CA- Body (IDd as Celeste Rivas Hernandez) found in vehicle at Hollywood tow yard, abandoned Tesla registered to singer D4vd – 8 September 2025

[Inthedetails]

No mention of the fact she was a habitual runaway who played truant and fought with her parents because she was (imo) getting groomed from as young as 10 years old by a predatory older man who used celebrity and money to keep picking her up and encouraging her to her run away from home to stay with him.

There's no evidence she ran away or acted out for any other reason than him.

I agree.

Jeffrey Epstein also targeted young girls who had difficult home lives. He knew who to target and who he could get away with exploiting.

The vulnerable girls are prey for the older, rich men in both those cases (and others).

And the perps know people are easily tempted to tsk-tsk about the victims' lives. "The girls should be lucky they had a chance to get out of their bad lives." As if a young teen is lucky to be lured by men who plan to do her harm.

jmopinion

 

[tlcya]

I am coming into this case as a newbie. It's an interesting case and I am still learning about the tragic case of Celeste being found in a Tesla, so bear with me, please.

I was reading this DM article, and I know most say, it's the DM, so take it with a grain of salt, and I agree.

However, is there any truth to the information about Celeste having a challenging home life. I know teens normally struggle with their parents, as do parents struggle with their teen, but to the point of police being called to the home numerous times? Just asking if anyone knows and for any info.

I also feel that the Tesla itself provides a lot of info, anything revealing yet?

TIA



This comes after news she had a very challenging home life. It has already been reported that the Celeste Rivas had trouble with her family at home prior to being found dismembered.

But on Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

The time frame was February 2024 to April 2025. The visits to the home were due to 'minor crimes and suspicious activity.'

Things were so bad at her home that one day cops were called a total of three times; the date for that triple stop was March 19, 2024. Rivas was reported missing just weeks later on April 5, 2024.

D4vd's manager breaks his silence on the teenager found dead in trunk

On Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Oct. 1

I think she did have a challenging home life. I don't think the press focusing on it is indicative that DAB's PR machine is maligning CR to pull focus from their client. I think it is that it is what sells content and that is the priority of news orgs.

If anything, information about CR's possibly challenging home life only serves to highlight exactly what may have made her so vulnerable to predatory manipulations of an older teen (then) who had achieved some level of fame and had disposable income to throw at her and her friends.

JMO there are no perfect victims because humans are, by their very nature, flawed. We don't need CR to be perfect in order to know she was victimized by an adult male.

 

[Inthedetails]

I agree.

Jeffrey Epstein also targeted young girls who had difficult home lives. He knew who to target and who he could get away with exploiting.

The vulnerable girls are prey for the older, rich men in both those cases (and others).

And the perps know people are easily tempted to tsk-tsk about the victims' lives. "The girls should be lucky they had a chance to get out of their bad lives." As if a young teen is lucky to be lured by men who plan to do her harm.

jmopinion

Replying to myself to also say I don't know how Celeste ended up in the car or who is responsible for her death and concealment.
jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

I think it is that it is what sells content and that is the priority of news orgs.

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Bingo. It feels like she was used and exploited in life and is continuing being used and exploited in death by the media/social media/public.

jmo

 

[RandyMcDonald]

Since this is now mainstream. It is important to realize these are the words of a "private investigator" not the attorney for D4vd, his parents or his management team. But, I find it strange a PI would already be suggesting "bad decision" defense, in my opinion.
Oh how things have changed...three weeks ago no one associated with that property even had an ounce of grief or curiosity as to her identity. The show must go on, right?
And it was revealed quite a while back that his atty was BB.

PI Says Teen Tragedy Was “Bad Decision” as D4vd Hires Blair Berk

D4vd hires star defense attorney Blair Berk as experts suggest the Celeste Rivas case may shift from homicide to concealment.

lamag.com

I think that is actually the least bad possibility for D4vd, as I have said. If he had a prior relationship with her and she was found in his car, what less damning outcome might be possible?

Note that "least bad" does not mean "good".

 

[HinterlandObserver]

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Bingo. It feels like she was used and exploited in life and is continuing being used and exploited in death by the media/social media/public.

jmo

And him, this is all a media ploy.

He used her for content in life and he's used her as content in death. Never not making money off her.

IMOO

 

[rsteen]

YES and thank you.
This particular PI has an interesting background in Hollywood and has inserted himself (cough) into many cases.... IMO for his own level of clout.

I find it VERY sus that this young woman has now been depicted by almost EVERY news channel (I'm ignoring Youtubers) as a 13 yr old who was a

- habitual runaway who left home often
- from a broken home
- with parents who fought often who treated her poorly
- truant from school
- foul mouthed teen who argued with neighbors
- teen who spoke with "racist" (I disagree here) language
- teen who possibly alluded to being involved with MS ? (She mentioned being from El Salvador and not Mexico so I think Banfield ran with Sureños vs other gang connection OMFG).

..... as if ANY OF THIS would even matter when it comes to a deceased body in a car of a powerful and wealthy older adult!!!! (Excuse: they "met" online when he was 17 and she was 12-13 so they were friends!?!?)

All I know is thet if she were a straight A student from Newport Beach, the narrative would be SO very different and this makes me very angry.

Yes, she was a vulnerable CHILD. It's reminding me of many Jane Doe cases from the 1970s or 1980s which have recently been identified and it turns out the family tried to report them missing but the police didn't do anything because they were known to be runaways or hitchhikers, even if they were minors at the time.

 

[HinterlandObserver]

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It turns out the swatting incident at mummy's house was the day after DABs hose was raided in LA.
So the purchase of the gun was reactionary.

Incidentally the call to the police to get the swat team to come originated from the property.

Interesting. IMOO

could that be added to the timeline?

 

[Bahshudc]

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It turns out the swatting incident at mummy's house was the day after DABs hose was raided in LA.
So the purchase of the gun was reactionary.

Incidentally the call to the police to get the swat team to come originated from the property.

Interesting. IMOO

could that be added to the timeline?

It originated from the property? How bizarre…

 

[tlcya]

the number was not one the parents recognized, had an out of state area code, but LEO says that number pinged from their address. So the Burkes had LEO check their property just to be sure nobody was lurking or wishing them harm. Very odd. How did swatter get the phone to ping as if it was at their home if swatter wasn't?

 

[HinterlandObserver]

It originated from the property? How bizarre…

By the seems.
It even looks like 50 show her the phone number that called it in: "that's not a Texas number" "that's an out of state number" so how can a not Texas number call from a Texas property?

Do cell phones have area codes in the US?

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[PatLaurel]

It originated from the property? How bizarre…

the number was not one the parents recognized, had an out of state area code, but LEO says that number pinged from their address. So the Burkes had LEO check their property just to be sure nobody was lurking or wishing them harm. Very odd. How did swatter get the phone to ping as if it was at their home if swatter wasn't?

By the seems.
It even looks like 50 show her the phone number that called it in: "that's not a Texas number" "that's an out of state number" so how can a not Texas number call from a Texas property?

Do cell phones have area codes in the US?

A VoIP would simulate a different location.

 

[303gmf]

By the seems.
It even looks like 50 show her the phone number that called it in: "that's not a Texas number" "that's an out of state number" so how can a not Texas number call from a Texas property?

Do cell phones have area codes in the US?

Yes but you can move keeping the same number and area code thousands of miles away or have a burner phone

 

[flowershop]

Since this is now mainstream. It is important to realize these are the words of a "private investigator" not the attorney for D4vd, his parents or his management team. But, I find it strange a PI would already be suggesting "bad decision" defense, in my opinion.
Oh how things have changed...three weeks ago no one associated with that property even had an ounce of grief or curiosity as to her identity. The show must go on, right?
And it was revealed quite a while back that his atty was BB.

PI Says Teen Tragedy Was “Bad Decision” as D4vd Hires Blair Berk

D4vd hires star defense attorney Blair Berk as experts suggest the Celeste Rivas case may shift from homicide to concealment.

lamag.com

I usually like hearing from SF but yes, this is irritating. I know we all want justice for CR!

 

[CityKid]

I am coming into this case as a newbie. It's an interesting case and I am still learning about the tragic case of Celeste being found in a Tesla, so bear with me, please.

I was reading this DM article, and I know most say, it's the DM, so take it with a grain of salt, and I agree.

However, is there any truth to the information about Celeste having a challenging home life. I know teens normally struggle with their parents, as do parents struggle with their teen, but to the point of police being called to the home numerous times? Just asking if anyone knows and for any info.

I also feel that the Tesla itself provides a lot of info, anything revealing yet?

TIA



This comes after news she had a very challenging home life. It has already been reported that the Celeste Rivas had trouble with her family at home prior to being found dismembered.

But on Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

The time frame was February 2024 to April 2025. The visits to the home were due to 'minor crimes and suspicious activity.'

Things were so bad at her home that one day cops were called a total of three times; the date for that triple stop was March 19, 2024. Rivas was reported missing just weeks later on April 5, 2024.

D4vd's manager breaks his silence on the teenager found dead in trunk

On Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Oct. 1

MOO but I'd like to find out who was making the calls, and whether they were all from inside the house. I don't know what "minor crimes" would be in this context, and I can only speculate as to what the "suspicious activity" could have been. I don't recall seeing a headcount of the residents of the house; has someone seen this reported?

 

[tlcya]

MOO but I'd like to find out who was making the calls, and whether they were all from inside the house. I don't know what "minor crimes" would be in this context, and I can only speculate as to what the "suspicious activity" could have been. I don't recall seeing a headcount of the residents of the house; has someone seen this reported?

per the body cam footage conversations with the Burkes and LEOs the parents were at home as were DAB's minor sister and brother, who reside there with their parents.

 

[BlaiseFinlay]

Agree.

In the leaked live where they are discussing epstein, and he says its "controversial" she exclaims "its contraversial raping kids?!" like shes surprised by his diplomacy.

This indicates two things to me:

First, shes aware that relationships between older men and minors is not simply controversial by that reaction and

Second, she doesnt identify as a "kid" to recognise that her relationship is categorised the same way.

Assuming this is Celeste (I recall some back and forth on that), I think it’s more so a reflection that she didn’t see David as much older or their relationship as non-consensual. Consider how often people will comment on a perpetrator’s appearance when they’re charged with a crime, particularly rape — those comments are overwhelming. She probably just thought of Epstein as a gross old man, and didn’t relate it to her situation at all.

 

[CityKid]

By the seems.
It even looks like 50 show her the phone number that called it in: "that's not a Texas number" "that's an out of state number" so how can a not Texas number call from a Texas property?

Do cell phones have area codes in the US?

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Yes, cellphones have area codes in the U.S. I'm in NYC and back when I got my phone in the '90s, we had the 917 area code used for cellphones overlaying all five boroughs, while landlines were 212 in Manhattan and 718 everywhere else in NYC. Now we have several other area codes, but at one time if someone said their number started with 212, you knew it was a landline in Manhattan. I don't know how it works in Texas, but it's possible you can still tell if a number is a cell or a landline by the area code, and the police may also use some sort of advanced caller ID to tell if the call is from a cell or a landline.

 

[CityKid]

per the body cam footage conversations with the Burkes and LEOs the parents were at home as were DAB's minor sister and brother, who reside there with their parents.

I'm sorry; I wasn't clear. I meant CR's home, when the cops were called 11 times in a year.

 

[flowershop]

This report from NewsNation's Ashleigh Banfield includes an interview with a neighbor of CR's family in Lake Elsinore, timeline discussion of her leaving (and returning) home, the 911 calls, and a confirmation that both of her parents are in the US legally.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/celeste-rivas-hernandez-would-take-off-and-come-back-neighbor-says-banfield/11129334