A private investigator has put forth a new assertion regarding the D4vd case following the discovery of a teenage woman’s body in the trunk of his Tesla.
Authorities were called to a car at a Hollywood tow yard in Los Angeles due to an unpleasant odor emanating from the trunk in September.
Upon investigation, officials made the grim discovery of a decomposing body inside the vehicle’s trunk. The car was registered to the singer D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke.
The singer’s representative previously issued a statement saying that D4vd “has been informed about what’s happened, and although he is still out on tour, he is fully cooperating with the authorities.”
The body was identified as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas-Hernandez, who was reported missing in April 2024 at the age of 13.
No arrests have been made, and the Medical Examiner’s office has yet to release an official cause of death.
In a recent development, a ‘burn cage’ capable of reaching temperatures of 1,600 degrees was found at the Hollywood property D4vd was renting at the time Rivas-Hernandez was discovered. This finding was made by a private investigator hired by the property owner.
Steve Fischer located the incinerator, which was boxed and unused, while inspecting the mansion in recent weeks.
Describing it as an item “you would expect to find on a farm rather than in a home in the Hollywood Hills,” Fischer added in an X post that using an incinerator is illegal.
The private investigator wrote, “Some will argue that this item was intended as a prop for a video. If that were the case, it raises several obvious questions. Why would a 55-pound burn cage be delivered to a private residence instead of directly to a prop designer or production house?
“Why would it be ordered before departing on an extended world tour? And why was it never used in any video production?”
Although my words have been misquoted by some, what I actually said about certain items found at the Doheny address was that they were “items you would expect to find on a farm rather than in a home in the Hollywood Hills.” One of those items was a Burn Cage incinerator,… pic.twitter.com/VlS2MHdb2G
— SF INVESTIGATES • STEVE FISCHER (@SF_investigates) December 16, 2025
While Fischer noted the discovery is not significant in “any possible criminal investigation,” he continued, “But we think it’s important context, even if not criminal.
The burn cage and other related items were delivered to the residence under a false name, although the deliveries were accepted at the property.”
The private investigator also remarked, “Given that Celeste Rivas-Hernandez’s remains were ultimately found in the Tesla trunk, the presence of an incinerator at the same residence associated with that vehicle necessarily raises questions about intent.”
Rivas-Hernandez had appeared in several photos with D4vd, though the nature of their relationship remains unclear.