India, Sept. 23 -- American singer-songwriter D4vd (David Anthony Burke) is under heavy public scrutiny after an old interview clip of him resurfaced online. In the viral video, the young artist described a fictional "alter ego" who commits murders that his "detective self" would later solve.

At the time, the clip was viewed as creative storytelling. But after the recent discovery of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's body inside a Tesla registered to D4vd, many fans and critics are connecting the remarks to the ongoing case.

The Tesla was found abandoned in the Hollywood Hills earlier this September. Inside, authorities found decomposed remains that were later confirmed to be Rivas. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is now in...