LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A private investigator is sharing new details in the case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teen whose body was found in the trunk of singer D4vd's Tesla.
Steve Fischer was employed by the owner of the Hollywood Hills home where D4vd lived. Fischer told ABC7 the home was rented by D4vd's manager at Interscope Records.
“He wanted to know exactly what might have happened and if his house played a role in any way,” Fisher told Eyewitness News.
It's not clear yet when The teen died — or died how — but Fisher said the last date he showed her alive was Jan. 2, 2025.
Using community surveillance video and digital evidence, Fischer said he developed a timeline centered on D4vd's Tesla.
“Beginning in May, the car was parked at several different locations in the neighborhood and finally on July 29, it was parked in the last parking space at the Bluebird [Avenue],” he said. “It just happened to be before or the same day they took the tour bus to the D4vd tour. “
D4vd's remaining tour was canceled last month amid the investigation. Fans of the singer and Fisher continue to wonder what might have happened.
“They may be relying on toxicology to better understand what happened, which means it could have been an accidental overdose followed by very poor decisions,” Fisher said.
Last month, D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, made some changes to the ownership of a home in Texas, Eyewitness News reported.
Records show he transferred the Houston-area Cypress home to his mother's name on Sept. 23, about two weeks after the decomposed body was found in his Tesla.
Officials said officers were called to D4vd's home in the Houston area where his parents lived on Sept. 17, but it turned out to be a false warning call.
During that assault, a caller claimed a shooting had occurred and a female victim had died. However, the alert has been lifted and no incidents have been reported.
Video from the Waller County District Attorney's Office showed officers responding to a 911 call about a fatal shooting at a home in suburban Houston overnight.
In audio of the 911 call that prompted the response, a caller said: “I heard some gunshots… I thought someone was dead.”
When officers arrived at the home, they had their guns drawn. But after talking to the person who answered the phone at the front door, they quickly learned the call was fake.
It was reported that a voice-altering device was used to make false reports.
D4vd's Tesla was towed from a street near the Hollywood Hills to a Hollywood tow lot before the remains were discovered.
The remains were identified as Celeste from Lake Elsinore. According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, Celeste was reported missing at least three times by her family in 2024.
Investigators said her body had likely been in the car for weeks before it was discovered.
Hernandez's cause of death remains undetermined.
Laboratory tests and toxicology reports are expected to shed light on the cause of her death, sources said. Until then, this remains a death investigation, not a homicide investigation.
Sources told ABC News that lab tests and toxicology reports are expected to shed light on the cause of her death. Until then, this remains a death investigation, not a homicide investigation.
“This is an ongoing investigation and we have significant resources dedicated to reaching a conclusion, but it would be inappropriate to go beyond what has been made public,” Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonald told Eyewitness News.
No suspects have been named in the case and no arrests have been made.
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