Fifteen-year-old girl, Celeste Rivas, was found dismembered in D4vd’s car on September 8, 2025. Passersby reported a foul odor coming from the car at a tow yard in Riverside County.
Celeste Rivas was reported missing on April 5, 2024. She disappeared from her Lake Elsinore home in April 2024 when she was thirteen. It has been noted that she had ran away from home on a previous occasion. The Los Angeles police department confirmed that Celeste Rivas was identified as the body inside the car. Her decomposed body was found in the Hollywood Tow after it was impounded, located in the front trunk, and stored in a bag. “The decedent was found severely decomposed inside a vehicle,” a medical examiner said.
Her cause of death is still being determined. The Tesla belonged to David Anthony Burke, famously known as D4vd, who is a 20-year-old musician. He rose to fame with viral songs and has 3.6 million followers on TikTok. His popular hits include Here with Me, Romantic Homicide, and Feel It. He has collaborated with famous singers like Laufey, Kali Uchis, and Hyunjin. He has signed under Darkroom and Interscope Records.
In an interview, her mother mentioned that her daughter said she was dating someone named David. Rivas had a tattoo on her pointer finger that said “Shhh.” D4vd has been photographed with the same tattoo on his finger. In a leaked song titled “CelesteDemo unfin,” he is heard singing about a girl named Celeste.
On September 17, LAPD searched a five-million-dollar home yards away from where the car was located in the Hollywood Hills. They gathered a computer and other items from the home. Past Instagram photos posted by D4vd match the interior of the home, including a photo of him playing a piano.
As the investigations continue, David is scheduled to perform on September 24, 2025. While his concert in Seattle has been cancelled, the rest of his tour is still ongoing and has not been canceled at the time of this writing. He is cooperating with authorities in their investigation. He has yet to speak about the allegations.
