LOS ANGELES, April 16 -- Rising rap star D4vd was arrested in connection to the murder of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of a car registered in the artist's name, police said Thursday.

Los Angeles police arrested the 21-year-old singer, whose real name is David Burke, "for the murder of Celeste Rivas.

Burke is being held without bail," according to a statement.

One day before she would have turned 15, Los Angeles police discovered the Rivas's badly decomposed body in the trunk of an impounded Tesla last September.

Police were called to the Hollywood tow yard by workers and neighbours who complained of a foul smell.

No charges have been filed against the rapper yet, but local prosecutors say they will rev...