Overview

• Workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a strong odor on Monday, prompting police to find human remains inside a bag in the Tesla’s front trunk on North Mansfield Avenue.
• Authorities say the victim’s identity has not been determined and the investigation remains active with forensic work underway.
• Local outlets report the 2023 Tesla carries Texas registration in Hempstead to David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, with no official connection to the death announced by police.
• The vehicle had been impounded after being reported missing or abandoned in the Hollywood Hills and sat at the lot for several days before the discovery.
• Reports describe advanced decomposition, and TMZ reported possible mutilation, a detail not confirmed by the LAPD; the artist is on tour and, according to TMZ, a spokesperson says he is cooperating.