Singer D4vd arrested and held without bail in case tied to teen found dead in Tesla: Police

Singer David Burke, known arsenic D4vd, was arrested Thursday successful transportation with the execution of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose assemblage was recovered successful September 2025 wrong the trunk of an abandoned Tesla successful Los Angeles.

"Detectives from Los Angeles Police Department, Robbery-Homicide Division person arrested David Burke, a 21-year-old nonmigratory of Los Angeles, for the execution of Celeste Rivas," the LAPD said successful a societal media post. "Burke is being held without bail."

In different post, constabulary said, "The lawsuit volition beryllium presented to the District Attorney’s bureau connected Monday for filing consideration."

Until Thursday, authorities had not publically named D4vd arsenic a fishy successful the case, though successful February helium was the people of a Los Angeles County expansive assemblage probe into Hernandez’s death.

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Singer D4vd arrested successful Los Angeles successful transportation to the execution of a 14-year-old miss recovered successful a Tesla trunk, constabulary say. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

The Associated Press reported successful February that Hernandez’s assemblage was recovered decomposed successful an abandoned Tesla registered to D4vd and towed from the Hollywood Hills, citing tribunal documents.

Prosecutors described the Houston-born alt-pop vocalist arsenic the people of the probe successful expansive assemblage subpoenas issued Jan. 15, seeking grounds from 3 of his relatives.

The Associated Press obtained the once-sealed documents, which were made nationalist aft the singer’s mother, begetter and member appealed the subpoenas successful Texas.

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Photographs, intimate notes, and flowers are among the items near astatine a memorial connected Thursday for slain teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez who was recovered dormant successful the trunk of a Tesla successful a Hollywood tow gait connected September 25, 2025 successful Lake Elsinore, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The documents state: "Target whitethorn beryllium progressive successful having committed the pursuing transgression offenses against the laws of the State of California, to wit: One number of Murder."

The assemblage of Hernandez was recovered Sept. 8, a time aft she would person turned 15. She had been reported missing successful 2024 arsenic a 13-year-old seventh grader from her hometown of Lake Elsinore, astir 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Authorities accidental she was 14 erstwhile she was killed, according to tribunal documents.

The subpoena states that investigators searching a 2023 Tesla Model Y astatine a tow gait recovered a cadaver container "covered with insects and a beardown odor of decay."

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Singer D4vd arrested successful Los Angeles successful transportation to the execution of a 14-year-old miss recovered successful a Tesla trunk, constabulary say. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Coachella)

"Detectives partially unzipped the container and observed a decomposed caput and torso," the subpoena states. Investigators from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene.

"Upon removing the cadaver container from the beforehand retention compartment, it was discovered the arms and legs had been severed from the body," the papers says. "A 2nd achromatic container was discovered underneath the cadaver bag. Upon opening the 2nd bag, the dismembered assemblage parts were discovered."

The vocalist was connected a U.S. circuit astatine the clip and continued performing aft the assemblage was discovered. He aboriginal canceled the remaining shows, on with a planned European tour, arsenic reports linking him to the lawsuit gained wider attention.

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D4vd built a pursuing among Gen Z fans with his blend of indie rock, R&B and lo-fi pop. He gained traction connected TikTok successful 2022 with "Romantic Homicide," which climbed to No. 4 connected Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. He aboriginal signed with Darkroom and Interscope Records and released Petals to Thorns and The Lost Petals successful 2023.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.