Overview

• The Los Angeles County medical examiner identified the victim as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez and ruled the manner of death a homicide, with the cause still undetermined.
• Tow-yard workers reported a strong odor on Sept. 8 before officers found her dismembered, severely decomposed remains in the front trunk of a Tesla registered to singer David Anthony Burke.
• LAPD Robbery-Homicide detectives executed a Sept. 17 search at a Hollywood Hills rental linked to Burke, seizing a computer and several bags of evidence as the artist and his manager then moved out and movers and masked security were seen at the property.
• Records and photos circulating this week outline the vehicle timeline, including an Aug. 26 abandoned-vehicle complaint, an Aug. 27 citation, a Sept. 3 ticket, a Sept. 5 tow and the Sept. 8 discovery, with the initial complaint noting no odor.
• New reporting features March 19, 2024 surveillance video of Rivas near a Lake Elsinore liquor store and accounts from acquaintances who believed she was about 19, while family and unnamed sources allege Burke first contacted her online when she was 11 or 12; police have announced no arrests and representatives say Burke is cooperating.