Authorities have not shared many updates since discovering the decaying and decomposing body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas in the trunk of a car belonging to 20-year-old singer D4vd. However, a private investigator claims to have made some significant discoveries regarding the case.
As authorities continue to investigate the girl’s death, which has still not been ruled a murder with no suspects publicly named, private investigator Steve Fischer has made some “disturbing” discoveries as he investigates the case himself.
What We Know So Far
- 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.
Police Raid D4vd’s Home
Last month, police raided a home in Hollywood Hills that D4vd had been renting and living in.
“Several items of evidence were recovered and will be analyzed by detectives in the coming days,” LAPD said in a statement after the raid. “This is an ongoing investigation. Investigators are following up on several leads.”
While authorities obtained multiple pieces of evidence in the raid and claimed to have “several leads,” not much has been shared publicly since then.
Investigator Finds ‘Disturbing’ Evidence
After authorities searched the home themselves, the owner of the home hired Fischer, a prominent private investigator, to search the home himself.
Fischer claims that he uncovered some “disturbing items” that authorities left behind during their own search. While he did not share exactly what the items were, he believes they could be “significant” to the investigation.
“There were disturbing items,” he told KTLA. “There are some physical items that I unfortunately can’t disclose, but they are significant because be something that could have been used in a plan to actually get rid of her body.”
It’s worth noting that D4vd has not been formally named a suspect in the case and investigators have not officially named it a homicide investigation.
