Overview
- Los Angeles County prosecutors presented evidence to an investigative grand jury in mid-November, which can subpoena witnesses and recommend charges but cannot indict, according to Los Angeles Times reporting.
- LAPD Det. Joshua Byers obtained a judge’s order sealing the medical examiner’s records, with the filing describing the probe as a murder investigation and citing protection of witnesses and case integrity.
- LAPD Capt. Scot Williams said the teen’s body was neither frozen nor decapitated and had been dead for several weeks when found in the trunk of a Tesla on Sept. 8.
- Investigators believe more than one person handled the remains before discovery, and LAPD’s chief of detectives said no one is off the table, including singer D4vd.
- LAPD says it has evidence of D4vd traveling to Santa Barbara County in the spring, with the relevance under review; no arrests or charges have been announced and key forensic results remain pending.