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

[dotr]

Singer D4vd Performs After Dead Body Found In His Tesla

The show goes on for D4vd ... the singer just took the stage for a scheduled concert in Minnesota, one day after cops found a dismembered body in the trunk of his Tesla in Hollywood.

www.tmz.com

''It's unclear if D4vd gave the car to someone to use or if it may have been stolen. We've been told he is cooperating with the police investigation.

D4vd also has shows coming up in Missouri, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Washington and California before going overseas for concerts in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Poland and Australia.''

 

[IQuestion]

Since this is the 2nd time a body has been found in a vehicle towed to an impound yard....
gotta find yourself asking, "Is there a connection, unrelated to the owner of the vehicles and more a question of who had access to the vehicles?"
Vehicles towed in LA have to be reported within hours to the police department in case the owner calls the police and asked where their vehicles is being kept and who they have to pay to retrieve it, right? Other than the "registered owner" being a celebrity, would any of this be making national news?
Someone once stole the license plate from my vehicle when I was out of town and I called the police dept. Heck, they already knew the exact date it was stolen. That said, I think LAPD already has a lots of information on the vehicle , finger prints, seat adjustment, GPS info but not the identity of the victim which takes longer.
Life is precious....RIP young lady.
PS. I apologize in advance if I have offended anyone and for those of you I have not offended...give it some time, it may still happen! So DOD is sometime 2nd week of August 2025?

 

[friendlysleuther]

I imagine there are many people/crew associated with show productions.... a fronting crew that doesn't ride on the tour bus scoping out the area, hotels, restaurants, tv/radio interviews etc. With that thought, it would be possible to also have someone drive another vehicle to make it easier to
get around town. It would be so difficult to try and find a parking spot at a restaurant with a huge
touring vehicle.....and a separate vehicle for personal/business/employee use makes sense.
The Greek Theatre is only 3.9 miles from the Hollywood Hills area. Many people in entertainment live in the area (I won't mention current residents) from Michael Jackson to Bing Crosby.

The question, too, is— Was he on a tour bus? Or, just flying state to state?

 

[friendlysleuther]

Since this is the 2nd time a body has been found in a vehicle towed to an impound yard....
gotta find yourself asking, "Is there a connection, unrelated to the owner of the vehicles and more a question of who had access to the vehicles?"
Vehicles towed in LA have to be reported within hours to the police department in case the owner calls the police and asked where their vehicles is being kept and who they have to pay to retrieve it, right? Other than the "registered owner" being a celebrity, would any of this be making national news?
Someone once stole the license plate from my vehicle when I was out of town and I called the police dept. Heck, they already knew the exact date it was stolen. That said, I think LAPD already has a lots of information on the vehicle , finger prints, seat adjustment, GPS info but not the identity of the victim which takes longer.
Life is precious....RIP young lady.
PS. I apologize in advance if I have offended anyone and for those of you I have not offended...give it some time, it may still happen! So DOD is sometime 2nd week of August 2025?

They said that the victim had been in the vehicle for a good amount of time

AND that the vehicle was abandoned in Hollywood Hills for at least a month, prior to being towed

So, I would say beginning of August or late July

JMO, & sources have already been posted

 

[dotr]

Sep 10, 2025
The singer who had a body turn up in the trunk of a Tesla registered to him on Monday in Hollywood, California performed in Kansas City on Wednesday.

Rotting body found in U.S. rapper's impounded Tesla in Hollywood

The vehicle is registered in Texas, to David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, ABC7 news channel reported.

torontosun.com

''The tow yard where the gruesome discovery was made sits just a stone’s throw from Elon Musk’s new Tesla Diner, which opened to great fanfare in Hollywood in July.''

 

[friendlysleuther]

The fact he never reported his car stolen…

 

[tlcya]

The fact he never reported his car stolen…

we don't know how many residence this person has or how many vehicles, or where any of his vehicles might be kept, or who has access to all of those things. Do we know he knew the car was even missing? Musicians on tour don't typically return to the their homes between concert dates. They are living on tour buses or in hotel rooms for months on end. JMO

 

[friendlysleuther]

we don't know how many residence this person has or how many vehicles, or where any of his vehicles might be kept, or who has access to all of those things. Do we know he knew the car was even missing? Musicians on tour don't typically return to the their homes between concert dates. They are living on tour buses or in hotel rooms for months on end. JMO

Ehh. Idk. He only had 2 million followers on Instagram. 95.6K followers on X (twitter).

When I googled his net worth, no reliable sources could give an answer. Numbers estimated from 1-2 million.

Tbh, I know many business owners & investors in my hometown with a net worth higher than that..

I understand he’s on tour but, IMO, he’s not like Jelly Roll or any other high-performance / high-level performers. He had a handful of hits but I don’t think he’s **that** famous.

Even Taylor Swift would go home during her tour. She wasn’t out of town every day.

Plus, the timeline implies that this person had likely been in the vehicle before he went on tour.

 

[tlcya]

Ehh. Idk. He only had 2 million followers on Instagram. 95.6K followers on X (twitter).

When I googled his net worth, no reliable sources could give an answer. Numbers estimated from 1-2 million.

Tbh, I know many business owners & investors in my hometown with a net worth higher than that..

I understand he’s on tour but, IMO, he’s not like Jelly Roll or any other high-performance / high-level performers. He had a handful of hits but I don’t think he’s **that** famous.

Even Taylor Swift would go home during her tour. She wasn’t out of town every day.

Plus, the timeline implies that this person had likely been in the vehicle before he went on tour.

That is sort of my point tho. Big dollar rich celebs have and fly on private planes, ala TSwift, and can easily fly home between engagements if they choose. Lesser known celebrities tend to be stuck on stinky tour buses and second rate hotels for the duration of the tour.

The music industry is cut throat and full of labels and managers out to screw the young artists (MOO). Many artists sign with a label and run around buying or leasing McMansions and vehicles with their signing bonuses. They are blissfully unaware at first that their labels and management are charging their future earnings for the marketing they are doing on behalf of the artist, for managing their money and their lifestyles. It's about appearing rich when you aren't yet for many young artists. It's almost as if they work and owe everything they have to the company store (label) who doles out the accouterments of fame but has their artists on a short and tight leash financially.

JMO but I am betting Mr. D4vid has all the flash but no cash. And I am sure he has hangers on aplenty who are simply there for the party of it all since they are not the ones paying the tabs. And I am reasonably confident given all of that, that he is not returning home between his tour date engagements. Too expensive, financially and time wise.

all just MOO

 

[friendlysleuther]

That is sort of my point tho. Big dollar rich celebs have and fly on private planes, ala TSwift, and can easily fly home between engagements if they choose. Lesser known celebrities tend to be stuck on stinky tour buses and second rate hotels for the duration of the tour.

Idk IMO it would just be more expensive for a tour bus. Especially with how spread out each concert is. Maybe not

But, still, IMO - This person passed away prior to him going on tour.

<RSBM>.

JMO but I am betting Mr. D4vid has all the flash but no cash.

Oh, I agree— Which, makes me think.. How can you not keep up with your Teslas (that are connected to your phone) when this is the case?

And I am sure he has hangers on aplenty who are simply there for the party of it all since they are not the ones paying the tabs. And I am reasonably confident given all of that, that he is not returning home between his tour date engagements. Too expensive, financially and time wise.

all just MOO

again, I believe that the person passed away before the tour started..

Also, he could of gotten unlimited flight passes or even just normal plane tickets wouldn’t cost that much

 

[Curiousobserver]

Ehh. Idk. He only had 2 million followers on Instagram. 95.6K followers on X (twitter).

When I googled his net worth, no reliable sources could give an answer. Numbers estimated from 1-2 million.

Tbh, I know many business owners & investors in my hometown with a net worth higher than that..

I understand he’s on tour but, IMO, he’s not like Jelly Roll or any other high-performance / high-level performers. He had a handful of hits but I don’t think he’s **that** famous.

Even Taylor Swift would go home during her tour. She wasn’t out of town every day.

Plus, the timeline implies that this person had likely been in the vehicle before he went on tour.

I agree with you- at this point we don't have enough information to exclude this man as a suspect. It is entirely possible that he is responsible.

 

[AppleTreeGreen]

I wonder if it is the case that the car is registered under his name and he covers insurance and other expenses but the vehicle is mainly driven by a parent, sibling or other relative as a gift? Perhaps the car and corresponding app is usually under their care and control, thus D4vid wouldn’t be regularly monitoring its whereabouts at all, but they lent the vehicle to someone who then committed the awful murder of the poor woman discovered in the trunk?

Or perhaps he lent the Tesla out to a friend or family member for the time period he would be on tour since the record company will take care of all transportation needs and thus he wouldn’t need or bring his own vehicle? Under this hypothetical of him lending the car out while on tour he may also would be less likely to monitor its whereabouts virtually or report it stolen or missing after it is left in CA. Perhaps then the person borrowing the car committed this terrible crime?

Considering his tight tour dates and the Tesla having been abandoned sometime around the 3rd, if D4vid did murder this poor woman then IMO he would need the help of a co-conspirator to transport his vehicle with the body in it all the way from the Toronto, Detroit and Ohio area to LA while he continues to perform on stage and travels from one city to the other in a different area of the country.

JMO/JMT/just my own speculation

 

[friendlysleuther]

I agree with you- at this point we don't have enough information to exclude this man as a suspect. It is entirely possible that he is responsible

Right, and it very well also may not be him—

But, there a few red flags as well

 

[friendlysleuther]

<RSBM>
Considering his tight tour dates and the Tesla having been abandoned sometime around the 3rd, <RSBM>

3rd of September would of been approx time of when the vehicle came to the tow yard,

However,

“As homicide detectives are trying to identify the woman, neighbors say Tesla was abandoned more than a month ago”​

 

[dotr]

Wondering if by coincidence, Jane Doe will end up looking similar to the actress in his ' Romantic Homicide' video,? speculation.

 

[tlcya]

Do we know where D4vid keeps his primary residence? Has anyone checked on missing women from that area? Also I know almost nothing about Tesla as a motor vehicle brand except that I find them clunky/ugly appearing. Does it track the vehicles whereabouts, etc.

ETA just went back to read the post on page 1 that details some of what these cars can do and if those things are standard, I can't imagine the authorities will have too hard a time at least tracking the vehicle and who was using it prior to it being abandoned. They may have a harder time identifying the victim

 

[tlcya]

3rd of September would of been approx time of when the vehicle came to the tow yard,

However,

“As homicide detectives are trying to identify the woman, neighbors say Tesla was abandoned more than a month ago”​

wow that is quite a difference from initial reports that it had only been abandoned approx 5 days before it was found and towed.

 

[friendlysleuther]

Do we know where D4vid keeps his primary residence? Has anyone checked on missing women from that area? Also I know almost nothing about Tesla as a motor vehicle brand except that I find them clunky/ugly appearing. Does it track the vehicles whereabouts, etc.

Im not sure. I wouldn't think Hollywood would be far-reaching, but he also may live in Texas.

 

[PatLaurel]

Do we know where D4vid keeps his primary residence? Has anyone checked on missing women from that area?

I saw somewhere he lives in Cypress, Texas but is originally from New York.

Last time I checked, there were no missing women in Texas matching the UP.

MOO JMO

 

[tlcya]

I saw somewhere he lives in Cypress, Texas but is originally from New York.

Last time I checked, there were no missing women in Texas matching the UP.

MOO JMO

thanks, I know his family moved from NYC to the Houston area when he was 13, but couldn't find anything about where he currently hangs his hat.

ETA I really hope this woman can be identified. Very sad that someone can just disappear and create not a ripple around her to note her absence.