Body of Missing Teen Found in Tesla Registered to Singer D4vd

A decomposed body was found in the front trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard after police responded to reports of a foul odor, turning a routine impound into a homicide investigation that now centers on the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The car had been reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills before it was towed to the lot on Mansfield Avenue, where officers opened the front storage compartment and found the remains inside a bag.

Investigators later identified the body as Rivas, a Lake Elsinore girl who had been reported missing in 2024 and was last seen alive in spring 2024. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner had not determined a cause of death when she was identified, and authorities described the remains as severely decomposed. Officials said the body was found a day after what would have been her 15th birthday.

The Tesla was registered to singer-songwriter David Anthony Burke, known professionally as D4vd. Burke, 21, is a Los Angeles resident who rose to prominence on TikTok and had nearly 4 million followers. His representative said he was cooperating with investigators after the discovery, and his tour dates and album promotion were paused as detectives worked the case.

The Los Angeles Police Department assigned the investigation to its Robbery-Homicide Division, then presented the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for filing consideration. In April 2026, police said Burke was arrested in connection with the killing and was being held without bail as the murder charge was pursued.

The case has drawn intense scrutiny because of the sequence of events investigators have described: an abandoned vehicle in the Hollywood Hills, a foul smell at a tow yard, a body found in the frunk, and a missing Riverside County teenager identified months after she disappeared. What began as an impound-lot complaint became a homicide probe spanning Hollywood, Lake Elsinore and the county’s highest-level detectives, with prosecutors now weighing the evidence gathered so far.