Family Of Teen Girl Found Dead In Trunk Of Singer D4vd's Tesla Says 'all We Want Is Justice'

The family of a 14-year-old California woman whose remains were recovered successful nan trunk of vocalist D4vd's Tesla said "all we want is justice" successful their first nationalist statement.

Jesus Rivas and Mercedes Martinez remembered their daughter, Celeste Rivas Hernandez, arsenic "a beautiful, beardown woman who loved to singing and dance."

"Every Friday nighttime was movie nighttime and we spent awesome times together. We emotion her very overmuch and she ever told america that she loved us," they said successful a associated connection via their attorney. "We miss her deeply."

The parents thanked nan Los Angeles Police Department and nan territory attorney's agency for their thief moving nan case.

"We would besides for illustration to convey nan group of Lake Elsinore for each their support," they said.

D4vd performs astatine Coachella connected April 18.Timothy Norris / Getty Images for Coachella

The 21-year-old singer, whose existent sanction is David Anthony Burke, was charged Monday successful Celeste's murder. He was arrested past week.

He had pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers person vowed to conflict nan charges.

Celeste’s assemblage was recovered Sept. 8 successful nan trunk of Burke’s impounded Tesla astatine Hollywood Tow aft officers received a telephone astir a foul odor coming from nan vehicle. The remains had been dismembered and put into bags, according to tribunal filings associated pinch a expansive assemblage investigation. Her origin of decease has not been made public.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said that detectives learned that Burke had been progressive successful a intersexual narration pinch Celeste, a runaway from Riverside. A criminal title alleges that nan intersexual maltreatment occurred “on aliases between” September 7, 2023, and September 7, 2024.”

The territory lawyer said that Burke killed nan teen successful an effort to support his profession and that she was a witnesser to nan lewd and lascivious intersexual acts allegation being levied against nan singer.