<p id=”par-1_117″>The Los Angeles Police Department has not updated the public on the case centered around <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/d4vd-cancels-tour-dates-as-police-learn-more-about-the-teen-found-dead-in-his-tesla.html/”>Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s death </a>for several days. The agency has not named a suspect or a person of interest and has been hesitant to suggest a murder has taken place. That doesn’t mean there is no movement in the case, though. A private investigator not associated with the LAPD has been working the case, too, and they have apparently made some big discoveries. They claim to know when and by whom the Tesla where Rivas Hernandez’s body was discovered was abandoned in a Los Angeles street; the vehicle is registered to D4vd. That evidence could completely change the direction of the investigation.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-a-private-investigator-claims-to-know-who-parked-d4vd-s-tesla-for-the-last-time-and-when”>A private investigator claims to know who parked D4vd’s Tesla for the last time and when</h2>
<p id=”par-2_66″>D4vd and the LAPD have not made any statements on the death of Celesta Rivas Hernandez recently. The longer the authorities and the R&B artist remain quiet, the more online sleuths are running wild with theories. A private investigator has stepped forward, claiming they have information about the teen. At the very least, they claim to know when the car containing her body was last driven.</p>
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<p id=”par-3_110″>Private investigator Steve Fischer was reportedly hired by Mladen Trifunovic to look into the situation. Trifunovic is the owner of the home where D4vd was staying before the discovery. Fischer claims he has found evidence that Rivas Hernandez was alive in early January 2025, but nothing thereafter. He also told <a href=”https://abc7.com/post/celeste-rivas-hernandez-case-private-investigator-steve-fischer-shares-new-details-teens-body-found-singer-d4vds-tesla/18064535/”>Eyewitness News</a> that D4vd’s Tesla was moved to different spots around the neighborhood repeatedly, starting in May. Allegedly, it was placed in its final parking spot on July 29. D4vd left the city <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/d4vd-cancels-u-s-tour-dates-is-the-international-leg-still-on.html/”>on a tour bus</a> that same day. While Fischer claims to know who moved the car for the last time, he is not sharing that information publicly.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-a-basic-timeline-of-events-in-the-celeste-rivas-hernandez-case”>A basic timeline of events in the Celeste Rivas Hernandez case</h2>
<p id=”par-4_68″>While the LAPD has not yet released the date on which they believe Rivas Hernandez died, they did say, earlier in the investigation, that they believe the teen had been dead for “some time” before her remains were located in the trunk of the Tesla registered to D4vd. While the department is keeping any additional events quiet for now, here is a brief timeline based on news coverage.</p>
<p id=”par-5_56″>On September 5, a Tesla belonging to D4vd was towed from a street in Hollywood after it was reported abandoned. The vehicle had been previously ticketed. On September 8, the impound yard called the LAPD after employees noticed a foul odor coming from the Tesla. Police opened the front trunk and found a heavily decomposed body.</p>
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<p id=”par-6_80″>On September 18, 10 days after the remains were discovered, police identified the victim as Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a teen who had gone missing from Lake Elsinore, California, a town about 75 miles from where the teen’s body was discovered, in 2024. Several alleged insiders claim the family was aware Rivas Hernandez had run off with an older man named David. Rivas Hernandez’s mother spoke to TMZ immediately following his identification and said that her teen daughter had a boyfriend.</p>
<p id=”par-7_50″>D4vd, who has yet to make a public statement about the situation, canceled tour dates following the identification of the remains. A search was executed on a home where D4vd had been living. The home was leased under his manager’s name. Following the raids, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/d4vds-manager-breaks-lease-following-lapd-raid.html/”>the lease was broken early. </a></p>
<p id=”par-8_39″>While D4vd and the LAPD have not spoken of his connection to Rivas Hernandez, online sleuths believe <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/internet-sleuths-say-photos-online-chatter-and-hometown-gossip-connect-d4vd-to-celeste-rivas-hernandez-so-why-hasnt-he-been-named-suspect.html/”>Discord chats, photos, and matching tattoos</a>, along with other evidence, suggest the 20—year-old TikTok standout was romantically linked to the underage girl.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-october-brought-more-changes-but-few-updates”>October brought more changes but few updates</h2>
<p id=”par-9_63″>In the weeks since the identification of the body, D4vd has been busy moving assets. He broke his lease in Hollywood early, transferred the deed to two homes in Houston into his mother’s name, and has been keeping a very low profile, though some followers believe he is lurking on Discord and Reddit. D4vd has not been named a suspect at this time.</p>
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<p id=”par-10_55″>At the end of September, the medical examiner released Celste Rivas Hernandez’s body to her family, though a definitive cause of death has not yet been released. The 14-year-old was laid to rest in a private ceremony on October 6. According to People, she was buried at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Rowland Heights, California.</p>
<p id=”par-11_54″>While the private investigator has been making lofty claims this month, the LAPD is remaining tight-lipped. The last public statement about the case was made on September 28 to <a href=”https://people.com/celeste-rivas-hernandez-likely-dead-for-several-weeks-before-being-found-in-d4vd-s-tesla-trunk-police-exclusive-11820235″>People</a>. On that date, Detective Scot M. Williams told the publication that it was too premature to say anything about Rivas Hernandez’s connection to D4vd.</p>