Singer D4vd Arrested For Murder — Teen's Dismembered Body Found In His Tesla

Aerial view of suburban California at sunset. A teenage girl in a yellow dress walks alone toward dark mountain shadows.

On April 5, 2024, 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was last seen in Lake Elsinore, southeast of Los Angeles. She was reported missing from Riverside County — and no one knew where she had disappeared.

LAPD officers open a black Tesla trunk at a tow lot. Crime scene tape and flashlights reveal a grim discovery.

On September 8, officers were called to Hollywood Tow after a foul odor was reported from an impounded black Tesla. What they found inside the trunk would crack open one of LA’s most disturbing cases.

Gloved hands hold an evidence tag near a black cadaver bag. The tag reads the name Celeste in focus.

Inside a black cadaver bag were a decomposed head and torso. A second bag held dismembered body parts. The remains were identified as Celeste — dead for an extended period inside the abandoned Tesla.

Split image showing musician D4vd performing on stage and backstage hunched over a phone receiving news.

When the discovery broke publicly, D4vd was mid-performance on his Withered World Tour. His spokesperson claimed he was “fully cooperating with authorities.” Days later, he canceled the entire remaining U.S. tour.

Overhead view of a grand jury table with a redacted file and crime scene photos bearing a security hold stamp.

Court filings from a grand jury investigation confirmed Burke as the primary target. The medical examiner placed a security hold on cause-of-death details — keeping critical findings sealed from public knowledge entirely.

David Burke wearing an orange jail jumpsuit is escorted by detectives through a crowd of news cameras.

On April 17, 2026, LAPD arrested D4vd — real name David Anthony Burke, 21 — on suspicion of murder. He is held without bail. The case goes to the Los Angeles County District Attorney on Monday.