Overview

• Officers responding to a foul odor at a Hollywood tow yard around 12:20 p.m. Monday opened the Tesla’s front trunk and found human remains inside a bag.
• The vehicle had been impounded for several days after being reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, police said.
• ABC7 reports the 2023 Tesla is registered in Hempstead, Texas, to David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, though police have not publicly identified the owner.
• Law enforcement says the remains were heavily decomposed, delaying identification, and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
• A spokesperson says D4vd has been informed and is cooperating with authorities, and police have not linked him to the death or announced any charges.