Singer D4vd arrested in connection with murder of teen, LAPD says

LOS ANGELES -- D4vd has been arrested successful transportation with the execution of a teen recovered dormant successful a Tesla registered to the singer, Los Angeles constabulary said connected Thursday.

Officials said D4vd, whose ineligible sanction is David Burke and is simply a 21-year-old nonmigratory of Los Angeles, is being held without bail.

In September 2025, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 14, was recovered dormant wrong the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to the singer.

Sources told ABC News the apprehension is based connected grounds and probable origin that was developed. It was not an indictment.

Los Angeles constabulary said the lawsuit volition beryllium presented to the territory attorney's bureau successful Los Angeles connected Monday for filing consideration.

Rivas Hernandez, a teen from Lake Elsinore successful Riverside County, was reported missing successful 2024, investigators confirmed to ABC News successful October.

According to sources astatine the time, the girl's assemblage was dismembered, and the process of dismembering and disposing of her assemblage is believed to person apt progressive much than 1 person.

The teen whitethorn person been dormant for respective weeks earlier her assemblage was discovered, constabulary said.

Officers responded to an impound batch successful Hollywood connected Sept. 8 "for a foul odor coming from a vehicle," Los Angeles constabulary said.

Authorities located a assemblage successful the beforehand trunk of the Tesla that was successful a authorities of decomposition, LAPD sources said.

The Tesla had been astatine the impound batch for 2 days aft being recovered abandoned connected a Hollywood street, investigators said. The towed conveyance was registered to Burke.

D4vd, who archetypal went viral connected TikTok, wherever helium has astir 4 cardinal followers, had been connected his "Withered" satellite circuit erstwhile the assemblage was discovered successful his vehicle. The past fewer shows of the tour, including those successful San Francisco and Los Angeles, were canceled.

Shows connected the European limb of the circuit were besides canceled.

Promotion connected the deluxe variation of the "Romantic Homicide" singer's debut album, which was acceptable to beryllium released connected Sept. 19, was besides paused, a root adjacent to the concern antecedently told ABC News.

This is simply a processing story. This nonfiction volition proceed to beryllium updated arsenic much accusation becomes available.