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Celeste Rivas went missing in 2024, and her mother told TMZ that the 15-year-old had been dating a person named “David” at the time.
LOS ANGELES — The girl whose body was found in an impounded car belonging to singer D4vd has been identified as a 15-year-old who has been missing since April 2024.
The L.A. County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed that 15-year-old Celeste Rivas was found in the car, a Tesla. According to TMZ and other media outlets, Rivas went missing in April 2024 from Lake Elsinore, California.
TMZ reported that the girl’s mother said she was dating a person named “David” at the time of her disappearance.
The investigation began when Los Angeles authorities discovered Rivas’ body on Sept. 8, after reports of a foul smell coming from the car as it sat in a police impound lot. According to ABC7, the remains were found inside a bag in the Tesla’s front trunk.
At the time the body was found, officials said it was too decomposed to determine even the person’s sex, and had been hidden in the car for some time in the burning Los Angeles summer heat.
According to TMZ, the car had never been reported stolen before it was impounded.
Officials told ABC7 that the car was left at the tow yard for about five days before police were called. The Los Angeles Police Department told the outlet that the car was towed from Hollywood Hills after it was reported abandoned nearly a week ago.
Rolling Stone reported that the Tesla Model Y had been seen parked in various places around the neighborhood where it was towed from, often for weeks at a time.
“It moved around,” one source in the tony Bird Streets neighborhood of the Hollywood Hills told Rolling Stone. “It’s chilling.”
The car is registered to David Anthony Burke, a 20-year-old singer best known under his stage alias D4vd. The singer rose to popularity as his songs became popular on TikTok.
A representative for the singer told NBC4 Los Angeles that D4vd is currently cooperating with authorities in their investigation.
The 20-year-old singer kicked off his world tour last month and performed in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday night, a day before the body was found. He’s scheduled to perform in Los Angeles on Sept. 20.
