Singer D4vd Supposedly Identified as Person of Interest in Death of Adolescent Located in Tesla
The performer known as D4vd became listed as a suspect in the death of Celeste Rivas, a teenager who vanished and was later located deceased inside the musician's Tesla vehicle earlier this year, according to authorities.
Location of the Body
This decomposed remains of Rivas, fifteen, was found in the fall inside the frunk of a dark-colored Tesla owned by D4vd, whose actual name is David Anthony Burke. This vehicle had been cited in a Los Angeles neighborhood and afterwards seized at a impound lot in Los Angeles.
Sequence of Occurrences
Investigators suspect that Rivas almost certainly succumbed in the spring, adding that D4vd had apparently helped in dismantling and getting rid of the corpse. The artist has not been cooperative in the probe, as stated by a police representative.
The young girl Rivas was originally declared missing from Lake Elsinore in April 2024. Her remains was eventually located in the artist's Tesla after workers at a towing company reported a powerful odor emanating from the automobile.
Investigation and Formal Statements
This reason for demise has yet to be determined, but the medical examiner's office remarked that Rivas “appears to have been deceased inside the automobile for an prolonged time before being found.” Authorities are treating her death as a homicide.
Context on the Artist
This Houston musician had been issued a violation in the Hollywood area just 11 days before Rivas was found in the automobile, after violating the three-day parking limit. Residents in the neighborhood reported that the Tesla had been parked in the vicinity for more than 30 days.
The victim's sibling revealed that the relatives was aware that Rivas had a connection to the singer and that she was headed to watch a film with him just before she vanished.
D4vd, referred to as “David,” is a NY-native singer-songwriter famous for the popular songs “Romantic Homicide” and “Here With Me.” The artist and his agent were living at a Southern California property in the Hollywood area in September, as stated by the property's owner, until law enforcement entered the residence.
D4vd has contracted with record labels. D4vd was traveling for performances at the period Rivas's corpse were located, but terminated those shows after the finding of Rivas's body.
