While detectives are investigating the discovery of a second set of human remains found inside a vehicle at another Los Angeles tow yard, officials confirmed that it was a female’s body found in the trunk of a Tesla yesterday.
On Sept. 8, officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to Hollywood Tow, located at 1015 N. Mansfield Ave., near N. La Brea Avenue, at around 12:20 p.m. after employees of the tow yard reported a foul odor coming from the vehicle, which was parked on the roof of one of the yard’s parking structures.
LAPD said the car, which has Texas license plates and has since been linked to David Anthony Burke, a popular singer out of Texas who goes by the name D4vd, was towed from the Hollywood Hills location after it was reported abandoned about five days ago.
The remains, according to reporting from the Los Angeles Times, were described as a “head and torso” found inside a bag in the Tesla’s trunk.
On Tuesday, officials at the L.A. County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the person’s gender, but that severe decomposition prevented them from determining the female’s approximate age or ethnicity.
Human remains were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla after workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul stench coming from the car on Sept. 8, 2025. (KTLA) 
Human remains were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla after workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul stench coming from the car on Sept. 8, 2025. (KTLA) 
Human remains were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla after workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul stench coming from the car on Sept. 8, 2025. (KTLA) 
Human remains were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla after workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul stench coming from the car on Sept. 8, 2025. (KTLA) 
Human remains were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla after workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul stench coming from the car on Sept. 8, 2025. (KTLA) 
Human remains were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla after workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul stench coming from the car on Sept. 8, 2025. (KTLA) 
Human remains were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla after workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported a foul stench coming from the car on Sept. 8, 2025. (KTLA) 
The remains of a partially burned person were found inside a vehicle impounded at a South L.A. tow yard on Sept. 9, 2025. (KTLA) 
The remains of a partially burned person were found inside a vehicle impounded at a South L.A. tow yard on Sept. 9, 2025. (KTLA)
The female, who was approximately 5 feet 1 inch tall and around 71 pounds, according to the medical examiner’s report, was wearing a tube top and black leggings. She has a tattoo on her right index finger that reads “Shhh…” and was wearing yellow metal stud earrings with a metal chain bracelet.
“She appears to have been deceased inside the vehicle for an extended period of time,” the report stated.
Earlier today at a South Los Angeles tow yard located at 1907 W. Gage Ave., the partially burned remains of another person were found inside a Honda Civic that had been towed to the yard on Aug. 25, according to law enforcement sources who spoke to The Times.
The Honda is tied to a missing persons report and is not a part of the Hollywood Hills investigation, investigators said.
The ongoing Hollywood Hills case has been classified as a death investigation.
