Singer D4vd is being eyed as a suspect within the dying of the runaway teen discovered dismembered in his deserted Tesla’s trunk — and he reportedly could have had assist.
Investigators probing the dying of Celeste Rivas Hernandez are mentioned to be zeroing in on the songwriter and consider he could have performed a job within the 14-year-old’s demise after her rotting stays had been found in Los Angeles earlier this yr, police sources informed KABC.
The “Romantic Murder” singer, 20, probably received assist making an attempt to cover her physique in his automotive, the sources allege – including that it might have taken a number of folks to dismember her, too.
Cops are at the moment making an attempt to slim down the precise function D4vd — whose actual title is David Anthony Burke — and different obvious suspects allegedly performed.
They’re additionally digging into whether or not Hernandez was murdered or if her dying was the results of one thing like an overdose, the sources mentioned.
The medical expert was working to find out an actual reason for dying however has been delayed as a result of Hernandez’s stays had been so badly decayed.
The teenager’s physique was discovered wrapped in plastic on Sept. 8 – the day after what would have been her 15th birthday — when the singer’s automotive was dropped at a tow lot after being deserted on a Hollywood Hills road.
Police are nonetheless making an attempt to find out precisely how lengthy the automotive was parked there however it had been slapped with a ticket roughly two weeks earlier.
The automotive was later towed — however the teen’s physique wasn’t discovered for a number of extra days when workers on the tow lot reported a foul stench.
Cops consider Hernandez, who repeatedly ran away from residence and was reported lacking in early 2024, probably died someday within the spring.
In the meantime, D4vd allegedly hasn’t been cooperating with cops because the investigation kicked off.
Nonetheless, connections between the teenager and the pop star trickled out because the investigation unfolded, together with screenshots of outdated messages on D4vd’s Discord fan server that confirmed he was as soon as rumored to be relationship a teen named “Celeste.”
D4vd additionally as soon as made an unreleased observe wherein he talked about the title “Celeste” twice, and her mother famous the teenager had been relationship somebody named “David.”
The LAPD haven’t but confirmed if they’re treating the singer as a suspect.
