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The performer known as D4vd was listed as a suspect in the death of Celeste Rivas, a young girl who went missing and was later discovered deceased inside the singer's Tesla car earlier this year, according to police.

Discovery of the Deceased

The decomposed remains of Rivas, 15, was located in this past autumn inside the front storage compartment of a black Tesla linked to D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke. The automobile had been ticketed in a Hollywood Hills and subsequently impounded at a impound lot in Los Angeles.

Timeline of Occurrences

Investigators suspect that Rivas probably succumbed in the earlier part of the year, adding that D4vd had likely been involved in cutting up and discarding the corpse. The musician has not been cooperative in the probe, according to a official representative.

The teenager Rivas was first noted as disappeared from a city 60 miles from Los Angeles in last April. The corpse was subsequently discovered in the singer's Tesla after workers at the impound facility alerted a strong stench originating from the automobile.

Inquiry and Official Comments

This cause of death has not yet been identified, but the coroner's office stated that Rivas likely was no longer alive inside the car for an prolonged time before being located.” Authorities are considering her death as a homicide.

Details on the Singer

This Houston singer had been given a violation in the Los Angeles neighborhood just 11 days before Rivas was found in the vehicle, after violating the 72-hour parking limit. Residents in the neighborhood mentioned that the Tesla had been left in the neighborhood for over a month.

The victim's family member revealed that the relatives was informed that Rivas knew the singer and that she was traveling to watch a film with him just before she went missing.

D4vd, pronounced as “David,” is a NY-native singer-songwriter recognized for the hits “Romantic Homicide” and “Here With Me.” He and his agent were living at a Los Angeles home in the Hollywood Hills in September, per the home's landlord, until police searched the home.

D4vd has signed with music companies. D4vd was on tour at the moment Rivas's body were discovered, but terminated those performances subsequent to the discovery of Rivas's corpse.