Police identify teenage girl in impounded Tesla linked to D4vd

Los Angeles police on Tuesday confirmed that the badly decomposed body discovered last week in an impounded Tesla registered to singer David Anthony Burke, known professionally as D4vd, has been identified as a teenage girl, though authorities said her name will not be released until her next of kin have been notified. The vehicle was discovered at a Los Angeles tow yard on September 8 after officers were called about a foul odor coming from the car, police said.

Authorities and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner reported that the decedent was a small-framed female with wavy black hair and a tattoo on her right index finger that reads Shhh. Medical examiner information supplied to investigators described her as roughly 5 feet 1 or 2 inches tall and weighing about 71 pounds. Law enforcement sources told investigators the victim was believed to have been between 14 and 15 years old. The office has not released a cause of death.

Descriptions vary on exactly where and how the remains were placed in the vehicle. Some reports from investigators say the body was found in a bag in the vehicle's front trunk, while other law enforcement accounts describe the body as...