THE owner of a home previously rented out by the music star D4vd has hired a private investigator while the probe into the death of the woman found inside the singer’s Tesla continues.
Celeste Rivas’ decomposing body was found in a Hollywood tow yard on September 8.
The teenager, 15, had been missing for more than a year before she was found dead.
No one has been arrested or charged in connection with her disappearance and death.
But, during the police probe, D4vd, whose name is David Anthony Burke, moved out of the plush Los Angeles home he was renting.
His team suddenly terminated the lease agreement, sparking mystery.
D4vd forked out $20,000-a-month to live in the property.
The property’s owner, Mladen Trifunovic, said this move came as a shock and he’s now hired his own investigator, as reported by TMZ.
“Our private investigator’s work is still ongoing, and I don’t have any findings to share at this time,” he told the outlet.
“It’s still early in the process, and I want to respect both the LAPD’s investigation and the memory of the victim.”
Trifunovic revealed he’s not been given any information from cops.
The property was searched in September and cops were seen carrying a computer and other items out of the property.
Investigators were looking for “blood evidence,” according to TMZ journalist Charles Latibeaudiere.
They searched the drains to see if there was any tissue.
Cops at the time said any items would be analyzed by detectives.
The home is located around a block-and-a-half from the site where D4vd’s car was parked before it was taken to the tow yard.
On August 27 – 11 days before Rivas’ body was found – an officer issued a parking violation over the car’s tire position.
Timeline of death investigation for Celeste Rivas Hernandez
An investigation is ongoing after a body was found in a car belonging to singer D4vd. Here’s a timeline of the case so far.
April 2024 – Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 13, is reported missing from Lake Elsinore, California.
August 5, 2025 – D4vd starts his Withered World Tour.
September 6 – D4vd’s Tesla is towed after it was abandoned on a street in Hollywood Hills.
September 7 – Rivas turns 15 years old.
September 8 – The Los Angeles Police Department discovered a dismembered body wrapped in plastic in the trunk of D4vd’s impounded Tesla.
September 17 – The decomposing body is identified as Celeste Rivas.
September 18 – D4vd’s house is searched overnight and investigators take a computer and other evidence. D4vd continues his tour with a show in Seattle. Rivas’s family breaks their silence on their GoFundMe page.
September 19 – D4vd cancels the rest of his tour.
September 23 – Rivas’s body is released to her family. It’s revealed that D4vd and his manager have broken their lease and left the house that was raided in Hollywood.
October 6 – Rivas is buried in a private funeral ceremony in Rowland Heights, California.
Then, an officer issued a second ticket on September 3.
On September 5, the car was removed from the neighborhood and taken to the tow yard.
Rivas’ body was found after tow yard workers detected a foul smell.
The remains were dismembered and rotting.
Rivas’ cause of death still remains undetermined. She was laid to rest on October 6.
But, investigators revealed that it was likely she had been dead for several weeks before the body was found.
“As such, it remains unclear whether there is any criminal culpability beyond the concealment of her body,” A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told the ABC affiliate KABC-TV last month.
D4vd has not been charged in connection with Rivas’ disappearance and death.
But, he was previously in a relationship with her.
Rivas started hanging out with the music star from when she was 13, an insider previously told The U.S. Sun.
They had matching tattoos and it later emerged that D4vd fantasized about a woman called Celeste in his music.
D4vd’s pals told TMZ they thought Rivas was his girlfriend because they had seen them together at age-restricted events.
She reportedly used fake IDs to get into the adults-only events.
Rivas was last seen in the Lake Elsinore area of California – located around 70 miles from Los Angeles – before she vanished.
But, one of her former teachers recalled how she used to run away to Hollywood to be with the singer.
