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

[AppleTreeGreen]

Now that I think more about it, MOO, I don’t think LE believe CR died or was killed inside the house. If they did wouldn’t the home have been shut down and sealed off as a potential crime scene, like what was seen in the tragic cases in Moscow, Idaho and the Watts’ home in Colorado? I also think LE would have been far less likely to let D4vd or moving service employees enter the home, let alone touch and remove items due to the high risks of contaminating and destroying evidence just by their presence alone leaving behind finger prints, footprints, skin cells, saliva, dirt and such? I wonder if cadaver dogs were used since usually

Perhaps the search of the home indicated the crime did not take place there but digital or CCTV evidence from the computers and cameras they can help track the movements of the car that was parked in front of the rental home?

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[tlcya]

Now that I think more about it, MOO, I don’t think LE believe CR died or was killed inside the house. If they did wouldn’t the home have been shut down and sealed off as a potential crime scene, like what was seen in the tragic cases in Moscow, Idaho and the Watts’ home in Colorado? I also think LE would have been far less likely to let D4vd or moving service employees enter the home, let alone touch and remove items due to the high risks of contaminating and destroying evidence just by their presence alone leaving behind finger prints, footprints, skin cells, saliva, dirt and such? I wonder if cadaver dogs were used since usually

Perhaps the search of the home indicated the crime did not take place there but digital or CCTV evidence from the computers and cameras they can help track the movements of the car that was parked in front of the rental home?

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good points. LE failing to secure that rental property after having searched it and seized unknown evidence from it would tend to suggest no obvious signs of foul play were present in the property. Otherwise, I think it would have been secured and LEO activity would have been notably present for some days after. JMO

 

[IQuestion]

YES and thank you.
This particular PI has an interesting background in Hollywood and has inserted himself (cough) into many cases.... IMO for his own level of clout.

I find it VERY sus that this young woman has now been depicted by almost EVERY news channel (I'm ignoring Youtubers) as a 13 yr old who was a

- habitual runaway who left home often
- from a broken home
- with parents who fought often who treated her poorly
- truant from school
- foul mouthed teen who argued with neighbors
- teen who spoke with "racist" (I disagree here) language
- teen who possibly alluded to being involved with MS ? (She mentioned being from El Salvador and not Mexico so I think Banfield ran with Sureños vs other gang connection OMFG).

..... as if ANY OF THIS would even matter when it comes to a deceased body in a car of a powerful and wealthy older adult!!!! (Excuse: they "met" online when he was 17 and she was 12-13 so they were friends!?!?)

All I know is thet if she were a straight A student from Newport Beach, the narrative would be SO very different and this makes me very angry.

ANYNAMEYOUWISH Your post is so powerful and on point....my eyes sting and clenching my teeth trying to hold back tears.
This is the shameful treatment by bad actors (Public Relations types?) to divert attention away from the perpetrator(s) and diminish the lives of minority victims....especially if female. (Guess I am supposed to say, in my opinion, now?) Okay, This is my opinion!

 

[Inthedetails]

YES and thank you.
This particular PI has an interesting background in Hollywood and has inserted himself (cough) into many cases.... IMO for his own level of clout.

I find it VERY sus that this young woman has now been depicted by almost EVERY news channel (I'm ignoring Youtubers) as a 13 yr old who was a

- habitual runaway who left home often
- from a broken home
- with parents who fought often who treated her poorly
- truant from school
- foul mouthed teen who argued with neighbors
- teen who spoke with "racist" (I disagree here) language
- teen who possibly alluded to being involved with MS ? (She mentioned being from El Salvador and not Mexico so I think Banfield ran with Sureños vs other gang connection OMFG).

..... as if ANY OF THIS would even matter when it comes to a deceased body in a car of a powerful and wealthy older adult!!!! (Excuse: they "met" online when he was 17 and she was 12-13 so they were friends!?!?)

All I know is thet if she were a straight A student from Newport Beach, the narrative would be SO very different and this makes me very angry.

Right on.

A teenager ends up decomposed in a rich man's car, and the focus is on her "rough" background.

jmopinion

 

[AppleTreeGreen]

For me personally, learning more about CR made me feel even more empathy and compassion for her. I grew up in a dysfunctional home and not because of anything my parents have done but because I lost two siblings when I was young. None of us knew how to cope and the anger, tension and grief in the home were palpable. I threatened to run away multiple times and packed my bags twice because bring around family made it even more poignant that some of my loved ones were gone. My sister threatened to call 911 and I feel like she might have done so once.

Dysfunction can happen for multiple reasons that are beyond parents control, such as the loss of a child or home, divorce, a caregiver having to live out-of-state or home for work, parents at work a lot due to job demands or working multiple jobs to keep a roof over their head, mental illness, stress and sadness related to having an ill or sick child or parent or caring for physical or intellectual disability of a child or sibling. It can be disruptive and overwhelming while also force kids to grow up fast while young. It is possible that CR’s parents did the best they could by her but things in the home still hurt and I can recall all the different ways that I as a teenager would respond to such.

As for yelling and cursing at her neighbors, my classmates and sister’s friends would pull pranks too. Sometimes they could be so irritating, like when threw firecrackers at the door and we thought they were gunshots at first or when my classmates ordered food that was delivered to another’s classmates home. Who did they think was paying for that? Of course the kid and the mom were irritated and may face cursed somewhat. That was well earned money of theirs spent and gone and some of us came from homes where had to be careful for every dime spent. of course, I don’t know what prank was pulled on CR or the nature of her interactions with her neighbors but I can understand how it can trigger irritation and anger, and may even escalate to cursing out each other, when you were already not in the mood for it.

Nonetheless, listening to how CR’s neighbors and another person whose yard sale she visited speak on how sweet she was gives me the impression she was the person who tried to spread kindness despite any sadness or turmoil she experienced. And overall, her life, story and case still have value whether or not her life at home was rough or she was straight-A student from Newport. She still deserves justice and someone needs to explain and be held accountable for how she could have ever ended up horribly abandoned and hidden within garbage bags in the trunk of a car and everything that happened beforehand.

 

[10ofRods]

Really hoping LE has eyes on him......

Police said day before yesterday that he was "cooperating" with the investigation. So he has not disappeared.

He's just moving out of his house. There were pictures in the LA Times of his moving crew. He has apparently conducted some transactions, as well.

Singer D4vd broke lease and moved out of Hollywood Hills home searched in 15-year-old girl's death

D4vd broke lease and moved out of a Hollywood Hills home that was searched by police in connection to the death of a 15-year-old girl.

www.latimes.com

Police already searched the house, which is interesting. I would assume they used luminol, etc.

 

[Telltale]

YES and thank you.
This particular PI has an interesting background in Hollywood and has inserted himself (cough) into many cases.... IMO for his own level of clout.

I find it VERY sus that this young woman has now been depicted by almost EVERY news channel (I'm ignoring Youtubers) as a 13 yr old who was a

- habitual runaway who left home often
- from a broken home
- with parents who fought often who treated her poorly
- truant from school
- foul mouthed teen who argued with neighbors
- teen who spoke with "racist" (I disagree here) language
- teen who possibly alluded to being involved with MS ? (She mentioned being from El Salvador and not Mexico so I think Banfield ran with Sureños vs other gang connection OMFG).

..... as if ANY OF THIS would even matter when it comes to a deceased body in a car of a powerful and wealthy older adult!!!! (Excuse: they "met" online when he was 17 and she was 12-13 so they were friends!?!?)

All I know is thet if she were a straight A student from Newport Beach, the narrative would be SO very different and this makes me very angry.

No mention of the fact she was a habitual runaway who played truant and fought with her parents because she was (imo) getting groomed from as young as 10 years old by a predatory older man who used celebrity and money to keep picking her up and encouraging her to her run away from home to stay with him?

How many of those police visits were because her parents were reporting her for failing to return home as they should?

There's little evidence she ran away or acted out for reasons that were not connected to D4vd.

I smell a crisis management team kicking into gear. Its pretty hard to spin attention and blame away from the adult celebrity who had a runaway teen found dead in their car, but seems like some agency is giving it a go. Imo.

 

[arielilane]

I am coming into this case as a newbie. It's an interesting case and I am still learning about the tragic case of Celeste being found in a Tesla, so bear with me, please.

I was reading this DM article, and I know most say, it's the DM, so take it with a grain of salt, and I agree.

However, is there any truth to the information about Celeste having a challenging home life. I know teens normally struggle with their parents, as do parents struggle with their teen, but to the point of police being called to the home numerous times? Just asking if anyone knows and for any info.

I also feel that the Tesla itself provides a lot of info, anything revealing yet?

TIA



This comes after news she had a very challenging home life. It has already been reported that the Celeste Rivas had trouble with her family at home prior to being found dismembered.

But on Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

The time frame was February 2024 to April 2025. The visits to the home were due to 'minor crimes and suspicious activity.'

Things were so bad at her home that one day cops were called a total of three times; the date for that triple stop was March 19, 2024. Rivas was reported missing just weeks later on April 5, 2024.

D4vd's manager breaks his silence on the teenager found dead in trunk

On Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Oct. 1

 

[Inthedetails]

No mention of the fact she was a habitual runaway who played truant and fought with her parents because she was (imo) getting groomed from as young as 10 years old by a predatory older man who used celebrity and money to keep picking her up and encouraging her to her run away from home to stay with him.

There's no evidence she ran away or acted out for any other reason than him.

I agree.

Jeffrey Epstein also targeted young girls who had difficult home lives. He knew who to target and who he could get away with exploiting.

The vulnerable girls are prey for the older, rich men in both those cases (and others).

And the perps know people are easily tempted to tsk-tsk about the victims' lives. "The girls should be lucky they had a chance to get out of their bad lives." As if a young teen is lucky to be lured by men who plan to do her harm.

jmopinion

 

[tlcya]

I am coming into this case as a newbie. It's an interesting case and I am still learning about the tragic case of Celeste being found in a Tesla, so bear with me, please.

I was reading this DM article, and I know most say, it's the DM, so take it with a grain of salt, and I agree.

However, is there any truth to the information about Celeste having a challenging home life. I know teens normally struggle with their parents, as do parents struggle with their teen, but to the point of police being called to the home numerous times? Just asking if anyone knows and for any info.

I also feel that the Tesla itself provides a lot of info, anything revealing yet?

TIA



This comes after news she had a very challenging home life. It has already been reported that the Celeste Rivas had trouble with her family at home prior to being found dismembered.

But on Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

The time frame was February 2024 to April 2025. The visits to the home were due to 'minor crimes and suspicious activity.'

Things were so bad at her home that one day cops were called a total of three times; the date for that triple stop was March 19, 2024. Rivas was reported missing just weeks later on April 5, 2024.

D4vd's manager breaks his silence on the teenager found dead in trunk

On Wednesday TMZ shed more light on just how twisted her residence was as the site reported that police were called over 11 times in just one year to the teenager's Lake Elsinore, California abode.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Oct. 1

I think she did have a challenging home life. I don't think the press focusing on it is indicative that DAB's PR machine is maligning CR to pull focus from their client. I think it is that it is what sells content and that is the priority of news orgs.

If anything, information about CR's possibly challenging home life only serves to highlight exactly what may have made her so vulnerable to predatory manipulations of an older teen (then) who had achieved some level of fame and had disposable income to throw at her and her friends.

JMO there are no perfect victims because humans are, by their very nature, flawed. We don't need CR to be perfect in order to know she was victimized by an adult male.

 

[Inthedetails]

I agree.

Jeffrey Epstein also targeted young girls who had difficult home lives. He knew who to target and who he could get away with exploiting.

The vulnerable girls are prey for the older, rich men in both those cases (and others).

And the perps know people are easily tempted to tsk-tsk about the victims' lives. "The girls should be lucky they had a chance to get out of their bad lives." As if a young teen is lucky to be lured by men who plan to do her harm.

jmopinion

Replying to myself to also say I don't know how Celeste ended up in the car or who is responsible for her death and concealment.
jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

I think it is that it is what sells content and that is the priority of news orgs.

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Bingo. It feels like she was used and exploited in life and is continuing being used and exploited in death by the media/social media/public.

jmo

 

[RandyMcDonald]

Since this is now mainstream. It is important to realize these are the words of a "private investigator" not the attorney for D4vd, his parents or his management team. But, I find it strange a PI would already be suggesting "bad decision" defense, in my opinion.
Oh how things have changed...three weeks ago no one associated with that property even had an ounce of grief or curiosity as to her identity. The show must go on, right?
And it was revealed quite a while back that his atty was BB.

PI Says Teen Tragedy Was “Bad Decision” as D4vd Hires Blair Berk

D4vd hires star defense attorney Blair Berk as experts suggest the Celeste Rivas case may shift from homicide to concealment.

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I think that is actually the least bad possibility for D4vd, as I have said. If he had a prior relationship with her and she was found in his car, what less damning outcome might be possible?

Note that "least bad" does not mean "good".

 

[HinterlandObserver]

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Bingo. It feels like she was used and exploited in life and is continuing being used and exploited in death by the media/social media/public.

jmo

And him, this is all a media ploy.

He used her for content in life and he's used her as content in death. Never not making money off her.

IMOO

 

[rsteen]

YES and thank you.
This particular PI has an interesting background in Hollywood and has inserted himself (cough) into many cases.... IMO for his own level of clout.

I find it VERY sus that this young woman has now been depicted by almost EVERY news channel (I'm ignoring Youtubers) as a 13 yr old who was a

- habitual runaway who left home often
- from a broken home
- with parents who fought often who treated her poorly
- truant from school
- foul mouthed teen who argued with neighbors
- teen who spoke with "racist" (I disagree here) language
- teen who possibly alluded to being involved with MS ? (She mentioned being from El Salvador and not Mexico so I think Banfield ran with Sureños vs other gang connection OMFG).

..... as if ANY OF THIS would even matter when it comes to a deceased body in a car of a powerful and wealthy older adult!!!! (Excuse: they "met" online when he was 17 and she was 12-13 so they were friends!?!?)

All I know is thet if she were a straight A student from Newport Beach, the narrative would be SO very different and this makes me very angry.

Yes, she was a vulnerable CHILD. It's reminding me of many Jane Doe cases from the 1970s or 1980s which have recently been identified and it turns out the family tried to report them missing but the police didn't do anything because they were known to be runaways or hitchhikers, even if they were minors at the time.

 

[HinterlandObserver]

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It turns out the swatting incident at mummy's house was the day after DABs hose was raided in LA.
So the purchase of the gun was reactionary.

Incidentally the call to the police to get the swat team to come originated from the property.

Interesting. IMOO

could that be added to the timeline?

 

[Bahshudc]

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It turns out the swatting incident at mummy's house was the day after DABs hose was raided in LA.
So the purchase of the gun was reactionary.

Incidentally the call to the police to get the swat team to come originated from the property.

Interesting. IMOO

could that be added to the timeline?

It originated from the property? How bizarre…

 

[tlcya]

the number was not one the parents recognized, had an out of state area code, but LEO says that number pinged from their address. So the Burkes had LEO check their property just to be sure nobody was lurking or wishing them harm. Very odd. How did swatter get the phone to ping as if it was at their home if swatter wasn't?

 

[HinterlandObserver]

It originated from the property? How bizarre…

By the seems.
It even looks like 50 show her the phone number that called it in: "that's not a Texas number" "that's an out of state number" so how can a not Texas number call from a Texas property?

Do cell phones have area codes in the US?

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[PatLaurel]

It originated from the property? How bizarre…

the number was not one the parents recognized, had an out of state area code, but LEO says that number pinged from their address. So the Burkes had LEO check their property just to be sure nobody was lurking or wishing them harm. Very odd. How did swatter get the phone to ping as if it was at their home if swatter wasn't?

By the seems.
It even looks like 50 show her the phone number that called it in: "that's not a Texas number" "that's an out of state number" so how can a not Texas number call from a Texas property?

Do cell phones have area codes in the US?

A VoIP would simulate a different location.