CA- Body (IDd as Celeste Rivas Hernandez) found in vehicle at Hollywood tow yard, abandoned Tesla registered to singer D4vd – 8 September 2025 #2
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This is a really interesting and enlightening quote from that article.
Celeste Rivas: Private Investigator Says He Knows Who Parked D4vd’s Tesla with Teen’s Body Inside
A private investigator working on the Celeste Rivas case says he’s providing details to the public in hopes that anyone with additional information will come forward. Private investigator Steve Fischer, hired by the owner of a home that singer D4vd (David Burke) rented, stated that he began...www.crimeonline.com
“D4vd was on tour, but somebody was in that house,” Fisher said, explaining that someone was at the home between the time Burke starting touring and when the Tesla had been found.
“Who had that (house) key is probably the same person, you know, that had access to the Tesla.”
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I think there were other people---assistants, housekeepers, gardeners, etc, that had access to the rental. It probably didn't feel safe to leave a dead girl on the premises. imo
I believe this maybe old news, but posting for those catching up on the case.
The video, which Fisher has provided to the Los Angeles Police Department, shows one identifiable person driving the vehicle to its final location. Fisher said he knows who was behind the wheel but declined to reveal the person’s identity publicly, explaining he doesn’t want to interfere with the LAPD’s investigation while ensuring justice is served in the case.
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The video, which Fisher has provided to the Los Angeles Police Department, shows one identifiable person driving the vehicle to its final location. Fisher said he knows who was behind the wheel but declined to reveal the person’s identity publicly, explaining he doesn’t want to interfere with the LAPD’s investigation while ensuring justice is served in the case.
Private investigator exposes “sadistic” discovery in d4vd's former Hollywood home
Private investigator reveals new video evidence and disturbing items discovered in a Hollywood home linked to d4vd.
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This was my original theory as well. That whoever had a limited time to stash her and the house saw too much traffic.
However, it seems more and more that the body was in the car before it was put in that spot. Also the PI has been really emphasising the one key part. More keys can be cut ofc, but he's only mentioned one other person in the house while D4vd was on tour.
I still think its far more risk to leave it in a road parked car than it does to keep it on private property where you can control who gets close.
Also there is a video D4vd toik of the inside of the tour bus from the 29th July 2025. Same day the Tesla was moved and they left. It's gone from D4vd Instagram reel >> reposted to D4vdcloset Discord > Reddit.
Since it has apparently been deleted from D4vds Instagram and only can be found on the discord. I am not sure it can be posted here, but it shows two people who were with him on the tour and what they were wearing that day.
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A new PI interview with Nancy Grace from the 23rd.
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,
23rd October 2025
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Nancy Grace:
So far I’ve gotten out of you tonight that the Tesla—ultimately with Celeste’s body in it—was moved to the last location July 29th, 11 a.m., in a trashed condition like it had been out in the elements, driving through the desert or mud bogging, right?
Steve Fiser:
Yeah. It was in horrible condition. Same condition that you see it in the photos.
Nancy Grace:
You also told me that you saw video of the car coming around the curve from the direction of Burke’s mansion and parking. Is that correct?
Steve Fiser:
That’s correct.
Nancy Grace:
What day did you see that?
Steve Fiser:
It was on July 29th.
Nancy Grace:
Did you see any cam video—camera video of any nature—that showed the Tesla parked in that area prior to July 29th?
Steve Fiser:
Uh, I have seen the images that I obtained from the Department of Transportation on the day it was ticketed and towed, which was September 5th. And then I have seen a video that shows it in May of 2025—very clean—but actually parked on that Bluebird Street, the one where it was ultimately towed from. But it was clean at that time.
Nancy Grace:
Could you give me those dates again, please? The dates that you observed the car parked on that street. Go ahead.
Steve Fiser:
First time I’ve seen it parked was May of 2025. There’s a video of it parked on Bluebird, which is the same street that it was ultimately towed from. And then the other imagery I have is from the Department of Transportation, which are those images you’re showing now that I obtained when they towed it just to document, you know, the towing. And then I do have one from earlier in January where the car is parked in front of the rental house. It shows that it’s very clean but does have that rear damage already—the large dent in the back of the car.
Nancy Grace:
Okay, got it. So, you’re saying May 2025 is the earliest you can place the car on the street in that neighborhood.
Steve Fiser:
That’s correct.
Nancy Grace:
Now, I’d like to understand—you saw a person emerge from the Tesla. I assume that was July 29th at 11 a.m. You saw a person get out of the Tesla?
Steve Fiser:
No, I didn’t see them get out of the Tesla. They drove by. When they drove by the camera in the Tesla, I could tell who it was, but then they’re too far out of range, you know, when they hit the parking spot. So, I can identify the person from when they drove within four or five feet of the camera.
Nancy Grace:
Wow. That’s even much better. So, you’re telling me it’s not the person getting in or out of the Tesla—they drive by a cam and that’s July 29th?
Steve Fiser:
Correct.
Nancy Grace:
And you get a face shot—is that correct?
Steve Fiser:
A face shot and—because the Tesla has so many windows—the upper body, and they’re wearing something very distinctive.
Nancy Grace:
So let me ask you this, Steve Fiser: are you familiar with all of the people that work with and for Burke? You know what they look like?
Steve Fiser:
I do now. I didn’t, you know, at that time, but the main players I’ve certainly become very familiar with. There’s a lot of photos of them. We came into a lot of media of them that was left at the house.
Nancy Grace:
Steve Fiser, why won’t you divulge who was driving the Tesla, ostensibly with Celeste’s body in the trunk?
Steve Fiser:
I’ll tell you—I would like to, I’ll be honest with you—but by statute I cannot unless I have my client’s permission. That’s just something I’m a regulation that I’m bound by. And right now, they want to give LAPD a little bit more time. If it was up to me, I would put it out there, because it’s been, what, seven weeks? And I don’t understand why at least the concealment charge can’t be dropped by this time. You can always stack charges on top of that. So I don’t agree with it. I would put it out if it was up to me.
Nancy Grace:
You mentioned you got a clear picture of the driver’s face. Was the window rolled down?
Steve Fiser:
It was rolled down, and they were only going a block and a half. It was 77 degrees, and the car, if it was parked in front of the rental house, it was in the shade. So I don’t understand why they’d have the window down like that.
Nancy Grace:
Let me ask you about the timeline, Steve Fiser. How long was the Tesla parked on the street for the last time before Burke left for his tour?
Steve Fiser:
From the time it was moved to that last spot—which is on Bluebird—so on July 29th when I saw it, that was like 11 in the morning. Later that evening they begin the tour, and they actually leave that evening for San Francisco for the first show.
Nancy Grace:
So approximately how many hours between the Tesla being parked and the tour bus leaving?
Steve Fiser:
About ten to twelve hours, roughly. The car was parked that morning, and that same night, the tour bus departed.
Nancy Grace:
And just to be absolutely clear—when that Tesla was parked on July 29th, you believe Celeste’s body was already inside?
Steve Fiser:
Yes. Based on everything I’ve seen, when it was moved to that position, it was already like that.
Nancy Grace:
And the person driving—without telling me who—this person is someone you’ve been able to identify clearly on video?
Steve Fiser:
Yes, 100 percent. Clear face, upper body, clothing—all visible.
Nancy Grace:
Have you provided that video to LAPD?
Steve Fiser:
Yes, absolutely. Within 24 hours of obtaining it.
Nancy Grace:
Has anyone from David Burke’s team—his management, attorney, or family—contacted you asking who drove that car?
Steve Fiser:
No. Nobody has. And I’m kind of surprised by that. I would love to talk to Celeste’s family about this and even the person that—well, I’ve gotten zero calls from anybody on David’s side.
Nancy Grace:
You’re telling me no one—no one—has reached out to ask who was driving the Tesla with Celeste’s body inside?
Steve Fiser:
That’s correct. Nobody has.
23rd October 2025
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Nancy Grace:
So far I’ve gotten out of you tonight that the Tesla—ultimately with Celeste’s body in it—was moved to the last location July 29th, 11 a.m., in a trashed condition like it had been out in the elements, driving through the desert or mud bogging, right?
Steve Fiser:
Yeah. It was in horrible condition. Same condition that you see it in the photos.
Nancy Grace:
You also told me that you saw video of the car coming around the curve from the direction of Burke’s mansion and parking. Is that correct?
Steve Fiser:
That’s correct.
Nancy Grace:
What day did you see that?
Steve Fiser:
It was on July 29th.
Nancy Grace:
Did you see any cam video—camera video of any nature—that showed the Tesla parked in that area prior to July 29th?
Steve Fiser:
Uh, I have seen the images that I obtained from the Department of Transportation on the day it was ticketed and towed, which was September 5th. And then I have seen a video that shows it in May of 2025—very clean—but actually parked on that Bluebird Street, the one where it was ultimately towed from. But it was clean at that time.
Nancy Grace:
Could you give me those dates again, please? The dates that you observed the car parked on that street. Go ahead.
Steve Fiser:
First time I’ve seen it parked was May of 2025. There’s a video of it parked on Bluebird, which is the same street that it was ultimately towed from. And then the other imagery I have is from the Department of Transportation, which are those images you’re showing now that I obtained when they towed it just to document, you know, the towing. And then I do have one from earlier in January where the car is parked in front of the rental house. It shows that it’s very clean but does have that rear damage already—the large dent in the back of the car.
Nancy Grace:
Okay, got it. So, you’re saying May 2025 is the earliest you can place the car on the street in that neighborhood.
Steve Fiser:
That’s correct.
Nancy Grace:
Now, I’d like to understand—you saw a person emerge from the Tesla. I assume that was July 29th at 11 a.m. You saw a person get out of the Tesla?
Steve Fiser:
No, I didn’t see them get out of the Tesla. They drove by. When they drove by the camera in the Tesla, I could tell who it was, but then they’re too far out of range, you know, when they hit the parking spot. So, I can identify the person from when they drove within four or five feet of the camera.
Nancy Grace:
Wow. That’s even much better. So, you’re telling me it’s not the person getting in or out of the Tesla—they drive by a cam and that’s July 29th?
Steve Fiser:
Correct.
Nancy Grace:
And you get a face shot—is that correct?
Steve Fiser:
A face shot and—because the Tesla has so many windows—the upper body, and they’re wearing something very distinctive.
Nancy Grace:
So let me ask you this, Steve Fiser: are you familiar with all of the people that work with and for Burke? You know what they look like?
Steve Fiser:
I do now. I didn’t, you know, at that time, but the main players I’ve certainly become very familiar with. There’s a lot of photos of them. We came into a lot of media of them that was left at the house.
Nancy Grace:
Steve Fiser, why won’t you divulge who was driving the Tesla, ostensibly with Celeste’s body in the trunk?
Steve Fiser:
I’ll tell you—I would like to, I’ll be honest with you—but by statute I cannot unless I have my client’s permission. That’s just something I’m a regulation that I’m bound by. And right now, they want to give LAPD a little bit more time. If it was up to me, I would put it out there, because it’s been, what, seven weeks? And I don’t understand why at least the concealment charge can’t be dropped by this time. You can always stack charges on top of that. So I don’t agree with it. I would put it out if it was up to me.
Nancy Grace:
You mentioned you got a clear picture of the driver’s face. Was the window rolled down?
Steve Fiser:
It was rolled down, and they were only going a block and a half. It was 77 degrees, and the car, if it was parked in front of the rental house, it was in the shade. So I don’t understand why they’d have the window down like that.
Nancy Grace:
Let me ask you about the timeline, Steve Fiser. How long was the Tesla parked on the street for the last time before Burke left for his tour?
Steve Fiser:
From the time it was moved to that last spot—which is on Bluebird—so on July 29th when I saw it, that was like 11 in the morning. Later that evening they begin the tour, and they actually leave that evening for San Francisco for the first show.
Nancy Grace:
So approximately how many hours between the Tesla being parked and the tour bus leaving?
Steve Fiser:
About ten to twelve hours, roughly. The car was parked that morning, and that same night, the tour bus departed.
Nancy Grace:
And just to be absolutely clear—when that Tesla was parked on July 29th, you believe Celeste’s body was already inside?
Steve Fiser:
Yes. Based on everything I’ve seen, when it was moved to that position, it was already like that.
Nancy Grace:
And the person driving—without telling me who—this person is someone you’ve been able to identify clearly on video?
Steve Fiser:
Yes, 100 percent. Clear face, upper body, clothing—all visible.
Nancy Grace:
Have you provided that video to LAPD?
Steve Fiser:
Yes, absolutely. Within 24 hours of obtaining it.
Nancy Grace:
Has anyone from David Burke’s team—his management, attorney, or family—contacted you asking who drove that car?
Steve Fiser:
No. Nobody has. And I’m kind of surprised by that. I would love to talk to Celeste’s family about this and even the person that—well, I’ve gotten zero calls from anybody on David’s side.
Nancy Grace:
You’re telling me no one—no one—has reached out to ask who was driving the Tesla with Celeste’s body inside?
Steve Fiser:
That’s correct. Nobody has.
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I wonder though. With the additional information about the Tesla's movements. If the real answer is both simple and dumb.
She has been in the car the whole time. The body, well wrapped in plastic in a tight fitting compartment, on a road with no pavements. It just didn't smell bad enough to attract concern from the few people who walked close enough. (It wasn't mentioned in any reports/complaints before it reached the impound yard)
The car has been parked in the surrounding roads the whole time. It got moved, very occasionally but basically sat since he got the red one.
The car needed to get moved so the tour bus could pull up. So it got repositioned that day. Then they hopped on their bus and went on tour. They didn't think it would be a problem because it had been left for a month(s) previously without getting a ticket or attracting attention.
So what changed?
The car got dirty.
When it was dented but clean, far fewer people noticed it or that it wasn't being driven. Once it got really dirty, It started to look like an abandoned eyesore. It's a wealthy neighborhood. The neighbours noticed when a dirty af, dented Tesla appeared on their street on the 29th Then it was very obviously not touched again for a month. Finally someone got pissed enough to call.
I don't even think the Tesla required some sinister off-road side quest to get that dirty. Look at all the other cars in the impound lot. They are dirty to varying degrees but in the exact same way. Apparently that's what happens when you leave an unmaintained car too long in that locality..
I wonder though. With the additional information about the Tesla's movements. If the real answer is both simple and dumb.
She has been in the car the whole time. The body, well wrapped in plastic in a tight fitting compartment, on a road with no pavements. It just didn't smell bad enough to attract concern from the few people who walked close enough. (It wasn't mentioned in any reports/complaints before it reached the impound yard)
The car has been parked in the surrounding roads the whole time. It got moved, very occasionally but basically sat since he got the red one.
The car needed to get moved so the tour bus could pull up. So it got repositioned that day. Then they hopped on their bus and went on tour. They didn't think it would be a problem because it had been left for a month(s) previously without getting a ticket or attracting attention.
So what changed?
The car got dirty.
When it was dented but clean, far fewer people noticed it or that it wasn't being driven. Once it got really dirty, It started to look like an abandoned eyesore. It's a wealthy neighborhood. The neighbours noticed when a dirty af, dented Tesla appeared on their street on the 29th Then it was very obviously not touched again for a month. Finally someone got pissed enough to call.
I don't even think the Tesla required some sinister off-road side quest to get that dirty. Look at all the other cars in the impound lot. They are dirty to varying degrees but in the exact same way. Apparently that's what happens when you leave an unmaintained car too long in that locality..
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Only required to have gone to Texas where the driveway to the property is dirt.
Also likely he will say any "farm equipment" was for mummy no doubt.
Could this be it parked there on Jan 31? Looks like white/cream interior in that black car?
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I think this is pretty darn close to what happened to the body disposal incident. Time to leave for the tour, so just move the car, and let's go.
The real question now is HOW did she die ?
There are several viable scenarios, imo.
----D4 finally snapped and carried out his fantasy murder, just like the ones he portrayed in music videos and onstage ?
----D4 got into an argument with her and they scuffled, altercation ensued, and she was killed, maybe unintentional?
----One of D4's friends , like maybe Neo, got into an argument with CR, maybe a jealousy, etc, and she was killed?
----CR Overdosed, was found in the rental, the hidden? Or a very small chance that she killed herself after being mistreated or emotionally abused by D4?
----Someone tries to frame D4 by killing CR and planting her? { I used to wonder about that, but the fact the car was dumped while D4 was still home and then he left immediately after changes my mind}
Any other scenarios come to mind?
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I could think of a few, but it seems pretty likely D4vd/his crew moved the car on the 29th knowing her body was in there. Which makes other possibilities pretty unlikely.
I think it's death by D4vd, overdose/ misadventure or suicide. I'd put money on D4vd killing her. Though whether the evidence is there for murder remains to be seen. If somebody else in his circle did it (without being told to.) I don't see D4vd stashing her body and being cool with them. Even if she was becoming a problem, he seems a posessive MF. Nobody be killing his girl but him.
The bigger question is: she potentially died long before they went on tour on the 29th July. If so, then 'they' had plenty of time to be rid of her, or at least had better places to hide her.
So why didn't they? Dealing with a dead/ decomposing body (and facing what you did to a little girl) is certainly something people will avoid. Particularly after the urgency fades and nobody comes looking for her.
But in cases where people 'keep' a body, they usually hide it somewhere they can feel secure it won't be found. Which usually means distance and access. D4vd (hypothetically) had the resources to put her body or even the whole car somewhere he had far more control over.
Yet he didn't. Possibly for months.
On a psychological level, I don't understand it. If the frunk wasn't a last minute/ last resort /temporary solution. Then how does leaving her in (hypothetically) your car parked on the street outside your house feel like a safe long-term option?
MOO
I think it's death by D4vd, overdose/ misadventure or suicide. I'd put money on D4vd killing her. Though whether the evidence is there for murder remains to be seen. If somebody else in his circle did it (without being told to.) I don't see D4vd stashing her body and being cool with them. Even if she was becoming a problem, he seems a posessive MF. Nobody be killing his girl but him.
The bigger question is: she potentially died long before they went on tour on the 29th July. If so, then 'they' had plenty of time to be rid of her, or at least had better places to hide her.
So why didn't they? Dealing with a dead/ decomposing body (and facing what you did to a little girl) is certainly something people will avoid. Particularly after the urgency fades and nobody comes looking for her.
But in cases where people 'keep' a body, they usually hide it somewhere they can feel secure it won't be found. Which usually means distance and access. D4vd (hypothetically) had the resources to put her body or even the whole car somewhere he had far more control over.
Yet he didn't. Possibly for months.
On a psychological level, I don't understand it. If the frunk wasn't a last minute/ last resort /temporary solution. Then how does leaving her in (hypothetically) your car parked on the street outside your house feel like a safe long-term option?
MOO
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Yeah, this is what I’ll never understand. If we trust what the PI says and put her time of death around Jan / Feb this year, that is an insane amount of time to hold onto a body. How does someone deal with the anxiety of that? Even a psychopath would be pretty antsy. You’d think that if the killer had a plan to dispose of her body long-term, he’d have timed it better. It all feels so rushed to me - when I first read up on the case I assumed she must have died like 1 day before and they said “I could think of a few, but it seems pretty likely D4vd/his crew moved the car on the 29th knowing her body was in there. Which makes other possibilities pretty unlikely.
I think it's death by D4vd, overdose/ misadventure or suicide. I'd put money on D4vd killing her. Though whether the evidence is there for murder remains to be seen. If somebody else in his circle did it (without being told to.) I don't see D4vd stashing her body and being cool with them. Even if she was becoming a problem, he seems a posessive MF. Nobody be killing his girl but him.
The bigger question is: she potentially died long before they went on tour on the 29th July. If so, then 'they' had plenty of time to be rid of her, or at least had better places to hide her.
So why didn't they? Dealing with a dead/ decomposing body (and facing what you did to a little girl) is certainly something people will avoid. Particularly after the urgency fades and nobody comes looking for her.
But in cases where people 'keep' a body, they usually hide it somewhere they can feel secure it won't be found. Which usually means distance and access. D4vd (hypothetically) had the resources to put her body or even the whole car somewhere he had far more control over.
Yet he didn't. Possibly for months.
On a psychological level, I don't understand it. If the frunk wasn't a last minute/ last resort /temporary solution. Then how does leaving her in (hypothetically) your car parked on the street outside your house feel like a safe long-term option?
just put her in the trunk” & ran off. I cannot fathom what they were thinking. MOO
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Pure speculation -- if someone was told to "take care of it," and that unknown person loaded her into the car and then came back after some interval claiming it was done, anyone else who knew might have avoided the car after that, even believing the body was gone. Superstition, "the ick," simply not wanting to be in a car that a body had been in. JMO
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Yes, that timeline is confusing.Yeah, this is what I’ll never understand. If we trust what the PI says and put her time of death around Jan / Feb this year, that is an insane amount of time to hold onto a body. How does someone deal with the anxiety of that? Even a psychopath would be pretty antsy. You’d think that if the killer had a plan to dispose of her body long-term, he’d have timed it better. It all feels so rushed to me - when I first read up on the case I assumed she must have died like 1 day before and they said “
I am not yet convinced that she died in Jan or Feb. I think the relationship may have 'died' then---they broke up, had a falling out----and that might account for the weird circumstances---lack of sightings, lack of communication between them, etc.
He may have made it clear that he couldn't be seen with her, he may have paid her off---given her some cash so she could take care of herself, etc?
But maybe some months later, in the summer, she was still coming around or reaching out to him, and was becoming problematic?
Or maybe he was continuing to see her in secret after Jan/Feb, but she didn't like it that way. And she began rebelling against that situation in June or July?
IDK. I do understand what the PI was saying about Jan/Feb, and the lack sightings and lack of communications on social media, etc. But I can't explain how they would have placed her in his car, in his neighbourhood, 6 months after her death. ThAT makes no sense to me. It is hard to explain how that could have happened.
MANY a dead ex girlfriend has been buried in the desert or the Angeles Forest---both are just an hour or two away.
Exactly this.
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Even if they broke up, she was still a 13/14 year old girl (depending on when the relationship ended). In those intervening months, someone was housing her and feeding her and giving her spending money, probably driving her around. It’s not like she could just go get her own apartment and buy her own food. She was still a child. So there was someone providing her with all these things. If it wasn’t D4vd (and it might well have been, even if they weren’t together or the relationship was very hush hush), who was it? JMO
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That's a very interesting question.
Was it someone that D4 asked to help her, watch over her?
Or did he just give her a wad of cash and leave her to figure it out?
I'd think she'd go back home if she was all on her own though. It makes me think she had help in LA somewhere. Like one of the friends she made through D4 was now helping with renting her a room in a house, driving her around, etc.?
It is surprising that she was ,apparently , not communicating with her friends her family through those months.
Was that because she was upset because of the break up? She didn't want to talk about any of that with family and friends, to avoid humiliation, or " I told you so' etc?
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Am I reading that right that SF is stating that it’s his opinion that this was an overdose death?
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