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

[LadyL]

LA’s version of Bissonet. Figueroa Street.

thanks but I have no idea what Bissonet is?

 

[borndem]

Welcome to Websleuths,
smar !!​

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[Gemmie]

thanks but I have no idea what Bissonet is?

I'm not the OP but Googling for Bissonet, gets corrected to Bissonnet, comes up with it being Houston's infamous red light district.

 

[Tricia]

Hey Everyone.
Please remember we do not allow sleuthing of family members.
Thanks,
Tricia

 

[HoneyBunOne]

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.

It is also noted that he was home schooled after 7th grade. Not to be insulting to those home schooled, but that left the possibility of his schooling being potentially lax, without checks and balances being in place. Perhaps he is brilliant, with a high IQ and a strict learning schedule, but perhaps not too.

 

[SomeITGuy]

What areas?

The reddit pages (D4vd, D4vd2, plus a couple others that are referencedin those) and his Discord are the main ones I was looking at.

 

[dotr]

Premiered 105 minutes ago #CourtTV #VinniePolitan
Vinnie Politan Investigates the connection between David "d4vd" Burke and victim Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Guest host Julia Jenaé questions what might have happened to her and whether his songs could be seen as evidence.

 

[libraryg]

Weed imo

I am old and the weed today is umpteen times stronger than when I first partook decades ago.

 

[Knox]

I am old and the weed today is umpteen times stronger than when I first partook decades ago.

Not to mention laced with a variety of “other things”.

 

[acutename]

thanks but I have no idea what Bissonet is?

Crime rates in southwest Bissonnet have dropped since ...​

Houston Public Media
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org › 2024/08/29 › cr...




Aug 29, 2024 — The stretch from U.S. 59 and Beltway 8, has been known for high rates of prostitution, drug sales and human trafficking. In February, Pollard, ...

 

[mickey2942]

I am old and the weed today is umpteen times stronger than when I first partook decades ago.

SO TRUE!

 

[katydid23]

OK, so who is the guy next to her on the balcony? Are those "back stage" spots for staff?

The guy next to her is reportedly D4's lbrother, who is an assistant on tours. { I am not sleuthing family, but the brother has done public interviews about being the tour assistant for Da4d. ]

 

[katydid23]

I'm not sure if this is considered MSM.. because it is TMZ after all..

They are reporting the suspected sighting of CR in August 2024 has been confirmed to NOT be her. There was a lot of people discussing this here in earlier threads.

D4vd Concert Vid Goes Viral for Suspected Celeste Rivas Sighting, But It's Not Her

OT: How do I link the "news clipping" with the summary?

I wonder if that was 'the other' Celeste. And maybe he purposely had her parading around so it would be confusing ?

 

[HoneyBunOne]

I wonder if that was 'the other' Celeste. And maybe he purposely had her parading around so it would be confusing ?

And in a black tube top too.
It's all very confusing. Has anyone ID'd this other Celeste and confirmed whether she exists? IS there really another Celeste? How common is the name Celeste in that part of the world?

 

[BlaiseFinlay]

This case just gets more and more strange. I’m still catching up in this thread, so apologies if my comments end up being redundant.

Technology of Teslas aside, the car was registered to him. There’s a reason criminals steal cars. Even the dumbest criminals would know not to hide the body of their victim in their own car. I don’t doubt that multiple people in his circle may have had access to his car(s), but most people in his circle would have incentive to protect him from any suspicion, not set him up.

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but the location the car was found is known as the Bird Streets neighborhood in LA, which is one of the most expensive neighborhoods. Most houses in that neighborhood are over $10 million. Needless to say, that’s an odd place to abandon a car. Is that where David was staying in LA? In which case, was the car really abandoned? Lots of neighbors will have state of the art camera systems.

“One neighbor remembered seeing the distinct-looking Tesla parked on the street for some time -- in front of the house that was searched, and later in two other parking spots on the street.” (Hollywood Hills home where D4vd has stayed is searched after body found in singer's Tesla: Sources)

Doesn’t actually sound abandoned, if it was being moved around to different parking spots on the street where the registered owner was staying. May have been abandoned just in legal terms — that is, a neighbor annoyed by it got it towed after it hadn’t been moved in 72 hours.

Not that that would make this case any less strange.

 

[RandyMcDonald]

It is also noted that he was home schooled after 7th grade. Not to be insulting to those home schooled, but that left the possibility of his schooling being potentially lax, without checks and balances being in place. Perhaps he is brilliant, with a high IQ and a strict learning schedule, but perhaps not too.

One thing that has become increasingly clear us that lots of people are inclined to make much less intelligent decisions than we had assumed. A musician on a trajectory for mainstream fame also demonstrably got himself involved with someone unforgivably young. There is no reason why he, or others around him, could not have made even worse decisions.

 

[jypsijemini]

Even the dumbest criminals would know not to hide the body of their victim in their own car.

He was dumb enough to "befriend" an 11-year-old child and post about their illegal relationship online, too. (Allegedly. MOO.)

Personally, I wouldn't put it past him to hide her remains in his own car. But that's just purely speculative and my personal opinion.

Is that where David was staying in LA?

Yes, it has been reported and confirmed by the homeowner, Mladen Trifunovic, that David's manager Josh Marshall rented the property, signing the lease in February of 2024. It was leased for $20,000 per month.

Trifunovic also confirmed that Marshall recently broke the lease, and he and David moved out. The property is circulating again on Real Estate rental pages.

Sources:
The Economic Times

Real Estate listing for 1368 Vireo Dr, Los Angeles

 

[BlaiseFinlay]

He was dumb enough to "befriend" an 11-year-old child and post about their illegal relationship online, too. (Allegedly. MOO.)

Personally, I wouldn't put it past him to hide her remains in his own car. But that's just purely speculative and my personal opinion.


Yes, it has been reported and confirmed by the homeowner, Mladen Trifunovic, that David's manager Josh Marshall rented the property, signing the lease in February of 2024. It was leased for $20,000 per month.

Trifunovic also confirmed that Marshall recently broke the lease, and he and David moved out. The property is circulating again on Real Estate rental pages.

Sources:
The Economic Times

Real Estate listing for 1368 Vireo Dr, Los Angeles

Thank you! I couldn’t get those links to load. Did it say whether they broke the lease before or after this news came out?

I can’t disagree that people can do some very dumb things, so I can’t rule out the possibility he dumped the body in his own car. But the other examples are of him doing things he wants to do without regard to consequences. Why would he want to dump the body in his car? That car was not going to get stolen from those streets as some have speculated. And towing had the risk that the smell of the body would be discovered by the person reporting it or the tow truck driver. And a decomposing body just ruins the value of his car.

Actually, there is one possible theory that makes total sense to me (MOO): He put the body in the car before he went on tour to get it out of the house, and then told somebody in his circle to get rid of it. That person didn’t.

FWIW, I have a Tesla, and I often use the frunk to put things I don’t want stolen/found. There’s a way to break into it if you know how, I’ve read, but the average person doing a smash and grab won’t be able to open it (whereas the trunk is easy to access from inside).

 

[friendlysleuther]

INITIAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Dismembered / Hacked Up / Bag / Container

I was curious about where the information about Celeste being "Chopped Up" / "Hacked Up" / "Dismembered"
came from... In doing so, I believe I also found the initial source that stated she had been in some sort of bag or container.​

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According to ABC 7, the remains were found in a bag inside the car's trunk. The Tesla has been sitting at the tow yard for the past couple days. Authorities have not released the person's identity. (TMZ)

TMZ cites ABC 7 --> Which, ABC 7 said...
“Police said the impounded car had been at the property for a couple of days, and that the body had been placed inside a bag. There's no immediate information about the identity of the person found inside the Tesla.”

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“HACKED UP BODY FOUND IN IMPOUNDED TESLA LINKED TO SINGER”

September 9, 2025 9:26 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... The body found in the Tesla was chopped up and heavily decomposed. The medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death.

 

[katydid23]

Thank you! I couldn’t get those links to load. Did it say whether they broke the lease before or after this news came out?

I can’t disagree that people can do some very dumb things, so I can’t rule out the possibility he dumped the body in his own car. But the other examples are of him doing things he wants to do without regard to consequences. Why would he want to dump the body in his car? That car was not going to get stolen from those streets as some have speculated. And towing had the risk that the smell of the body would be discovered by the person reporting it or the tow truck driver. And a decomposing body just ruins the value of his car.

Actually, there is one possible theory that makes total sense to me (MOO): He put the body in the car before he went on tour to get it out of the house, and then told somebody in his circle to get rid of it. That person didn’t.

FWIW, I have a Tesla, and I often use the frunk to put things I don’t want stolen/found. There’s a way to break into it if you know how, I’ve read, but the average person doing a smash and grab won’t be able to open it (whereas the trunk is easy to access from inside).

I think he may have asked someone in his small circle to move his car every two days, maybe paid them to do so. Like an assistant or a fanboy?

Then it may have become very smelly, and perhaps that person decided to stay away from the car after that, realising something was wrong?

Of course, there is still the possibility that someone in his circle framed him. Maybe there was a love triangle or some weird situation, and someone else harmed Celeste and decided to put the evidence in D4's car?

Even as I write that^^^, it is hard for me to believe it wasn't him, because of two main things----he seemed obsessed with Celeste, and his lyrics and videos were so dark and twisted and focused upon death and murder and bodies in vehicles, etc.

So even though we have to ask "WHY would someone put their murder victim in their own vehicle?' If I look at his songs and videos and his obsessive behaviour, then I could believe that he would do that because he has acted that same vision and scenario out on the world stage for a couple of years already.