David Anthony Burke, 21, was taken into custody at a home in the Hollywood Hills, a law enforcement source who has knowledge of the investigation, but is not authorized to speak publicly, told The Times. He is being held without bail.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was reported missing in 2024 from the Inland Empire, according to authorities, but her whereabouts since then remained a mystery. Though her name was initially listed as Celeste Rivas with the county medical examiner’s office, it has since been updated with the Hernandez surname.

According to police, the girl’s severely decomposed body was found in the vehicle at Hollywood Tow on Sept. 8, 2025 after it was impounded. Someone noticed a foul odor coming from the vehicle and detectives arrived at the tow yard to investigate.

Law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, but not authorized to discuss the case publicly, told The Times the vehicle was abandoned in the Hollywood Hills five days before it was impounded.

Detectives served a search warrant at a home in that upscale neighborhood on Doheny Drive, north of Sunset Boulevard. Law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case but not authorized to speak publicly said the detective received various items, including electronics and computers.

Burke was raised in Houston and has collaborated with musicians Kali Uchis, Stray Kids’ Hyunjin, Laufey and 21 Savage. He also created an anthem for the game “Fortnite.”

Burke had been on a national tour promoting his debut album, “Withered,” since early August. He performed in Boston, Montreal and Toronto in late August and in early September had stops in Detroit, Chicago and Indianapolis. But the tour was canceled amid the investigation.

The Withered World Tour includes themes of death and remembrance. Fans entering Burke’s show are greeted by a casket and guest book, where they can pay condolences to a character Burke sometimes reprises in his performances and music videos. Part of that character’s uniform includes a shirt covered in bloody handprints and a blindfold.

“Withered” was released on Darkroom and Interscope Records in April. The album charted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and has more than 521 million streams on Spotify. On Sept. 7, in his last social media post, Burke announced on Instagram he was going to drop a deluxe version of the album. It was one of his last social media posts before Rivas’ body was discovered.

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The crash was reported shortly after 11 a.m. by an O’Reilly Auto Parts in the neighborhood of Pacoima in north Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The pilot, a 70-year-old man, was rescued from the plane and taken to a local hospital where he is in critical condition, the LAFD said. Officials confirmed he was the only person on the plane, and no other injuries have been reported.

Photos from local news outlets show a plane upside down in a parking lot, just a few feet away from parked cars. The nose of the plane appears to be destroyed.

Officials said the plane clipped some high voltage lines in the immediate area, and police were evacuating local businesses and residences for safety.

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The commander, Nicole Mehringer, argued she was held to a different standard than her male LAPD colleagues, who she claimed were allowed to keep their jobs under similar circumstances, sometimes with department officials going to extreme lengths to cover up their wrongdoing.

The jury ultimately agreed with her.

“I feel grateful and vindicated,” Mehringer told The Times after the verdict. “This verdict means everything to me and in my mind it restores my reputation.”

One of her attorneys, Greg Smith, said testimony by former Chief Michel Moore was key. Smith said he showed jurors that Moore lied when the ex-chief, who retired in 2024, testified that he hadn’t sought to overrule a disciplinary panel’s decision in Mehringer’s case.

“The jurors believed that our client was clearly treated differently,” Smith said.

Smith said the case partly hinged on how his client was treated by police officials when she sought to expose others for misconduct.

During trial, Smith played jurors a videotaped message from a former LAPD deputy chief, John Sherman, in which Sherman spoke about Mehringer’s sterling record and made an argument for why she should keep her job. But Sherman later withdrew his support, openly declaring that he was doing so because Mehringer had chosen to expose the department’s dirty laundry, Smith said.

Mehringer’s case dates back to April 27, 2018, when she and her subordinate, Sgt. James Kelly, were arrested by Glendale police officers. The two were found in an unmarked police Dodge Charger that had come to rest against a parked vehicle in the middle of the road.

Kelly, who was behind the wheel, appeared to be under the influence, while Mehringer also showed signs of intoxication and argued with the officers, who needed about 20 minutes to get the pair out of the vehicle, Glendale police told The Times in 2018. Mehringer was charged with a single misdemeanor count of public intoxication, while Kelly was booked on charges of driving under the influence.

Mehringer’s charge was later dismissed, after she completed a 30-day outpatient recovery program. Kelly later pleaded no contest.

At the time of the incident, Mehringer was considered a rising star in the LAPD. She ran the department’s employee relations group, which handles contract negotiations, grievances and other union-related issues.

Mehringer said in her motion she was offered a demotion of two ranks to lieutenant, which she turned down. She ended up losing her job after a disciplinary panel ruled against her. Kelly was downgraded to police officer from sergeant and assigned to an administrative post. He is no longer listed on a recent department roster.

Mehringer sued the city to get her job back, alleging that her conduct — while against department policy — was no different from male command staff who routinely flouted rules and got away with it. Unlike her, she said, some of these men were allowed to retire quietly. Others kept their jobs or were even promoted.

During a sometimes tearful testimony, Mehringer testified that she knew having an inappropriate relationship with an underling and being drunk in public was wrong. She said the situation had “humiliated” her and left her career in tatters, but maintained that the way her case was handled was unfair.

The verdict marked another huge legal loss for the city when it comes to a lawsuit by a female police command staff member.

In 2022, a jury awarded $4 million in damages to Lillian Carranza, a since-retired commander who sued over allegations that department leadership had failed to appropriately respond when officers began circulating a photo of a nude woman that some falsely claimed was her.

Another former LAPD higher-up, ex-Capt. Stacey Vince, received a $10.1-million verdict in 2023 after accusing the department of retaliating and discriminating against her for complaining about a supervisor’s conduct.

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In a statement posted to X, the Dodgers said ICE agents came to the stadium Thursday morning and “requested permission to access the parking lots.”

“They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization,” according to the statement.

“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June” class=”redactor-linkify-object”>https://twitter.com/Dodgers/st… 19, 2025“

It’s unclear why ICE agents stopped by the stadium in Los Angeles.

The news comes after several days of immigration raids in southern California. It also comes at a time when the Dodgers are expected to break their silence on the ongoing raids.

Video shared by KTLA 5 shows federal agents leaving the stadium Thursday. The TV station reported they were at the stadium for several hours but were told they could not stay on the property.

The move by the Dodgers comes on the same day the team is expected to announce a new initiative meant to assist immigrant communities impacted by the ICE raids and federal crackdown, according to the LA Times.

Dodgers player Kike Hernández, a native of Puerto Rico, voiced his concern over the raids in an Instagram post this past week.

“I am saddened and infuriated by what’s happening in our country and our city. Los Angeles and Dodger fans have welcomed me, supported me and shown me nothing but kindness and love,” he wrote in the post. “This is my second home. And I cannot stand to see our community being violated, profiled, abused and ripped apart. ALL people deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and human rights.”

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