D4vd performs during the 58th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 19, 2024. While the singer was on tour, Los Angeles police said they found the body of a 15-year-old girl in the trunk of his Tesla. File Photo by Cyril Zingaro/EPA
The decomposing body found inside an impounded Tesla registered to musician D4vd belonged to a 15-year-old girl reported missing last year, Los Angeles officials said Wednesday.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified the girl as Celeste Rivas, who was reported missing from Lake Elsinore, Calif., authorities told ABC News. Officials told KNBC-TV in Los Angeles that the identification was made through forensics.
“At this time, the LAPD does not have a crime classification from the coroner as to the mode or manner of death,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement to NBC News. “Thus, we do not have any suspect information at this time.”
The examiner was working to determine a cause of death for the girl, made difficult by the decomposition of the body.
Police discovered the body Sept. 8 at an impound lot after workers there reported a “foul odor coming from the vehicle.” The remains were found in the front trunk of the Tesla, which had been on the lot for two days.
The Tesla was towed to the lot after someone reported it abandoned in the Hollywood Hills. According to KNBC, neighbors said the vehicle had been left unattended for more than a month.
The Tesla was one of several vehicles registered to David Burke, who goes by the stage name D4vd. He was on tour at the time the body was discovered, but his representative said he was cooperating with the investigation.
