A private investigator handling the mysterious case of Celeste Rivas has taken the unusual step of releasing certain details to the public, hoping it will lead to new information from the community.
Steve Fischer, the investigator hired by the landlord of a property previously rented by the singer D4vd, also known as David Burke, began his inquiry shortly after the Los Angeles Police Department conducted a search of the residence.
According to CrimeOnline, LAPD discovered Celeste’s remains on September 8 inside a Tesla registered to Burke. The car had initially been parked in the upscale Bird Streets neighborhood of Hollywood Hills, near Burke’s rented home.
The vehicle was located at a Hollywood tow yard after neighborhood residents reported an abandoned car with Texas plates on September 6. It had been at the lot for several days before officers made the grim discovery.
Authorities reported that Celeste’s dismembered body was found concealed in a bag in the car’s front trunk. Fischer has provided his findings to the LAPD but has withheld the identity of the vehicle’s driver.
During an interview with Law&Crime Sidebar, Fisher said that security footage showed who moved the Tesla and that it likely happened in late July.
He turned his findings over to LAPD, but did not reveal the driver’s name.
“It’s very clear. That neighborhood is filled with surveillance cameras,” Fisher said.
Fisher added that based upon his investigations, the Tesla had not been driven in a “long time” before it had been parked, despite Burke talking about the vehicle on social media.
“It was super dirty, caked-on dirt; I’ll tell you this was in late July,” Fischer said.
He added that he uncovered no evidence of who placed Celeste’s body in the car or when it happened.
“When it was moved to that position, it was already like that. So that car had not been used in a very long time.”
Fisher also explained he hasn’t uncovered any evidence that Celeste died inside the Hollywood Hills home or that a body was taken from the residence and placed in the vehicle.
There are also no photos of Celeste at the residence, Fisher said, and the last known photo taken of her was on July 2, 2025.
Fisher said it’s likely that Celeste had been staying at another location.
Fisher said evidence also places others at the home, and that there was only one house key.
“There are people that have photos and videos, and we’ve gotten a lot of photos and videos from inside the home itself, so we can put people at certain dates and times at the house, and there are a lot of them. It’s in the thousands.”
So far, LAPD has not confirmed Fisher’s findings and has not named a suspect in the case.
Burke, who embarked on the “Withered World Tour” on August 5, has since retained an attorney and canceled his remaining tour dates. He also transferred the deed to two of his Texas homes to his mother.
“D4vd was on tour, but somebody was in that house,” Fisher said, explaining that someone was at the home between the time Burke starting touring and when the Tesla had been found.
“Who had that (house) key is probably the same person, you know, that had access to the Tesla.”
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[Feature Photo: Celeste Rivas/GoFundMe and D4vd/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP]
