Mysterious masked men guard D4vd's home after disturbing claims made
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Two masked men were caught on video pacing outside the Hollywood Hills rental home vacated by D4vd, days after police raided the property in search of blood evidence linked to the dismembered teen found in his Tesla.

The Daily Mail obtained exclusive footage of the bizarre scene on Wednesday, as movers loaded furniture and boxes of the star’s belongings into a truck outside the $4.1 million mansion.

The mysterious pair were spotted at the Hollywood Hills home as more disturbing allegations about D4vd’s link to the girl emerged – including the claim they met online when she was just 12. 

The two imposing figures appeared to be part of a private security detail, standing guard as the removal took place. Both wore glasses and ski masks to conceal their faces, while one was seen in an armored vest with a gold badge fixed to the front.

It is unclear if the men were with the removal company, Roadway Moving, or hired by a third party. Roadway Moving and D4vd’s representatives have been contacted for comment.

The homeowner, Mladen Trifunovic, told the Daily Mail that the neighborhood has a strong security presence and is subject to frequent patrols.

Trifunovic said he had no idea D4vd – real name David Anthony Burke – was living at the home until last week. The $20,000-a-month rental was leased under his manager’s name beginning in February 2024.

On Monday, the Daily Mail exclusively revealed that Burke’s manager abruptly broke off the lease after LAPD’s Homicide Unit raided the home in connection with the death of runaway teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered remains were found in Burke’s Tesla on September 8.

Two masked men were caught on video pacing outside the Hollywood Hills rental home vacated by D4vd on Wednesday

Two masked men were caught on video pacing outside the Hollywood Hills rental home vacated by D4vd on Wednesday

The two imposing figures appeared to be part of a private security detail, standing guard as the removal took place

The two imposing figures appeared to be part of a private security detail, standing guard as the removal took place

‘They’ve decided to move out because of the ongoing circumstances,’ said Trifunovic. ‘They didn’t want to be there anymore.’

What was found during the search of the home is not clear. In a statement last week, a spokesperson for the LAPD said ‘several items of evidence’ were collected for analysis.

The department has not issued an update in its investigation since. No arrests have been made, and no suspects or persons of interest have been publicly named.

When approached for comment on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the department told the Daily Mail that ‘there are no updates,’ but the investigation is ongoing.

The spokesperson declined to comment on whether Burke is cooperating with investigators.

The 20-year-old was away performing on the US leg of his Withered World Tour when Rivas’ body was found.

Investigators made the grisly discovery after they were called to a Hollywood tow yard to investigate a foul stench coming from the front trunk of Burke’s impounded Tesla Model Y.

Inside, they found Rivas’s dismembered, severely decomposed remains wrapped in plastic.

The teenager was reported missing from Lake Elsinore in May 2024, when she was just 13. Her remains were found a day after what would’ve been her 15th birthday, though investigators said it appeared she’d been dead for some time.

D4vd – real name David Anthony Burke – has not spoken publicly about Rivas's remains being found in his car

D4vd – real name David Anthony Burke – has not spoken publicly about Rivas’s remains being found in his car

Sources told TMZ that detectives believe 'there's lots of evidence Celeste comes from a troubled home'

Rivas was reported missing from her home in Lake Elsinore by her family in May 2024 when she was just 13 

Both men seen outside the home wore glasses and ski masks to conceal their faces

Both men seen outside the home wore glasses and ski masks to conceal their faces

One was seen in a protective vest with a gold badge fixed to the front

One was seen in a protective vest with a gold badge fixed to the front

It is unclear if the men were with the removal company or hired by a third party

It is unclear if the men were with the removal company or hired by a third party

A member of Burke’s team claimed the singer was fully cooperating with police immediately after the body was found. However, after Rivas’s remains were identified, Burke’s team issued no further responses.

Burke’s world tour was then quietly canceled, and he retained an attorney who has yet to issue a statement or reply to a request for comment.

Police are now trying to establish when Rivas died and how. They are also working to fill in the gap between her disappearance in May 2024 and the discovery of her body 16 months later.

Rivas’s family claims to have last seen her on May 4, 2024. Her brother, Matthew Rivas, said she left home to go see a movie with Burke and never came back.

Two sources close to Rivas alleged to the Daily Mail that Burke was in an underage relationship with her, with one claiming he first made contact with Rivas on social media, like the gaming platform Twitch, when she was only 11 or 12.

Matthew Rivas told local media his family was aware of the alleged relationship. He claimed Burke would regularly pick his younger sister up in the same Tesla in which she’d later be found dead.

Rivas ran away on at least three different occasions in early 2024, before vanishing for good that May.

One of the Daily Mail’s sources said Rivas kept in contact with friends via text and phone calls for more than a year after she was reported missing, but all contact abruptly stopped sometime in late July or early August.

The Daily Mail obtained exclusive photographs showing moving crews clearing Burke's and his manager's belongings from the home on Wednesday

The Daily Mail obtained exclusive photographs showing moving crews clearing Burke’s and his manager’s belongings from the home on Wednesday

Boxes of belongings and furniture were seen being carried out of the home

Boxes of belongings and furniture were seen being carried out of the home

D4vd - real name David Anthony Burke - has not yet commented publicly on the discovery of a runaway teen's dismembered remains in his impounded Tesla

Burke had been staying at a $4.1million home in the Hollywood Hills leased by his manager Josh Marshall (above)

Burke had been staying at the $4.1million home in the Hollywood Hills, leased by his manager Josh Marshall (right)

Numerous images have since emerged on social media, purporting to show Rivas and Burke together during the time she was reported missing.

One such image included a video of a girl resembling Rivas who was spotted at one of Burke’s concerts in late August 2025, but a source told TMZ the person in the footage was not Rivas.

The nature of Burke’s relationship with Rivas is currently being scrutinized by investigators.

Police and the girl’s family confirmed Rivas had ‘Shhh…’ tattooed in red ink on her right index finger – matching one Burke has.

Internet sleuths have also unearthed an alleged unreleased song of Burke’s, titled Celeste_Demo unfin.

The song’s authenticity has not been confirmed, but leakers claim it was recorded by Burke in December 2023, and the lyrics explicitly reference a girl called Celeste.

Neama Rahmani, a former Department of Justice prosecutor, told the Daily Mail that the seeming evidence mounted against Burke already is ‘staggering’ and he is shocked an arrest hasn’t already been made.

‘Whenever they find a body in your car, that’s not good. And when it’s been dismembered, it’s even worse – and that’s without considering everything else we’ve heard in this case,’ he said Wednesday.

‘We could be looking at a minimum of charges of statutory rape, kidnapping, and trafficking, if she was indeed with him all this time, and they were in a sexual relationship.

‘So it’s shocking to me that nobody has been arrested – but I expect that to change within days. It’s just a matter of time.’

Rivas's remains were found dismembered and wrapped in plastic inside the front trunk of Burke's Tesla

Rivas’s remains were found dismembered and wrapped in plastic inside the front trunk of Burke’s Tesla 

Investigators made the grisly discovery after they were called to a Hollywood tow yard to investigate a foul stench coming from the front trunk of Burke’s impounded Tesla Model Y

Investigators made the grisly discovery after they were called to a Hollywood tow yard to investigate a foul stench coming from the front trunk of Burke’s impounded Tesla Model Y

Images screenshotted from Burke's social media pages show him with a girl who closely resembles descriptions and photos of Rivas

A second shows Burke next to a girl with a handbag covering her face in Los Angeles with the caption 'absolutely mogged'

Images screenshotted from Burke’s social media pages show him with a girl who closely resembles descriptions and photos of Rivas

The home’s owner, Mladen Trifunovic, told the Daily Mail the neighborhood has a strong security presence and is subject to frequent patrols

The home’s owner, Mladen Trifunovic, told the Daily Mail the neighborhood has a strong security presence and is subject to frequent patrols

Rahmani added that the LAPD is renowned within legal circles for working at a pedestrian pace, so while shocked a suspect isn’t in custody, he isn’t all that surprised.

Burke, meanwhile, has yet to publicly acknowledge the discovery of Rivas’s remains in his car.

His Tesla had been abandoned for days near Doheny Place and Bluebird Avenue, just blocks from the rental home where he’d been staying.

Neighbors previously told Rolling Stone that the car was spotted in various places in the local area over the past few months.

It was left in its final spot for about three weeks, and before that, it was seen parked a few blocks south as far back as the end of May, the outlet reported.

Burke and his representatives have not returned multiple requests for comment.

The singer shot to fame on TikTok in 2022 and made his late-night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel’s show in November 2023, aged 18.

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