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

[katydid23]

Am I reading this correctly? It lists the date of death as 9/8/2025, but isn’t that the day they found her?

They usually list date of finding the body as the date of death, initially. Then later, after investigations and Medical Examiner reports, they can revise that date.

 

[IQuestion]

Even a kid will hide when the does something wrong. Why would he hide a body of a girl he loved in his own car he owned? I say he was set up. People who play games get swatted, who's to say someone is not setting him up. I know he was with her and she was a kid but think about it, who would hide person they killed in their own car.......

A few possibilities: Someone who thinks Homicide is Romantic?
Someone who has had a psychotic break?
The person imbued with the task of dumping the car didn't show up for work?
Denial? Disorganized? Systematized amnesia?
Maybe the good D wanted the bad Itami stopped?
(The only thief who is caught, is the thief who wants to be caught.)

 

[katydid23]

Amazing how much money it appears that D4vd has.

d4vd Net Worth 2025: How Much Money Does The Star Make?

Exploring d4vd's incredible rise as a R&B singer, detailing on his recent Tesla controversy and his net worth in 2025.

www.realitytea.com

His net worth is only 2-3 million. Resting a $20,000 house a month, doesn't seem like a smart money move.

I think his manager was renting the house, probably with the help of Interscope Records. They like their singers to be living large in flashy mansions so it is often a write off for them financially to rent the house.

 

[mickey2942]

I think his manager was renting the house, probably with the help of Interscope Records. They like their singers to be living large in flashy mansions so it is often a write off for them financially to rent the house.

Interesting. Amazing how much money there is in this industry. He took off on Spotify. Over 2 million Instagram followers.

D4vd net worth grabs eyeballs: How the Lo-Fi star rose to fame with ‘Here With Me’ and ‘Romantic Homicide’

American rap artist D4vd, known as David Anthony Burke, faces scrutiny after the dismembered body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas was discovered in his impounded Tesla in Hollywood. The body, wrapped in plastic, was found in the car's trunk, prompting a police investigation. Celeste's mother...

m.economictimes.com

This article seems to be quite comprehensive.

 

[katydid23]

And do we know this is his car?

One possibility that comes to mind is that, while D4vd might have had access to the Tesla, it might actually have been someone else's. This makes sense to me: A record company might well want to have vehicles and homes ready for up and coming new artists, without necessarily giving them the money that they would need for their rock star lifestyle.

The car was registered in D4's name, as the owner.

 

[Gemmie]

Amazing how much money it appears that D4vd has.

d4vd Net Worth 2025: How Much Money Does The Star Make?

Exploring d4vd's incredible rise as a R&B singer, detailing on his recent Tesla controversy and his net worth in 2025.

www.realitytea.com

His net worth is only 2-3 million. Resting a $20,000 house a month, doesn't seem like a smart money move.

A lot of people don't make smart money moves. JMO!

 

[nao]

Moo..he probably wasn't a millionaire when he met her. Money n fame can change a person...moo

 

[sennybops]

Even a kid will hide when the does something wrong. Why would he hide a body of a girl he loved in his own car he owned? I say he was set up. People who play games get swatted, who's to say someone is not setting him up. I know he was with her and she was a kid but think about it, who would hide person they killed in their own car.......

The following is my opinion only.

OK, let’s assume for just a second that you are right, that he truly loved this girl (child) and he’s innocent and somebody else killed her. So he’s off being a star and doing shows thinking everything is normal, but he can’t get in contact with her. Hours turn into days with radio silence. Wouldn’t he be worried? Panicking? Frantic?? But sure maybe whoever killed her was using her phone to text him.
THEN… he hears they have found a body in the trunk of his car, followed by reports that it’s a young girl, and yet he’s still performing concerts like nothing has happened? Really??????

 

[dotr]

Moo..he probably wasn't a millionaire when he met her. Money n fame can change a person...moo

Money and fame also changes people around the person on an upward trajectory, imo.

 

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[libraryg]

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I am expecting an arrest, but I'm not expecting it soon unless there is some bombshell we don't know about. It's going to take time to analyze phone data, vehicle data, for forensic analysis, and to interview countless witnesses. Theoretically, there are probably multiple people inside the circle who could have been involved to some extent.

Another complication may be cause of death, which could potentially be something other than homicide (drug overdose/body dump, which we've seen a lot on here).

I wonder if LE is keeping eyes on him?

 

[Bahshudc]

So I'm guessing things that police are looking to prove / verify are:

- Who was driving the car recently, and who placed her in the trunk (via CCTV, Tesla camera, Fob / App data, witnesses)

- Whose DNA is in the car (Swabs, testing for blood or cleaning products?)

- If Celeste died inside the home (Blood swabs, DNA swabs, cleaning products, leftover personal items, CCTV from the home, phone location analysis)

- Celeste's time & cause of death (autopsy, toxicology, cell phone data, CCTV analysis, credit / debit card or other proof of life, messages from D4vd's devices that may indicate something - for example if he abruptly stops texting / calling her)

- D4vd's whereabouts at the time Celeste passed (Tour dates, witnesses, cell phone location, home CCTV)

- If there is one - a murder weapon? (Home searches, searches of the surrounding space, searches of his other vehicles, following movements of the car and searching where it had been)

- Motive (Phone & laptop messaging analysis, analysis of Celeste's phone, personal items such as a diary or song lyrics he had jotted down after she died)

- When she was placed in the vehicle (CCTV & car data)

- Who else was aware / complicit (messages, car data, who else was driving the car if not D4vd?)

AS WELL AS detangling their entire relationship via online messages to prove any grooming / p3dophilia charges. That's a lot of work to do in order to get a solid case going.

Speaking of, where is her phone? I wonder if it was found with her. Doubt it.

 

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[Tricia]

I think my comment was deleted. It was not speculation or anything that is “not allowed”. Not sure why a comment based on science was deleted. I didn’t tag anyone, name anyone or anything. #weird

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[dotr]

Almost a before and after.. imo.

d4vd - Romantic Homicide (Live Version) (Official Music Video)​

d4vd - My House is Not A Home (Live Performance)​

 

[IQuestion]

@dotr .... "I'm not a little boy no more. I made my stupid choices, too."
Tell my mother that I'm sorry
Tell my father just the same
Tell my sister that her brother might as well have gone insane
Is there space for me in Houston, cuz it's spacious in LA
Where the grass is always greener and the world can scream my name"

The lyrics and emotion in his song ...brought me to tears. Real life, moving too fast, and unable to handle all the insanity...
just too young. They were all too young. I wish there was a box where I can indicate your post was everything... Love, agree, sad, angry and gold star...because I feel all of them right now.

 

[Chimera]

Body of dismembered girl found in D4vd's Tesla released to family

The Los Angeles Police Department remains probing the death of the teenager, who was found inside a Tesla owned by the musical artist earlier this month.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I guess her family can pick up her remains now. Very tragic.

Agreed.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/body-of-girl-15-found-mutilated-in-rising-rb-singers-tesla-released-to-family/

This most recent development means the medical examiner has completed the autopsy and lab tests and likely determined the cause of death in the case.

Still waiting anxiously for a suspect to be named.....
Imo.

 

[Bigditch]

@dotr .... "I'm not a little boy no more. I made my stupid choices, too."
Tell my mother that I'm sorry
Tell my father just the same
Tell my sister that her brother might as well have gone insane
Is there space for me in Houston, cuz it's spacious in LA
Where the grass is always greener and the world can scream my name"

The lyrics and emotion in his song ...brought me to tears. Real life, moving too fast, and unable to handle all the insanity...
just too young. They were all too young. I wish there was a box where I can indicate your post was everything... Love, agree, sad, angry and gold star...because I feel all of them right now.

It sounds raw.

 

[adot0902]

Even a kid will hide when the does something wrong. Why would he hide a body of a girl he loved in his own car he owned? I say he was set up. People who play games get swatted, who's to say someone is not setting him up. I know he was with her and she was a kid but think about it, who would hide person they killed in their own car.......

Not to be disparaging but someone exactly like D4vd is whom I would expect to leave a body of an underage victim who we have mountains of evidence he was spending time with in his own car. Seriously, everything we have read, seen or heard about him not one thing points to him being intelligent, articulate or having an ounce of common sense.

 

[Chimera]

Celeste Rivas Death Investigation Focuses on Runaway Past, 'Troubled Home'

Celeste Rivas, the 15-year-old girl found dead in the trunk of singer D4vd's Tesla, ran away "multiple times" because of trouble at home ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

www.tmz.com

"... Our sources say the way Celeste was able to navigate on her own was by having "multiple fake ID's," in an attempt to present much older than she was.
"..... there's lots of evidence Celeste comes from a "troubled home," and that may have triggered her desire to run away.
What's unclear is if the family called cops in Hollywood when Celeste disappeared in spring 2024, to find out where she had been staying when they found her in February...."

If the family contacted LE in April there should be a record at the police dept.?
The liquor store owner says her sister came to look at his store footage to see where Celeste went (& I'd imagine with whom she may have left, etc.).

Who was the source for Celeste finding fake ID's ?
Did David help her find them ?
Were there other people surrounding David who were enablers ?

Still so many questions.
Imo.