Overview

• The Los Angeles County medical examiner identified the remains as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, who was reported missing from Lake Elsinore in April 2024.
• Tow-yard workers reported a foul odor on Sept. 8, leading officers to a bag containing severely decomposed remains in the front trunk of an impounded Tesla.
• The vehicle was registered to musician David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, and had been reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills for days to weeks, according to neighbors.
• LAPD says it has no suspect information and no crime classification from the coroner, characterizing the matter as an active death investigation.
• A representative for D4vd says he has been informed and is cooperating; a Seattle tour date was canceled, some brand campaigns were pulled, and the victim’s family launched a GoFundMe for funeral costs.