Posted on 09/09/2025 5:41:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the gruesome discovery of a body inside an impounded Tesla at a tow yard in Hollywood, and Eyewitness News has learned the vehicle is registered to singer D4vd.
Officers responded to the 1000 block of N. Mansfield Avenue shortly before 12:30 p.m. Monday to a report of a foul odor coming from an impounded vehicle, according to LAPD.
Police say the impounded car had been at the property for a couple of days, and that the body had been placed inside a bag. There's no immediate information about the identity of the person found inside the Tesla.
D4vd is scheduled to perform in Minneapolis on Tuesday as part of his "Withered" world tour that began last month. The tour stops in Los Angeles on Sept. 20.
Authorities say the human remains were found in the front trunk of the Tesla.
Eyewitness News has learned that the 2023 Tesla is registered in Hempstead, Texas to D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke.
Video from AIR7 showed police yellow tape encircling the Tesla, along with several parked vehicles, in the impound lot with a white canopy set up nearby.
Eyewitness News has reached out to D4vd's representatives and are still waiting for a response. The 20-year-old musician is known for the songs "Here with Me" and "Romantic Homicide." He released his debut album earlier this year.
You get the picture.
LOL!
I remember way back in the 80’s, MC Hammer told some young rappers that he was going to start doing some rap in his live shows.
The rappers said, “Why would you do that? The only reason we rap is ‘cause we can’t sing!”.....................
“I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove a thing!”..................
“I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove a thing!”..................
So having a cadaver dog or a drug sniffing dog would not be allowed? It would seem that if either dog indicates a problem, that would be probable cause.
FOR SALE:
One used Tesla. Low miles. Needs some interior work...............
Nobody likes Tesla drivers in California
Not a police lot.
To which D4vd replied, “You should have noticed that I was locked and loaded.”
“””””The stench of death will never come out.”””””
Boomers remember the old tale of the 1 year old $500 Corvette Stingray (or Cadillac, or other expensive car).
Most impounded cars I’ve ever had to deal with have been gone through many times and pretty well stripped of valuables.
A body in an impounded car?
That’s a new one.
For days..........😖
“D4vd”
“How do you even pronounce that...”
Deford
Now who doesn’t forget and leave things in their trunk?
Anne Barnhardt called it animal grunting.
A Tesla?
Odd. Looks like the type who would ride around on a mophead.
Burke is Christian and has a TikTok account dedicated to Bible reading and sermons.
“Impound lots don’t have any authority to search cars, a casual inspection and listing of visible items is all they’re allowed by law.”
In California, a police officer can lawfully search an impounded car on a private lot if there is probable cause to believe the vehicle contains evidence of a crime, or an inventory search.
The search must have a reasonable scope. For example, an inventory search may involve listing contents visible in the cabin or trunk, but police cannot open locked containers without specific authorization or a warrant.
So if they run across a dead body, as in this case, they seal it up, and then get a warrant as it is for specific evidence to a crime. But LE can enter the trunk for a search.
wy69
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