Singer D4vd Supposedly Named as Person of Interest in Fatal Case of Adolescent Found in Tesla
The performer known as D4vd became listed as a suspect in the demise of Celeste Rivas, a adolescent who vanished and was later located deceased inside the singer's Tesla vehicle earlier this year, based on law enforcement.
Finding of the Deceased
This decomposed body of Rivas, aged fifteen, was found in the fall inside the frunk of a ebony Tesla registered to D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke. The automobile had been issued a violation in a Los Angeles neighborhood and then confiscated at a vehicle storage facility in the city.
Sequence of Events
Police theorize that Rivas almost certainly succumbed in the springtime, noting that D4vd had likely helped in dismembering and discarding the remains. This musician has been uncooperative in the probe, according to a police representative.
This teenager Rivas was originally noted as disappeared from her hometown in last April. The body was subsequently found in the artist's Tesla after staff at the impound facility notified a foul smell coming from the automobile.
Investigation and Formal Statements
The fatal cause has yet to be determined, but the forensic office commented that Rivas “appears to have been no longer alive inside the vehicle for an lengthy duration before being located.” Police are considering her death as a homicide.
Background on the Singer
This Texas-based musician had been handed a ticket in the Los Angeles neighborhood just 11 days before Rivas was discovered in the automobile, after overstaying the 72-hour parking limit. Residents in the Hollywood Hills reported that the Tesla had been stationed in the neighborhood for over a month.
The victim's sibling commented that the family was informed that Rivas was acquainted with the singer and that she was on her way to see a movie with him just before she went missing.
D4vd, referred to as “David,” is a New York-born singer-songwriter famous for the chart-toppers “Romantic Homicide” and “Here With Me.” D4vd and his representative were staying at a LA residence in the Hollywood area in the fall, per the home's owner, until law enforcement searched the home.
D4vd has contracted with Darkroom and Interscope. D4vd was on tour at the period Rivas's corpse were discovered, but called off those performances following the finding of Rivas's body.
