Investigator Confirms Telling New Finding in D4vd, Celeste Rivas Death Case

Last month, authorities made a disturbing discovery when the dismembered and decaying remains of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas were found in the trunk of a Tesla belonging to popular singer D4vd.

While authorities continue to search for answers regarding the young girl's death, one private investigator has confirmed a rather telling detail that could help solidify a timeline in the case.

What We Know

• A decomposing body was found inside a Tesla belonging to musician D4vd at an impound lot in Hollywood on Sept. 8.
• The car was brought to the impound lot after “someone reported it abandoned” in Hollywood Hills, and police were called after workers “reported a strong odor” coming from the Tesla.
• The Tesla was never reported as stolen.
• The body was discovered inside a bag in the Tesla’s front trunk. The remains were not intact and had badly decomposed.
• The remains were so decomposed that it took authorities more than a week to identify the body.
• The remains were eventually identified as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas.
• D4vd has a matching tattoo with Rivas, and her mother said she has been missing for over a year and that her daughter’s boyfriend was named David.
• D4vd initially decided to continue his world tour while cooperating with the investigation, but he cancelled the remainder of his tour on Wednesday.
• An unreleased love song written by D4vd references someone by the name of “Celeste” in the unfinished title and twice in the lyrics.
• Police raided a home connected to D4vd as they continue the investigation.
• D4vd moves out of the home that the police raided.
• Authorities have not officially deemed the death a homicide since medical examiners have been unable to determine an official cause of death, and D4vd is not considered a suspect at this point.

Authorities Try to Piece Together a Timeline

So far, authorities have not determined either a cause of death or an exact timeline of Rivas' passing, only sharing that she had been missing for over a year and was dead for quite some time.

"We know for sure that Celeste Rivas Hernandez died and someone placed her body in the front trunk area of David Burke's [d4vd 's legal name] Tesla," LAPD Captain and Commanding Officer Scot M. Williams told People Magazine.

"We know that the Tesla had been parked at the location from which it was towed for several weeks, so it is very likely Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been dead for several weeks prior to her body being discovered," Williams added.

Authorities do not know when Rivas passed away, they do not know how she was killed, and they do not know how her body got in D4vd's vehicle.

Investigator Confirms Telling Detail

While authorities may not have been able to determine a timeline of Rivas' death following her disappearance in 2024, one private investigator has confirmed that the girl was alive at some point in 2025.

Los Angeles Missing Persons Private Investigator, Steve Fischer, has been working on the case himself, and he recently confirmed a sighting of Rivas alive in 2025, though he would not share the exact day or month of the photograph.

“I don’t have any proof of communication from her, but I do have an image of her taken in 2025, although I can’t disclose the exact day or month,” Fischer said, according to LA Magazine.

While this still leaves many questions unanswered, it is a telling detail, as it gives an idea of the timeline of Rivas' death. When she had been missing since 2024, it was unknown when she died between when she disappeared and when her body was found. This provides proof that she was alive at some point in 2025.