Overview
- An LAPD source told NBC4 that singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, is being treated as a suspect in the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas.
- Rivas’ decomposed remains were discovered Sept. 8 inside a bag in the front trunk of a Tesla registered to D4vd after the car was impounded from the Hollywood Hills.
- Law‑enforcement sources cited by TMZ say the remains appeared dismembered and suggest multiple people may have been involved, though cause and manner of death remain undetermined.
- LAPD told reporters they are not close to making an arrest, and toxicology and other lab results from the medical examiner are still pending.
- Investigators searched properties linked to the singer in September; he later canceled his tour and hired defense attorney Blair Berk, as accounts differ on whether he has cooperated.