Overview

• Tow-yard workers at Hollywood Tow reported a strong odor around 12:20 p.m. Monday, prompting officers to open the Tesla’s front trunk and find a body in a bag.
• The 2023 vehicle, bearing Texas plates and registered in Hempstead to David Anthony Burke (D4vd), had been impounded for days after being reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills.
• Police have not identified the deceased and have released no cause or manner of death as the case proceeds as a death investigation.
• Law enforcement sources told NBC News the remains were not intact, and forensic identification is expected to take time due to advanced decomposition.
• A representative said the singer has been informed and is cooperating with investigators while continuing his previously scheduled tour dates, including a Minneapolis show Tuesday.