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

[marloweclover]

Total conjecture opinion based on nothing reported -- was it possible that some other, likely older woman in the circle was jealous enough to do this while he was out of town and not around to ask where she was?

 

[Chimera]

Even IF someone else harmed Celeste. (My .02 , is that David was massively worried she was going to 'talk' ? )
I think David's career may be done for.
Maybe a cautionary tale to other adults ?
Omo.

 

[JaxFlaGal]

Something that keep bugging me is that the missing persons poster/flier reported Celeste at 5'3" and 120 lbs. when she was last seen on 4/5/2004. Local news stated that the ME's report listed her at approximately 5'1" and around 71 lbs. I fully understand the height difference when they're examining dismembered or partial remains, but I'm a bit surprised by the estimated weight being such a significant difference. I don't want to think about what a 13-year-old girl might have gone through to have potentially lost so much body weight between April 2024 and potentially) August/September 2025.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/gender-of-human-remains-found-in-trunk-of-tesla-at-hollywood-tow-yard-confirmed/

 

[floridafreshsqueez]

Something that keep bugging me is that the missing persons poster/flier reported Celeste at 5'3" and 120 lbs. when she was last seen on 4/5/2004. Local news stated that the ME's report listed her at approximately 5'1" and around 71 lbs. I fully understand the height difference when they're examining dismembered or partial remains, but I'm a bit surprised by the estimated weight being such a significant difference. I don't want to think about what a 13-year-old girl might have gone through to have potentially lost so much body weight between April 2024 and potentially) August/September 2025.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/gender-of-human-remains-found-in-trunk-of-tesla-at-hollywood-tow-yard-confirmed/

Not all of her remains have been located at this point. The level of decomposition also plays a part.

 

[TalkToTofana]

From the LA Times today:

An Instagram account previously used by Celeste has since been reactivated by her relatives. The Times was unable to verify the validity of the account. In a series of posts, a user who appears to be her brother Matthew Rivas made several posts saying the family tried to find her before her death.

“We lost our girl,” the Instagram story said. “But we did everything flyers at her school, TikToks, Instagram, FaceBook, Police, family searching everywhere. Even our family in Mexico shared and prayed for her.”

Another post said, “My mom hasn’t spoken in a week... she feels she failed her daughter, but she didn’t. She did everything. Our home is quiet and broken.”

 

[The4TierBridge]

Something that keep bugging me is that the missing persons poster/flier reported Celeste at 5'3" and 120 lbs. when she was last seen on 4/5/2004. Local news stated that the ME's report listed her at approximately 5'1" and around 71 lbs. I fully understand the height difference when they're examining dismembered or partial remains, but I'm a bit surprised by the estimated weight being such a significant difference. I don't want to think about what a 13-year-old girl might have gone through to have potentially lost so much body weight between April 2024 and potentially) August/September 2025.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/gender-of-human-remains-found-in-trunk-of-tesla-at-hollywood-tow-yard-confirmed/

That wasn't a weight estimate. That is the exact measured weight of the recovered remains. This is how people are listed in the LA County unidentified case search.

Compare to this man who's burned body was found back on July 22 in Canyon Country. His exact measured weight was 118 pounds, while he is thought to have been between 120-150 pounds in life. https://me.lacounty.gov/unidentified-person-detail/?caseNumber=2025-11799

 

[JaxFlaGal]

That wasn't a weight estimate. That is the exact measured weight of the recovered remains. This is how people are listed in the LA County unidentified case search.

Compare to this man who's burned body was found back on July 22 in Canyon Country. His exact measured weight was 118 pounds, while he is thought to have been between 120-150 pounds in life. https://me.lacounty.gov/unidentified-person-detail/?caseNumber=2025-11799

That clarifies a lot, thank you!

 

[floridafreshsqueez]

I feel as if Celeste was placed in a freezer after death. When the time was right, (D2vd) is on tour, they or whomever, put her in the back of the vehicle.
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious. jmo

IA with you, if not a freezer, something else. What gets me about putting her in the vehicle is the fact that he had to know at some point she was going to be discovered. He may share some similarities with other killers that make their victims discoverable on purpose, although it’s not intended to be immediate.

I haven’t seen the interior or even the exterior of his house, but I he had enough resources to conceal her for some time. I’m not convinced her killing was recent. Do we know when anyone had heard from her last??

 

[Knox]

Agreed.
This may be important to the investigation as well.
When did all contact with Celeste stop ?
Imo.

Key question, but never a guarantee that the communication came from Celeste herself.

How many times have we seen the perp exchange calls and texts with the victims phone long after they had been killed?

 

[acutename]

FWIW, I asked google how tall D4vd is. There are Ticktocks about this including with him.
It might be another reason why he liked being with some one young- not saying this in his defense, just an observation. IMO. And while I am asking Qs, just curious if CR was in the house with everyone else or if she was some where else. No clear concept of who was in the rental house at any given time.

 

[acutename]

Key question, but never a guarantee that the communication came from Celeste herself.

How many times have we seen the perp exchange calls and texts with the victims phone long after they had been killed?

frequently but on WS, we hear the family or friend saying: " did not sound like them; wrong word choice, etc." Kelsie Berreth comes to mind.

 

[Chimera]

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Key question, but never a guarantee that the communication came from Celeste herself.

How many times have we seen the perp exchange calls and texts with the victims phone long after they had been killed?

Agreed.
That is a possibility, too !
How much did David or his group scramble to 'fix' this ?
My opinion is that Celeste at some point became a liability to all of them.
Horribly so, for Celeste.
Imo.

 

[sunspun]

I think I already posted some of this, but I'm still trying to figure this out if we can. About the movement of the Tesla before it was towed away and her body eventually found in it.

(Copying parts of this from my earlier post) So apparently, some person who had access to David's car had been moving it around, parking in different spots for short periods, because that was the way to avoid the car being towed as an abandoned car. And it was working fine, as long as they left it one spot for only a few days, but as soon as they (forgot?) and left it in the same spot for 5 days in a row, it got towed away because it's considered abandoned if it's longer than a few days in a row. Apparently. Maybe that could be verified. But regardless, we know that is what happened.

So why risk the car getting towed? That sounds like a pain to have to make sure you haven't left it in the same parking spot for over, say, 3 days in a row, every time. Was there no room in the driveway and/or the garage to park it? Am I correct that the spots it was parked in for a few days at a time all that month, are all in the neighborhood of the house that was searched, the one his manager rented? And am I correct that that's where David stayed also when he was in town? And do we know if Celeste also stayed there?

Did they not park it right at the house because there was a body in it?? Or was all that moving it around being done BEFORE she died? Had David already left to go on tour during the month before it was towed? I thought he had. Have we learned her actual date of death or best estimate?

They need to release names of who was staying at that house at this time, and who had access to the Tesla. IMO. I'm glad Teslas have so much telematic (?) data they can retrieve, such as images from area outside the car.

 

[Smkd]

Since D4vids discord server was seemingly getting scrubbed by the mods, someone made a dump of the chat and organised it by date in case anyone is interested . Lots of useless stuff I’m sure, but also interesting stuff

D4VD Discord General Chat Dump (9/18/25)

To use it, click on the date you want to view, then click load in the bottom

 

[sunspun]

I think her death happened in his absence, after he left to go on tour. He must have allowed someone or ones to use his Tesla while he was out of town. Or they used it without permission. Should be easy enough for LE to find out who was using the Tesla before it was towed. And wouldn't that be almost all they need to know??

For the homicide investigation anyway.

But then, there's also the investigation into the underage relationship stuff, which, CMIIW, is more properly called statutory rape. Or maybe sexual trafficking of a minor. Or transporting a minor across state lines? Or how about harboring a runaway. Plenty to investigate there, imo. And like any young person living their lives perpetually online, there will be plenty of evidence, of the incriminating kind.

 

[katsrfun]

I don't know how Discord works at all. This is the first time I ever looked at it. But, I clicked the link above, and randomly I selected a date, and on 6/9/23, someone posted RIP Celeste. OMG. Don't know if you can backdate, no idea how it works. I hope this is allowed. If not, moderators, please advise and I will delete, or delete for me. MOO. Thank you. Katt

 

[Jenz]

JMOO
This is looking like a stitch up to me; someone who is on the verge of hitting stardom to do this just doesn't make sense and it appears very sloppy. I'm sure if D4VD wanted her gone, there's a lot of ways to ensure that happened, rather than place her body in his own vehicle. Just doesn't add up in my head.

No doubt his career is shot; just in the allegedly grooming of a minor.

All MOO

 

[dotr]

Sep 22, 2025
'A Lake Elsinore community gathered Sunday evening to mourn the grisly death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, found dismembered earlier this in the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to a rising R&B singer with millions of fans and followers. Rachel Menitoff reports Sept. 21, 2025.'

Sep 22, 2025 #d4vd #celesterivas #tesla
A decaying body of a 14-year-old girl found in a car abandoned in the Hollywood Hills. A popular New York-born singer tied to the vehicle but not named a suspect in the girl’s death. All while fans and internet sleuths dig up mysterious links between the singer and the young victim.Here’s everything you need to know about the musician D4vd and Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the young teen found dismembered in his abandoned Tesla.

 

[JaxFlaGal]

Since D4vids discord server was seemingly getting scrubbed by the mods, someone made a dump of the chat and organised it by date in case anyone is interested . Lots of useless stuff I’m sure, but also interesting stuff

D4VD Discord General Chat Dump (9/18/25)

To use it, click on the date you want to view, then click load in the bottom

Thank you for the Discord info. I saw another news article from the Fox LA affiliate that apparently his subreddit was locked after he was accused of deleting critical posts from it.

"What we know: People were quick to notice unusual activity on D4vd's official Reddit subreddit, claiming posts that raised concerns about the case and lyrics were removed. "

D4vd's subreddit locked after Redditors accuse him of moderating it

The controversy comes amid a police investigation into the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose body was found in a Tesla linked to the singer.

www.foxla.com

 

[Bekind89]

Bbm.
Agreed.
Could be both ?,
Now I'm wondering if someone was angry about his rising fame ?

Still can't get past that he and Celeste were in some type of relationship, though.
He's going to have a difficult time explaining that !
Imo.

True. Even if he had nothing to do with her death , his once promising career is over.