Musician D4vd Allegedly Identified as Person of Interest in Death of Teen Discovered in Tesla
The performer known as D4vd became named as a person of interest in the demise of Celeste Rivas, a young girl who went missing and was later found deceased inside the singer's Tesla car in September, according to police.
Finding of the Body
The decayed corpse of Rivas, aged fifteen, was located in September inside the front storage compartment of a ebony Tesla linked to D4vd, whose actual name is David Anthony Burke. This automobile had been ticketed in a Hollywood area and then confiscated at a vehicle storage facility in the city.
Timeline of Occurrences
Police suspect that Rivas likely passed away in the springtime, adding that D4vd had likely assisted in dismembering and discarding the corpse. This artist has refused to cooperate in the probe, as stated by a law enforcement representative.
The adolescent Rivas was initially declared missing from Lake Elsinore in April 2024. The body was later discovered in the singer's Tesla after staff at a towing company alerted a foul smell coming from the car.
Investigation and Official Statements
The reason for demise has yet to be determined, but the coroner's office remarked that Rivas seems to have been no longer alive inside the car for an extended period before being located.” Authorities are treating her demise as a murder.
Details on the Singer
The Houston-born artist had been handed a ticket in the Hollywood Hills just less than two weeks before Rivas was located in the vehicle, after exceeding the short-term parking limit. Locals in the neighborhood stated that the Tesla had been parked in the neighborhood for several weeks.
Rivas's sibling revealed that the household was aware that Rivas was acquainted with the artist and that she was headed to watch a film with him just before she went missing.
D4vd, pronounced as “David,” is a New York-born singer-songwriter famous for the hits “Romantic Homicide” and “Here With Me.” The artist and his manager were living at a Southern California property in the Hollywood area in this past autumn, according to the home's owner, until police entered the residence.
D4vd has contracted with record labels. D4vd was traveling for performances at the period Rivas's body were discovered, but terminated those appearances subsequent to the location of Rivas's corpse.
