death of Rivas Hernandez. The probe was officially secret, but its existence — and the designation of D4vd as its target — was revealed on Feb. 25 when his mother, father and brother filed an objection in a Texas court to subpoenas demanding they testify.Emails from the Associated Press seeking comment from an attorney and a publicist who have previously worked with D4vd were not immediately returned. His representatives have not responded to multiple previous requests from The Associated Press for comment on the case.The long-dead body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in a Tesla on Sept. 8, a day after she would have turned 15. She was a 13-year-old seventh grader when her family reported her missing in 2024 from her hometown of Lake Elsinore, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. Authorities give her age as 14 when she was killed in court documents.The 2023 Tesla Model Y was registered in the singer’s name at the Texas address of his subpoenaed family members, according to court filings from prosecutors. It had been towed from an upscale neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills where it had been sitting, seemingly abandoned.___ The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Singer D4vd has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenage girl, reports say.
Video above: Police in Los Angeles find body inside impounded Tesla registered to singer D4VD
In September 2025, 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found dead inside the trunk of a Tesla at a Los Angeles impound lot that was registered to D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke. According to police, the Tesla had been towed from the Hollywood Hills after being parked for several weeks and then taken to the impound lot.
Los Angeles police said in a brief statement that the 21-year-old Houston-born alt-pop singer was being held without bail. Police said investigators would present a case to the District Attorney’s Office for consideration of charges on Monday.
In November of 2025, it was reported that Burke, was not being cooperative in the investigation. However, a spokesperson for Burke said back in September, when the body was found, that Burke was “fully cooperating with authorities.”
The Associated Press reports that the singer had been under investigation by an LA County grand jury looking into the death of Rivas Hernandez. The probe was officially secret, but its existence — and the designation of D4vd as its target — was revealed on Feb. 25 when his mother, father and brother filed an objection in a Texas court to subpoenas demanding they testify.
Emails from the Associated Press seeking comment from an attorney and a publicist who have previously worked with D4vd were not immediately returned. His representatives have not responded to multiple previous requests from The Associated Press for comment on the case.
The long-dead body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in a Tesla on Sept. 8, a day after she would have turned 15. She was a 13-year-old seventh grader when her family reported her missing in 2024 from her hometown of Lake Elsinore, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. Authorities give her age as 14 when she was killed in court documents.
The 2023 Tesla Model Y was registered in the singer’s name at the Texas address of his subpoenaed family members, according to court filings from prosecutors. It had been towed from an upscale neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills where it had been sitting, seemingly abandoned.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
