Popular singer d4vd canceled his remaining U.S. tour dates amid an investigation into the decomposed body of a missing teenage girl that was found inside his impounded Tesla just days after he performed in Chicago.
Celeste Rivas, 15, was found dead inside the vehicle, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Wednesday. Officials have not determined her cause of death.
Rivas was last seen in April 2024 in Lake Elsinore, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. She was 13 at the time.
d4vd, 20, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, played a show at Chicago’s Salt Shed on Saturday, Sept 6., just two days before her body was found.
Her body was discovered Sept. 8 at a tow lot in Hollywood after someone noticed a stench coming from the Tesla, police said. 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, NBC Los Angeles reported.
In a statement, the medical examiner’s office said the body “was found severely decomposed.”
“She appears to have been deceased inside the vehicle for an extended period of time before being found,” officials said.
Authorities have not implicated d4vd in her death.
An unnamed representative for d4vd told NBC Los Angeles that the singer has been cooperating with authorities since the body was found. It’s not clear why his car had been impounded.
d4vd continued his tour after the discovery, until ultimately canceling his Seattle performance on Wednesday, Sept. 16, and then the rest of his remaining U.S. tour dates on Friday, NBC Los Angeles reported.
Details about the status of upcoming performances in Europe were not immediately available.
Following the Salt Shed performance, the singer’s tour traveled to Madison, Wisc. for a performance on Sunday, Sept. 7. The day after Rivas’ body was found, on Sept. 9, d4vd’s tour stopped in Minneapolis, and then went to Kansas City, Mo. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, according to a post on D4vd’s Instagram.
He played shows in Denver and then in Salt Lake City before deciding to cancel his Seattle performance and the rest of the “Withered” tour.
D4vd (pronounced “David”) is a Houston-born singer-songwriter who broke through in 2022 with the hit “Romantic Homicide,” which went viral on TikTok and peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. His hit next “Here With Me” followed suit, further cementing his moody, emotional style. Each of those two songs has racked up more than 1.5 billion streams on Spotify.
He released his debut album “Withered” in April and embarked on a world tour.
According to a post on his Instagram, d4vd was set to release a deluxe version of his “Withered” album on Sept. 19.
Celeste’s brother told NBCLA Wednesday that family members, who still live in Lake Elsinore, are grieving and were aware that the girl knew singer D4vd. Matthew Rivas said when his sister disappeared, she was on her way to see a movie with him, but never returned.
TMZ reported that the girl’s mother said a description provided by police of the body, which included a distinctive tattoo, matched her daughter’s appearance. The medical examiner revealed earlier that the girl had the letters “Shhh” tattooed on her right index finger.
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