The singer D4vd has been arrested in reference to the demise of a teenage woman whose decomposing physique was found in September within the trunk of a towed Tesla registered to the singer, the Los Angeles Police Division advised ABC Information.
Officers stated D4vd, whose authorized title is David Burke and is a 21-year-old resident of Los Angeles, is being held in reference to the alleged homicide of Celeste Rivas Hernandez with out bail.
Sources advised ABC Information the arrest relies on proof and possible trigger that was developed. It was not an indictment.
The LAPD stated the case will likely be introduced to the L.A. District Legal professional’s Workplace on Monday for submitting consideration.
In a press release, the singer’s attorneys maintained his innocence, saying: “Allow us to be clear – the precise proof on this case will present that David Burke didn’t homicide Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not the reason for her demise. There was no indictment returned by any grand jury on this case and no legal grievance filed. David has solely been detained below suspicion. We’ll vigorously defend David’s innocence.”
Rivas Hernandez, a 14-year-old from Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, was reported lacking in 2024, investigators confirmed to ABC Information in October.
In line with sources on the time, the woman’s physique was dismembered, and the method of dismembering and disposing of her physique is believed to have possible concerned a couple of particular person.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – MAY 25: d4vd performs throughout the 2024 Boston Calling Music Pageant at Harvard Athletic Advanced on Could 25, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The teenager might have been useless for a number of weeks earlier than her physique was found, police stated.
Officers responded to an impound lot in Hollywood on Sept. 8 “for a foul odor coming from a automobile,” Los Angeles police stated.
Authorities positioned a physique within the entrance trunk of the Tesla that was in a state of decomposition, LAPD sources stated.
The Tesla had been on the impound lot for 2 days after being discovered deserted on a Hollywood road, investigators stated. The towed automobile was registered to Burke.
D4vd, who first went viral on TikTok, the place he has practically 4 million followers, had been on his “Withered” world tour when the physique was found in his automobile. The previous few exhibits of the tour, together with these in San Francisco and Los Angeles, had been canceled.
Exhibits on the European leg of the tour had been additionally canceled.
Promotion on the deluxe version of the “Romantic Murder” singer’s debut album, which was set to be launched on Sept. 19, was additionally paused, a supply near the state of affairs beforehand advised ABC Information.
