Cause of Death Revealed for Teen Who Authorites Say Was Killed by D4vd

Cause of Death Revealed for Teen Who Authorites Say Was Killed by D4vd
Singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, looks on during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on April 20, 2026. TED SOQUI/Pool via REUTERS
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LOS ANGELES—The teenager who Los Angeles prosecutors allege was killed by musician D4vd and found ‌inside the trunk of a car in ⁠Hollywood died from “multiple penetrating injuries” from objects, a medical examiner’s report released on Wednesday said.

The dismembered body of Celeste Rivas ​Hernandez was discovered in September in the trunk of a Tesla registered to ⁠D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, police and prosecutors have said. Authorities had kept details about the manner of death secret while they launched an investigation.