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

[mickey2942]

I wonder if there is any evidence she had been pregnant?

 

[flowershop]

Thanks for the link, @Knox .

From the link :
Neighbors said the Tesla had been moved several times over the past three months before it was found on Bluebird Avenue, where it was ultimately located.
Rbm.

So this gives us a partial length of time, in which Celeste was deceased ?
Eta :
More from the link :
"When I taught her, she met this dude on social media. He was a rapper in LA," he said in the video, referring to Rivas and D4vd. "He came and got her. She ran away from home.
She was gone for, like, a month.
The cops found her in Hollywood, brought her back to our school."

After Rivas allegedly told her classmates the story, she disappeared again in May 2024, he said.
Following this second disappearance, the teacher said his students told him the artist, presumably D4vd, was being blackmailed.
Rbm.
So, with the first time running away to be with David and the second time --wouldn't someone have gone to David's house or rental and looked for her ?
Or did that happen (searched) and they just couldn't find her ?
Omo.

Thanks for transcribing what the teacher said. I did not originally catch the part about blackmail. Who would have had the motive to blackmail d4vd..

 

[Chimera]

Celeste Rivas: Video from former teacher could be 'smoking gun' in case

Caught on video by one of his students, the former teacher at Lakeland Village School reveals to the kids what he knows about Celeste Rivas and D4vd's alleged relationship.

www.foxla.com

"....TMZ' Charles Latibeaudiere told FOX 11 they got a tip last week and reached out to Rivas' mom, who told them that all she knew was that Celeste was dating someone named "David", although she'd never seen the boy...."
Rbm.
Still, Celeste was too young to be going out on dates with a man (18 yrs. old is a young man, not a 'boy'.) the mom has never seen ?

Although to give David the benefit of the doubt, maybe they were just friends and played video games, baked cookies and ate popcorn , etc. together ?
But if that was the case, she was gone with him for a month the first time and the next for a year.

He would've known she was absent from her school, though !
I don't think David was unintelligent.

Even if she told him she was 15 or 16 --didn't he wonder why she wasn't in school and if her family was looking for her ?
Of course he would have.
Which is why I think he's got a lot of 'splainin' to do.

If David is innocent, there are going to be doubts about what she was doing with him during that time.
Omo.

 

[Chimera]

Thanks for transcribing what the teacher said. I did not originally catch the part about blackmail. Who would have had the motive to blackmail d4vd..

Bbm.
Yes, that is certainly a possibility !
Someone jealous of his success ?

Or if David did do something ......
Since LE were able to obtain a search warrant they will be able to look at all of his electronics and view the messages shared between Celeste and David and how far back the relationship went or friendship if that's all it was.
Imo.

 

[acutename]

Celeste Rivas: Video from former teacher could be 'smoking gun' in case

Caught on video by one of his students, the former teacher at Lakeland Village School reveals to the kids what he knows about Celeste Rivas and D4vd's alleged relationship.

www.foxla.com

"....TMZ' Charles Latibeaudiere told FOX 11 they got a tip last week and reached out to Rivas' mom, who told them that all she knew was that Celeste was dating someone named "David", although she'd never seen the boy...."
Rbm.
Still, Celeste was too young to be going out on dates with a man (18 yrs. old is a young man, not a 'boy'.) the mom has never seen ?

Although to give David the benefit of the doubt, maybe they were just friends and played video games, baked cookies and ate popcorn , etc. together ?
But if that was the case, she was gone with him for a month the first time and the next for a year.

He would've known she was absent from her school, though !
I don't think David was unintelligent.

Even if she told him she was 15 or 16 --didn't he wonder why she wasn't in school and if her family was looking for her ?
Of course he would have.
Which is why I think he's got a lot of 'splainin' to do.

If David is innocent, there are going to be doubts about what she was doing with him during that time.
Omo.

He was home schooled so no her not being at school would not resonate with him but more and more he seems like a person who lives in his own head IMO. If she had her own reasons to want to run away, she might have liked leaving home...but she was so young; once she was with him, she has no $; she cannot drive; who was paying for her phone? Him?

 

[LadyL]

Did she have a thread here? Looks very familiar

maybe in the past when she was missing/a runaway
I thought the same

 

[LadyL]

Wow! "Romantic Homicide". Recorded over a year ago..

wait is that Celeste at 2:38 in the video??

 

[Coppertop15]

At what point do we say after so many "coincidences" that it is now circumstantial evidence...
MOO.

Also I am begging and pleading with people to stop giving their children unrestricted access to the internet at home. Flip phones for emergencies, no smartphones until they are 16+. No computers in their rooms. School laptops are to be kept in common areas at all times. I'm a millennial so I know how much we love our internet and video games but PLEASE.

I *try*. But people love the electronic baby sitter, so they can go shut themselves in their rooms with their electronics. Happy families!

 

[ChiefJustice]

Celeste was 12 in 2024.
She was 13 when found deceased.
There is a possibility that she'd told David she was older, we don't know.
No blame to her as I think she was groomed and maybe didn't want to lose that connection she thought she had with David ?
And that may be the cause of confusion for msm because some sources are still reporting her as 15 when found.

She would have turned 15 on 7th September. She was born 7/9/10 so was 14 when she was found deceased and 13-14 in 2024.

 

[friendlysleuther]

I don't think he is the one who killed her.

<RSBM>

To do the math...

Celeste was found in the frunk of the Tesla on September 8th, 2025.
At that time, the car had already been in the lot for approx. 5 days. --> September 3rd, 2025.
Prior to September 3rd, the car had been sitting abandoned for more than 1 month before being towed...--> August 3, 2025.

D4VDs tour started on August 5, 2025 in Del Mar, CA.

Plus, with how decomposed her body was.. I think it's a very high likelihood she had already been dead for some time before the Tesla had been abandoned. They couldn't even tell her age or ethnicity..

imo...

 

[doublestop]

I wonder if the killer might have been a female jealous of her relationship with David? (I don't think so myself, but it's an idea I haven't seen discussed.)

 

[friendlysleuther]

I wonder if the killer might have been a female jealous of her relationship with David? (I don't think so myself, but it's an idea I haven't seen discussed.)

Doesn't explain why he didn't tell the cops or Medical Examiner that the person found chopped up in the frunk of his Tesla, resembled Celeste. (If mom knew about the "Shhh" tattoo, he surely did as well.)

 

[friendlysleuther]

She would have turned 15 on 7th September. She was born 7/9/10 so was 14 when she was found deceased and 13-14 in 2024.

She was found September 8th, 2025 which would be 1 day after (what should have been) her 15th birthday.
Sadly, we can say that due to how decomposed her body was; she never made it to 15 years old.
So, she would of been 14 whenever she died.

When she was reported missing / last seen on April 5, 2025; she was 13 years old.
In September of 2024, she would of turned 14 years old.
Then, she was found 1 day after what should have been her 15th birthday.

 

[PaulaDC]

Did David report Celeste missing?

 

[Chimera]

She would have turned 15 on 7th September. She was born 7/9/10 so was 14 when she was found deceased and 13-14 in 2024.

Yep. That is correct.
News articles originally seemed to place her at 13 when found deceased but there was a mix up which is understandable.
Still too young to be in a relationship with an older man.
Imo.

 

[Chimera]

Did David report Celeste missing?

No, her family did in 2024.
Omo.

 

[dotr]

Sep 21 2025 rbbm
''The 20-year-old musician is said to be fully cooperating with the investigation, which remains ongoing.

At the same time, Burke’s music has experienced a surge in popularity. His 2022 single "Romantic Homicide" re-entered the US Spotify Top 10 and climbed 102 places to number 42 on the Global Top 50. The track has now been streamed more than 1.7 billion times.

The heightened attention has coincided with cancellations across his live schedule. Performances in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Grammy Museum have been removed, with his US and European tours also cancelled. Interscope Records has also suspended the planned deluxe release of his debut album Withered: Marcescence.''

D4vd Quietly Removed From Spilt Milk Festival Lineup Amidst Police Investigation - Rolling Stone Australia

US artist dv4d has been quietly removed from the Spilt Milk 2025 lineup as an investigation into the body of a missing teenager found in a Tesla registered to the singer continues

au.rollingstone.com

''D4vd is still scheduled to perform sideshows during the Australian trip, with gigs confirmed in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Tickets for the headline shows are still on sale.''

 

[Absoluterubbish]

Agreed !
The reporting has been somewhat confusing for this case.
Celeste was 12 in 2024.
She was 13 when found deceased.
There is a possibility that she'd told David she was older, we don't know.
No blame to her as I think she was groomed and maybe didn't want to lose that connection she thought she had with David ?
And that may be the cause of confusion for msm because some sources are still reporting her as 15 when found.
Her mother reported her missing in 2024, according to sources I've linked.

D4vd Removes Bloody Shirt Merch From Website Amid Death Investigation

D4vd has removed the bloody shirt merchandise from his website as police continue to investigate the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose butchered corpse was discovered in a Tesla registered in his name this month.

www.tmz.com

Celeste was mature for her age and depending how tall she was, she may have convinced David she was older ?

Here is a photo of her from the above link :

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The Riverside County Sheriff told TMZ the teen was reported missing on April 4, 2024 ... and she was found dead in the vehicle in a Hollywood tow yard on Sept. 8 this year -- one day after her birthday.

They reported her missing when she didn't return after leaving with David to go see a movie.
She was with David with her families' consent, it appears from the interview the reporter had with her brother; they reported her as missing when she didn't return.

We all want to believe the best about David, but it doesn't sit well with me that she was found in his car.
It may have been someone else who ended her life, but she was with David when last seen.
Imo.

She was 13 when she was
Reported missing and would have turned 15 the day after her body was found according to everything I’ve read. Her birthday is Sept 7?

 

[aurycore]

why didnt her family question their daughters disappearance? and why on earth were they letting her hang out with a twenty year old at her age?

 

[Pharmasgirl]

Doesn't explain why he didn't tell the cops or Medical Examiner that the person found chopped up in the frunk of his Tesla, resembled Celeste. (If mom knew about the "Shhh" tattoo, he surely did as well.)

We don’t really know WHAT he told the PD or ME…do we?