Popular Singer Arrested For Murder After 14-Year-Old’s Body Discovered In Tesla

This has been long expected if you have been following the case.

Singer, D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, was arrested in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old girl.

Burke’s arrest came over 6 months after the body of the 14-year-old girl was found in the back of his impounded Tesla.

Fox News provided the full details on the investigation:

Singer David Burke, known as D4vd, was arrested Thursday in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found in September 2025 inside the trunk of an abandoned Tesla in Los Angeles.

“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,” the LAPD said in a social media post. “Burke is being held without bail.”

In another post, police said, “The case will be presented to the District Attorney’s office on Monday for filing consideration.”

Until Thursday, authorities had not publicly named D4vd as a suspect in the case, though in February he was the target of a Los Angeles County grand jury investigation into Hernandez’s death.

The Associated Press reported in February that Hernandez’s body was found decomposed in an abandoned Tesla registered to D4vd and towed from the Hollywood Hills, citing court documents.

Prosecutors described the Houston-born alt-pop singer as the target of the investigation in grand jury subpoenas issued Jan. 15, seeking testimony from three of his relatives.

The Associated Press obtained the once-sealed documents, which were made public after the singer’s mother, father and brother appealed the subpoenas in Texas.

The documents state: “Target may be involved in having committed the following criminal offenses against the laws of the State of California, to wit: One count of Murder.”

The body of Hernandez was found Sept. 8, a day after she would have turned 15. She had been reported missing in 2024 as a 13-year-old seventh-grader from her hometown of Lake Elsinore, about 70 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Authorities say she was 14 when she was killed, according to court documents.

The subpoena states that investigators searching a 2023 Tesla Model Y at a tow yard found a cadaver bag “covered with insects and a strong odor of decay.”

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Here’s the moment authorities arrested Burke:

EXCLUSIVE: Take a look at LAPD detectives at the scene of D4vd's arrest Thursday night. https://t.co/bb8j2o8Y2H pic.twitter.com/ojT50vrrml

— TMZ (@TMZ) April 17, 2026

TMZ reported Jimmy Kimmel was near the scene of the arrest:

LAPD’s raid to arrest D4vd comes as a complete shock to the singer’s Hollywood Hills neighbors, including Jimmy Kimmel, who ended up in the middle of the chaos … TMZ has learned.

Jimmy wasn’t stopping by to pat cops on the back … instead, our sources say the late-night host was simply trying to get home. Jimmy cruised through around 8 PM, and although LAPD had blocked off the road leading to D4vd’s rental home to investigate the property, they allowed locals like Jimmy — who lives on that very block — to drive through.

TMZ also published video of the singer’s arrest … you can hear officers commanding him to surrender, and warning him not to run away. Soon after that, he walked out surrounded by a swarm of officers.

With the likes of Kimmel living on the block, it’s obvious D4vd’s been laying low in a pretty ritzy Hollywood Hills neighborhood.

Earlier this year the home was available to rent for $17,500 per month. We don’t know when D4vd moved in, or what kinda deal he got, but we’re told most neighbors had no clue he was even living there.

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