Artist D4vd Reportedly Named as Person of Interest in Tragic Demise of Youngster Found in Tesla
This performer known as D4vd was named as a person of interest in the tragic passing of Celeste Rivas, a teenager who went missing and was later found deceased inside the singer's Tesla vehicle in September, based on law enforcement.
Discovery of the Body
The decayed remains of Rivas, 15, was discovered in the fall inside the frunk of a black Tesla registered to D4vd, whose actual name is David Anthony Burke. The car had been ticketed in a Hollywood Hills and afterwards seized at a vehicle storage facility in Los Angeles.
Sequence of Occurrences
Police theorize that Rivas almost certainly passed away in the spring, noting that D4vd had probably been involved in dismembering and discarding the corpse. The artist has been uncooperative in the inquiry, per a police insider.
This teenager Rivas was originally reported missing from Lake Elsinore in last April. The corpse was subsequently found in the artist's Tesla after employees at a towing company notified a powerful odor coming from the automobile.
Investigation and Authoritative Comments
The reason for demise has not yet been ascertained, but the medical examiner's office remarked that Rivas seems to have been deceased inside the automobile for an lengthy duration before being located.” Law enforcement are treating her demise as a homicide.
Background on the Singer
This Houston artist had been given a violation in the Hollywood area just less than two weeks before Rivas was found in the car, after overstaying the short-term parking limit. Residents in the area reported that the Tesla had been left in the vicinity for over a month.
Rivas's family member commented that the family was knowledgeable that Rivas knew the musician and that she was headed to watch a film with him just before she vanished.
D4vd, pronounced as “David,” is a NY-native artist famous for the hits “Romantic Homicide” and “Here With Me.” The artist and his manager were living at a Los Angeles residence in the Los Angeles neighborhood in this past autumn, per the residence's proprietor, until law enforcement investigated the home.
D4vd has contracted with record labels. D4vd was engaged in a concert series at the period Rivas's remains were discovered, but cancelled those shows following the discovery of Rivas's remains.
