Content warning – this article includes detail of a deceased person.

A body has been discovered in the boot of an impounded car registered to indie singer-songwriter d4vd in Los Angeles, after the impound lot staff reported a foul-smelling odour coming from a vehicle.

Per NBC, police made the grim discovery on Monday 8 September in the impound lot just off Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The body was found in a badly decomposed state, wrapped in a bag in the boot of the car. Law-enforcement sources noted it would take some time for the remains to be identified due to them being “not intact”.

Authorities confirmed the car had been impounded for a few days after someone had reported it as abandoned. 

D4vd, real name David Anthony Burke, is currently on the North American leg of his Withered World Tour which hits Wisconsin, Minneapolis, Missouri and Colorado this week and finishes in Los Angeles on September 20. He is also due to perform at Spilt Milk Festival and several headline dates in Australia in December.

A spokesperson for d4vd told NBC that while he’s still on tour, he is “fully cooperating with the authorities” with the investigation into the death.

More to come.