D4vd is a suspect in the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found decomposing in the trunk of the singer’s impounded Tesla two months ago, ABC News and NBC News report, citing sources.
According to NBC News, a source with the Los Angeles Police Department said the 20-year-old artist born David Anthony Burke has not been cooperating. ABC News’ sources also said the same, and added that law enforcement is open to the idea that there may be more people involved.
The medical examiner has not yet determined Hernandez’s cause of death. However, the police source also told NBC Los Angeles that the teen likely died in the spring, and that the musician likely helped with the dismembering and disposal of her remains.
So far, no arrests have been made.
Billboard has reached out to D4vd’s rep and the Los Angeles Police Department for comment.
The update comes in the aftermath of the news that on Sept. 8, a “foul odor” emanating from the trunk of a Tesla in the Hollywood Tow lot in L.A. had led to the discovery of Hernandez’s dead body inside. The teenager — who’d been deceased for an “extended period of time” before that, officials concluded — was reported missing in April 2024 in Riverside County.
The car was soon found to be registered to D4vd, who, at the time, was said to be “fully cooperating” with police.
When she was first found, D4vd had been on his Withered World Tour. The remainder of his shows were later canceled.
This story originally appeared on Billboard
