D4vd Linked to Tesla Homicide of Teen

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed the victim as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas and listed the manner of death as homicide while a definitive cause remains pending. Her decomposed remains were recovered on Sept. 8 in the front trunk of a towed Tesla registered to singer David “D4vd” Burke. Newly obtained CCTV from outside Dellago Spirits in Lake Elsinore shows Rivas walking and briefly jogging on March 19; the store owner gave the footage to her family and to officials after relatives identified the figure. Law enforcement executed a search warrant at a Hollywood Hills residence linked to Burke and seized electronics and other items, but no arrests have been announced and investigators say Burke is cooperating. The case has generated intense public scrutiny, online speculation and activism and has led to changes to Burke’s tour and housing arrangements as forensic teams continue to investigate how Rivas ended up in the vehicle and to piece together her repeated disappearances.