Body Found in D4vd’s Tesla: The Full Story of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

Body Found in D4vd’s Tesla: The Full Story of Celeste Rivas
Hernandez

On September 8, 2025, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner
confirmed the identity of a body discovered in a Tesla registered
to singer D4vd (David Anthony Burke). The victim
was 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had
been reported missing in April 2024 from Lake Elsinore,
California.

The Tesla had been towed two days earlier from a
Hollywood street and impounded. When staff at the tow yard
noticed a foul odor, police were called. Inside the trunk, they
found Celeste’s remains, severely decomposed and wrapped
inside a bag. Investigators immediately launched an
intensive probe into how a missing teenager ended up in a car
belonging to one of music’s fastest-rising stars.


Within days, LAPD served a search warrant at a Hollywood
Hills residence where D4vd had been staying, seizing
items for forensic review. As of late September, no
charges have been filed and no suspects named. The cause
and manner of Celeste’s death remain pending,
awaiting full autopsy results.


The discovery has shaken two very different communities: the
music industry, where D4vd had just released his debut album
Withered earlier this year, and Lake Elsinore, where Celeste’s
family and friends held a candlelight vigil on September
22 to honor her life and demand justice.

This episode of Hidden Killers takes you through the full
story, from the tow lot to the vigil, with careful
attention to what is confirmed and what remains unknown. We
explore how investigators are piecing together the forensic
timeline, what post-offense concealment can reveal in a case like
this, and why the human cost—the loss of a 15-year-old girl—is
what matters most.

This is not about sensationalism. It’s about accountability,
community, and the pursuit of justice for Celeste.

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