{"id":234112,"date":"2025-09-17T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234112\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:25:18","slug":"body-found-inside-singer-d4vds-tesla-is-missing-lake-elsinore-girl-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234112\/","title":{"rendered":"Body found inside singer D4vd\u2019s Tesla is missing Lake Elsinore girl \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to Know<\/p>\n<ul class=\"what-to-know__list\">\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">A decomposed body was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/body-in-trunk-hollywood-tow-yard\/3775492\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/body-in-trunk-hollywood-tow-yard\/3775492\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found Sept. 8<\/a> in the front trunk of a Tesla impounded at a Los Angeles tow yard. <\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">The Tesla was registered to singer D4vd, whose representative said he is cooperating with the investigation. <\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">The car was impounded after someone reported it was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors say it had been parked for more than a month. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Authorities have identified the body of a girl found in singer D4vd&#8217;s Tesla after it was impounded at a Los Angeles tow yard as a teen who disappeared in the Lake Elsinore area two years ago, law enforcement told NBC Investigates.<\/p>\n<p>The girl, 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, was identified through forensics. The county medical examiner is still working to determine a cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Rivas was last seen April 5, 2024 in the western Riverside County community. Details about the circumstances surrounding her disappearance were not immediately available. <\/p>\n<p>NBCLA has reached out to the Riverside County Sheriff&#8217;s Department for more information.<\/p>\n<p>The decomposed body was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/body-in-trunk-hollywood-tow-yard\/3775492\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/body-in-trunk-hollywood-tow-yard\/3775492\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found Sept. 8<\/a> after workers at Hollywood Tow reported a strong odor coming from the Tesla registered to the singer. Officers opened the front trunk, also known as a frunk, and found the remains in a bag, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/decomposed-body-found-singer-d4vds-impounded-tesla-los-angeles-rcna230159\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/decomposed-body-found-singer-d4vds-impounded-tesla-los-angeles-rcna230159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a> that the remains were not intact.<\/p>\n<p>D4vd is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/singer-d4vd-tesla-body-impounded-car\/3776029\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/singer-d4vd-tesla-body-impounded-car\/3776029\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cooperating with authorities<\/a> in their investigation, his representative said earlier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;D4vd has been informed about what&#8217;s happened. And, although he is still out on tour, he is fully cooperating with the authorities,&#8221; a spokesperson for the singer said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The singer&#8217;s tour was in Minneapolis at the time of the discovery with a stop in Kansas City the next day, according to his Instagram profile.<\/p>\n<p>The car was impounded after someone reported it was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors say it had been parked for more than a month. <\/p>\n<p>The case was being treated as a death investigation, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758122718_437_USATSI_27039105.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"D4vd opens for SZA on the S.O.S Tour on Oct. 29, 2023, at The Footprint Center in Phoenix.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>D4vd opens for SZA on the S.O.S Tour on Oct. 29, 2023, at The Footprint Center in Phoenix. Credit: Sam Ballesteros \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, is a singer-songwriter who rose to fame with viral hits on Tiktok, where he has 3.6 million followers. That success led to signings with Darkroom and Interscope Records.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Music Group, the parent company of Interscope Records, referred questions to an attorney for the singer. The attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to Know A decomposed body was found Sept. 8 in the front trunk of a Tesla impounded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":234113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,14107,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-234112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-hollywood","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115220337420578798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}