Los Angeles<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0police said the Houston-born singer – whose legal name is David Anthony Burke – was being held without bail on suspicion of murder.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The decomposed remains of Ms Hernandez were discovered in a Tesla registered to D4vd on 8 September – the day after she would have turned 15 – when police were called to a Hollywood tow yard because of reports of a foul smell coming from the vehicle.<\/p>\n The vehicle had been towed from the Hollywood Hills, where it appeared to have been abandoned.<\/p>\n Inside the car, investigators found a cadaver bag containing a head and torso, and a second bag containing dismembered body parts, according to court documents, although the cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.<\/p>\n Ms Hernandez, who was identified after forensic examinations, had been reported missing from her hometown of Lake Elsinore – about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles – since 2024.<\/p>\n Court documents show authorities had given her age as 14 when she was killed.<\/p>\n In a statement, D4vd’s lawyers vowed to “vigorously defend” his innocence, adding: “Let us be clear – the actual evidence in this case will show that David Burke did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not the cause of her death.”<\/p>\n D4vd had been on tour when the body was discovered, and a spokesperson for the artist said at the time he was “fully cooperating with the authorities”.<\/p>\n The singer, who went viral on TikTok in 2022 with the hit Romantic Homicide, subsequently cancelled his world tour.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0![\"D4vd](\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/04\/768x432\/skynews-us-d4vd_7222296.jpg?20260417041900\")
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