Investigator Shares More Details on Disturbing Home Discovery in D4vd, Celeste Rivas Case

A private investigator looking into the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose body was found in early September inside the trunk of a car belonging to singer D4vd, has reportedly uncovered some unsettling details about the case.

Steve Fischer, a California missing persons investigator, was hired by the owner of a Hollywood Hills mansion where D4vd had been staying. D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, fled the home shortly after police discovered Rivas's body inside a Tesla registered to the 20-year-old artist at an impound lot in Hollywood on Sept. 8.

In a new interview, Fischer says he recovered various tools at the palatial home that “could be used to get rid of a body.”

What we know about this case

• Police were called to the impound lot in early September due to a report of a "strong odor" emanating from the abandoned Tesla.
• A badly decomposed body was discovered inside a bag in the vehicle's front trunk. Eventually, the remains were identified as Rivas', a teenage runaway from Lake Elsinore, California.
• D4vd and Rivas have several prominent connections, including reportedly sharing matching tattoos.
• Rivas' mother also claimed her daughter had been dating a man named David.
• TMZ Live reported in October that there was a “consensus” among D4vd’s friends and acquaintances that he and Celeste were a couple. 
• TMZ sources added that those “in the scene” also thought Celeste was older, around 19 years old.
• D4vd reportedly wrote an unreleased love song with references to a girl named Celeste in the lyrics.
• As of now, there has been no definitive cause of death has been named, though Fischer speculated at a potential explanation recently.
• Authorities have not officially ruled the death a homicide, and D4vd has not been named as a suspect, though he has retained a high-profile defense attorney.

Suspicious 'items' found at home

Fischer claims his probe into D4vd's former mansion led to the discovery of "farm" tools that seemingly had no place in the residence.

“There were some items at the house that were still in their original manufacturing packaging that had been delivered that have no use in a home in the Hollywood Hills,” said Fisher, via the New York Post.

“These are items that belong more on a farm than in a home. It would make no sense to even own these things."

In the same interview with Court TV, Fischer called the findings "sadistic" and claimed the tools could have been used "to get rid of a person."

“People say, ‘Oh, it’s gotta be tools and stuff.’ It’s beyond that,” Fischer said. “It’s really sadistic stuff.”