LAPD probes death of 15-year-old found in Tesla registered to D4vd

Los Angeles police said investigators are probing how the dismembered and decomposing body of 15 year old Celeste Rivas Hernandez came to be inside the front trunk of a Tesla registered to 20 year old singer David Anthony Burke, known professionally as D4vd. The remains were discovered on September 8 after a tow yard employee reported a foul odor coming from an impounded vehicle parked in the Hollywood Hills, law enforcement officials said.

Captain Scot M. Williams of the LAPD Robbery Homicide Division said the Tesla had been parked at the location for several weeks before it was towed, and that investigators believe Rivas likely had been dead for an extended period prior to discovery. "We know that the Tesla had been parked at the location from which it was towed for several weeks, so it is very likely Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been dead for several weeks prior to her body being discovered," Williams said. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has completed an autopsy but is awaiting toxicology and other tests, and the manner of death remains pending.

Authorities said the vehicle was ticketed for violating a 72 hour parking ordinance in early September and was towed to the...