A private investigator has addressed his previous comments regarding the items discovered in D4vd’s Hollywood Hills home after the tragic discovery of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body in a Tesla linked to the singer.
Celeste disappeared from Lake Elsinore, California, in April 2024 when she was just 13 years old.
Her remains were found in September inside a Tesla that had been impounded on North Mansfield Avenue in the Hollywood Hills. The vehicle was registered to 20-year-old rapper D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke. This occurred while Burke was in the midst of his tour for his debut album, Withered. Following this grim news, some tour dates were canceled.
In a statement, Burke’s team explained: “D4vd has been informed about what’s happened. And, although he is still out on tour, he is fully cooperating with the authorities.”
Despite an extensive investigation that has followed, no arrests have been made so far.
Private investigator Steve Fischer was brought in by the owner of the singer’s former Hollywood Hills residence.
The Daily Mail reported that detectives had visited the property and seized ‘several items of evidence’.
Fischer, collaborating with LAPD detectives, took to X on Thursday (October 30) to address what he claims are misquoted statements circulating online, following an alleged TMZ article.
He stated, “There’s a false quote circulating claiming that I referred to items found in the house as ‘heavy tools’ or ‘farm machinery’ or something to that effect. I never said that.”
“What I said was, ‘There were items in the house that would serve no purpose at a home in the Hollywood Hills, they are items you’d typically find on a farm or in a farm-type environment.”
The investigator’s statement came shortly after the article began to spread on social media, but it has since been removed from the outlet’s website, indicating the alleged article was taken down.
Previous reports indicated that police had visited D4vd’s Los Angeles rental mansion two months before the discovery, following a neighbor’s complaint about loud music.
From February 2024 to September 2025, D4vd’s manager, John Marshall, reportedly rented a $4.7 million home in Hollywood with four bedrooms and four bathrooms for the musician.
Information obtained by the US Sun via a Freedom of Information request revealed a 911 call was made by a neighbor on July 20 at 4.38 am, citing a ‘public nuisance’.
However, police did not arrive at the Los Angeles location until 8:57 am, with an LAPD spokesperson confirming the call was due to loud music.
Upon the officers’ arrival, the situation had already been resolved.
A former neighbor of D4vd shared with the US Sun that he frequently saw the singer and Rivas together.
So far, police have not determined the cause or manner of Celeste’s death, only stating that she had been deceased for an ‘extended period of time’.
LADbible Group has reached out to the LAPD and D4vd’s representatives for comments.