Authorities Wednesday continued their investigation into the identity and cause of death of a person found in the trunk of a car that was impounded at a South Los Angeles tow yard.
It was the second body discovered in a car trunk at an official city tow yard in as many days, but the two cases are not thought to be related.
The body was found by police inside a Honda Civic that had been impounded at Al’s Towing, an official police garage located in the 6100 block of St. Andrews Place, two blocks west of Western Avenue.
Police sources told the Los Angeles Times the body in the Civic was tied to a missing person report, and was not believed to be connected to a woman’s body found in the Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard on Monday.
In that case, a woman’s decomposing body was found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to singer-songwriter D4Vd that was towed to a Hollywood impound yard. That discovery was made around 12:20 p.m. Monday at a tow yard in the 1000 block of North Mansfield Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
According to the LAPD, the vehicle was impounded and towed to the yard — an “official police garage” — on Friday by the city Department of Transportation because it was “parked on a public street for more than 72 hours.”
The car is believed to have been parked in the Hollywood Hills. Law enforcement sources told NBC4 that the Tesla had been parked at the location for nearly a month. After it was impounded, workers at the tow yard and neighbors reported a strong odor coming from the car, leading to the discovery of the remains.
According to various reports, the remains were dismembered and severely decomposed, and were found inside a bag in the trunk.
While the county medical examiner had not yet identified the body, officials there described the decedent as a woman of unknown age with wavy black hair and unknown color eyes. She was 5-feet-2 inches tall, weighed 71 pounds had the letters “Shhh…” tattooed on her right index finger.
“The decedent was found severely decomposed inside a vehicle on (Monday),” according to a medical examiner’s office statement. “She appears to have been deceased inside the vehicle for an extended period of time before being found. We are unable to determine her age or race/ethnicity.”
The woman was wearing a tube top and size small black leggings and had a yellow metal stud earring and a metal chain bracelet.
The Tesla was registered in Texas to David Anthony Burke, a singer known as D4vd who has millions of followers on social media and is in the midst of a U.S. tour. He performed in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
A representative for the singer told NBC4 that he “has been informed about what’s happened, and although he is still out on tour, he is fully cooperating with authorities.”
The singer’s “Withered” tour is scheduled to make a stop at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 20. The tour began Aug. 5, according to a schedule posted online.