D4vd has been charged with murder following his arrest last Thursday for the murder of a teen girl whose decomposed body was found in the trunk of his Tesla.
At a press conference on Monday, District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that the singer would face a first-degree murder charge which could potentially make him eligible for the death penalty. He will also face charges for lewd acts with a child and for dismembering the girl’s body.
The singer, whose real name is David Burke, was arrested and held without bail last week for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The Los Angeles Police Department shared that he was detained by the Robbery-Homicide Division and that the case would be presented to the District Attorney’s office for filing consideration.
The case began back in September 2025, when LAPD officers were called to the Hollywood tow yard to investigate a foul odor emanating from the car, which had been in the yard for days. The police found the decomposed body placed inside of a bag in the front trunk of the Tesla, which was registered in Hempstead, Texas to D4vd. The car was impounded the previous week after being abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, where neighbors complained of a rotting smell.
Early reports indicated that D4vd was cooperating with the investigation. A week after he was linked to the body’s discovery, he canceled the remaining dates of his U.S. tour.
The body was soon identified as 15-year-old Hernandez, who was reported as missing in 2024 when she was 13. In November, the LAPD confirmed that they were investigating a trip that D4vd had taken to the Santa Barbara area sometime during the spring of 2025 following Hernandez’s disappearance, and the medical examiner’s office said the LAPD had blocked the county corner’s office from releasing details about Hernandez’s death.
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