Alt-pop singer D4vd was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles in connection with the murder of a teenage girl found in the trunk of his Tesla in September, the LAPD said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the 21-year-old “Romantic Homicide” singer, whose birth name is David Anthony Burke, was arrested by the Robbery-Homicide Division for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez and is being held without bail. The case will be presented to the district attorney’s office on Monday for filing consideration.
LAPD NEWS: “Detectives from Los Angeles Police Department, Robbery-Homicide Division have arrested David Burke, a 21-year-old resident of Los Angeles, for the murder of Celeste Rivas. Burke is being held without bail.”
— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) April 17, 2026
Authorities found Hernandez’s decomposed remains in the front trunk of an impounded Tesla registered in D4vd’s name last September. This arrest follows a months-long investigation after Burke was identified by authorities in November as a suspect in connection with her death.
Hernandez was reported missing three times in the final year of her life, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, after running away from home in April 2024. Her last contact with her family was in May 2024.
Officers were called to a tow yard on Sept. 8 after reports that a foul odor had wafted from an impounded vehicle. Police then found a dismembered body that had been placed inside a bag in the front trunk of the vehicle. Burke’s Tesla was impounded after it had been abandoned in the Hollywood Hills for more than a month.
At the time that Hernandez’s dead body was found in the singer’s car, a spokesperson for the musician said he was “fully cooperating with authorities.” According to an NBC Los Angeles report in November, the artist was no longer cooperative.
D4vd released his debut studio album “Withered” in April 2025 and set out on his world tour in August. His shows were suspended on Sept. 19 following the death of Hernandez. The deluxe edition of his album was also shelved after her body was found in his car.
The singer-songwriter rose to fame with viral hits on TikTok, where he has 3.8 million followers, and other social media gaming platforms like Fortnite. He then signed with Darkroom and Interscope Records.
