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New and disturbing details have surfaced in the Celeste Rivas homicide case, particularly concerning her final days before she vanished.
The 15-year-old was missing for over a year before her body was discovered in a Tesla belonging to singer D4vd on September 8.
Celeste Rivas had been missing for more than a year before her dismembered body was located in the trunk of a Tesla owned by singer D4vd.
David Anthony Burke, known as D4VD, is believed to have been in a relationship with the teenager but has not faced charges in connection with the case.
Rivas’ remains were discovered after employees at a tow yard reported a foul odor.
Workers at a Hollywood tow yard reported the smell, which ultimately led to her body being found concealed in a bag.
The cause and circumstances surrounding her death remain under investigation, but new information has surfaced regarding her home life, including a particularly troubling incident weeks prior to her disappearance.
According to TMZ , deputies from Riverside County had been called to the teenager’s family residence in Lake Elsinore, California, 11 times within just one year.
These calls were made between February 2024, two months before she went missing, and April 2025.
Just weeks before she was reported missing on April 5, 2024, at the age of 13, police visited her home three times in one day.
According to police records obtained by TMZ, officers responded to the property multiple times on March 19, 2024 – merely 17 days before her disappearance.
On that same day in March, she was captured on liquor store surveillance footage at 7 AM, running down the street near her home.
A car can be seen pulling out, but she runs out of the frame, leaving it unclear whether she entered the vehicle.
The majority of the police calls were categorized as “minor crime investigation,” with another classified as “suspicious circumstances,” according to TMZ.
Rivas had vanished in 2024, shortly before she was reported missing for the last time that April.
A neighbor informed Banfield that they sometimes heard the teenager’s parents arguing about custody matters regarding their children, although they are not believed to be divorced.
They added that Rivas was “a sweet little girl whose mother kept her close at all times.”
Another neighbor reported that she would often run away and return hours later, frequently spotted walking down the street in the early morning hours.
It is believed that Rivas had...
Timeline of Death Investigation for Celeste Rivas Hernandez
An investigation is ongoing following the discovery of a body in a car belonging to singer D4vd. Here’s a timeline of the case thus far.
April 2024 – Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 13, is reported missing from Lake Elsinore, California.
August 5, 2025 – D4vd begins his Withered World Tour.
September 6 – D4vd’s Tesla is towed after being abandoned on a street in Hollywood Hills.
September 7 – Rivas celebrates her 15th birthday.
September 8 – The Los Angeles Police Department uncovers a dismembered body wrapped in plastic in the trunk of D4vd’s impounded Tesla.
September 17 – The decomposing body is identified as Celeste Rivas.
September 18 – D4vd’s residence is searched overnight, with investigators seizing a computer and other evidence. D4vd continues his tour with a performance in Seattle.
September 19 – D4vd cancels the remainder of his tour.
September 23 – It is revealed that D4vd and his manager have terminated their lease and vacated the house that was raided in Hollywood.
A source previously informed The U.S. Sun that the 20-year-old R&B singer, David Anthony Burke, and Rivas had...
