D4vd is the “target” of a Los Angeles County grand jury investigation into the girl’s death. The singer’s star was on the rise, with a world tour in his future, before the girl’s remains were found in the front trunk of his Tesla.
The singer, whose real name is David Burke, has been under investigation since November, months after the body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in a car after being pulled over on a Hollywood street.
According to the report of the grand jury that Burke’s father, mother and brother want to testify in LA, the singer is described as the “Intent of David Burke,” who may have committed a crime in California, “meaning: One Count of Murder.”
The document was part of a legal challenge to papers filed by the singer’s family in Texas. Recently declassified documents reveal that, when Los Angeles police opened the trunk of the Tesla, they found “a black cadaver bag covered in insects and a strong smell of decay” inside. Investigators were granted a search warrant for the vehicle on Sept. 8 after a struggling employee noticed a putrid smell coming from the vehicle.
According to the document, detectives unzipped part of the bag and found “a decomposed head and body.”
Coroners and medical examiners then examined the body.
“When we removed the cadaver bag from the warehouse, it was discovered that the arms and legs had been removed from the body,” the summons noted. “A second black bag was found under the cadaver bag. When we opened the second bag, we found scattered body parts.”
Los Angeles County deputy. He said. Beth Silverman issued a subpoena on Jan. 15, which Supreme Court Justice Craig Richman approved.
The Texas First Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 9 denied requests by three members of the Burke family to ignore subpoena requests.
Months have passed since the gruesome discovery of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s remains. Although the LAPD has publicly refused to rule the girl’s death a homicide, an LAPD investigator has called the case a homicide investigation.
In November, prosecutors began presenting evidence before a grand jury, described at the time as a grand jury, according to a source who did not want to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Since then, many witnesses have been called to testify, among them, one of the singer’s managers. D4vd’s friend, Neo Langston, was arrested in Montana after ignoring a subpoena and was recently forced to return to LA to testify.
In a landmark Texas appeals court ruling, the court pointed directly to the artist’s true name. The court says the “origin case” is “The People of the State of California v. David Burke,” pending in the 506th District Court of Waller County, Texas, with Judge Gary W. Chaney presiding. There is no public trial by that name, but capital trials are secret.
The singer’s father, Dawud, mother, Colleen, and brother, Caleb, live in Texas, according to court records. Attorneys for the three could not be reached for comment.
Detectives spent months investigating the circumstances of the girl’s death, as well as her relationship with D4vd.
His Tesla sat abandoned on a street in the Hollywood Hills for several weeks – possibly months – before it was removed.
Authorities discovered Celeste’s body after her 15th birthday. His family had previously reported him missing.
Capt. Scot Williams of the LA Police Department, who heads the Robbery-Homicide Division, said the girl “had been dead for several weeks.” Williams said the body had not been decapitated or frozen, as some news outlets have reported.
Detectives determined the Tesla had been parked on Bluebird Avenue since late July — when D4vd began its national tour. The trip was canceled shortly after the death investigation attracted worldwide media attention.
