Young runaway Celeste Rivas Hernandez was likely dead for “several weeks” before her rotting remains were found inside singer D4vd’s abandoned Tesla in Los Angeles, cops said – as it was revealed the star’s vehicle had been ticketed 11 days before the grim discovery.
Police have been probing the girl’s death ever since her decomposed body was found on Sept. 8 when the “Romantic Homicide” singer’s vehicle was brought to a tow lot after being abandoned on a Hollywood Hills street.
The gruesome discovery — which was made a day after Celeste’s 15th birthday, meaning she was just 14 when she died – came nearly two weeks after the car was slapped with a parking violation, the LA Times reported, citing police sources.
Celeste Rivas was found dead in the back of rapper D4vd’s abandoned Tesla.
Rapper D4vd is under investigation after a teen’s dismembered body was found in his Tesla. Getty Images“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,” LAPD Capt. Scot M. Williams told People.
Police are still trying to determine exactly how long the car was parked there.
However, a parking inspector first marked the tires on the Tesla on Aug. 27 before a citation was issued on Sept. 3, the sources said.
Here’s the latest on the D4vd’s murder charges of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas:
- Celeste Rivas’ death certificate now says it’s ‘unclear’ if 14-year-old was pregnant when allegedly murdered by D4vd
- D4vd talked ‘losing relationships’ in interview after he allegedly killed Celeste Rivas
- D4vd used chainsaw to dismember Celeste Rivas in his garage: prosecutors
- Celeste Rivas family facing ‘indescribable pain’ after learning brutal murder details
- D4vd’s lawyers hit with vile antisemitic abuse for defending accused murderer: report
- D4vd had ‘significant’ amount of disturbing child sex abuse images on iPhone: DA
A photo circulating online showing D4vd with a young woman who looks like Rivas Hernandez.
The car was later towed — but the 14-year-old girl’s body not found for several more days, after employees at the tow lot reported a foul stench.
“The Los Angeles County medical examiner has not determined a cause or manner of her death, so we don’t know for sure if anyone has any criminal culpability for her death beyond the concealment of her dead body,” Williams said.
Celeste Rivas was identified as the missing teenage girl found in D4vd’s Tesla. gofundmeD4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has not been named as a suspect in the twisted case.
His team previously said the singer-songwriter, who skyrocketed to international fame on TikTok, had been cooperating with investigators.
D4vd’s abandoned Tesla where Celeste Rivas’ body was found. KABCIt comes after investigators raided the Hollywood Hills home where the artist had been staying and seized “several items of evidence” — as connections between the teen and the pop star continued to emerge.
Cops, however, refused to speculate on the nature of their relationship.
“We are looking into everything,” Williams said. “As far as their relationship, it would be premature for me to say anything.”
Previously emerged screenshots of old messages on D4vd’s Discord fan server showed he was rumored to be dating a teen named “Celeste” in the years before Rivas Hernandez was found dead.
D4vd also once made an unreleased track in which he mentioned the name “Celeste” twice, and her mom noted the teen had been dating someone called “David.”
