A private investigator is making serious allegations against Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s family members.
The 15-year-old’s badly decomposed body was discovered in the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to alt-pop singer David Anthony Burke, a.k.a. D4vd, on Sept. 8.
Private investigator Steve Fischer claims Celeste’s family members knew exactly where she was when they reported her “missing” twice in 2024.
Fischer works for the landlord who rented a $20,000 a month Hollywood Hills house to Josh Marshall, David’s manager.
David moved out of the house shortly after the FBI executed a search warrant at the property.
Celeste’s mother told TMZ she hadn’t seen her daughter since April 2024 and the runaway was dating a man named “David.”
In a post on his @sf_investigates X (Twitter) account on Sunday, Oct. 26, Fischer suggests Celeste’s mother was not being truthful:
“The first time Celeste was reported missing was February 14, 2024, the exact same day Josh Marshall took possession of the rental house. The last time she was reported missing was April 5, 2024. But was she truly missing? On May 30, 2024, Celeste attended her cousin Esmeralda’s high school graduation (see attached photo). In September, she was seen on video fighting with neighbors at the Lake Elsinore home. So why didn’t any family member notify law enforcement that she was safe? Possibly because they were worried it would trigger a CPS investigation?
From the start, someone close to the situation in Lake Elsinore told me that after the last report, certain family members instructed concerned neighbors not to search for Celeste because she was “staying with a family member” near Los Angeles. Is that why we haven’t heard a word publicly from her family?
Esmeralda, I have a question for you: Did you attend an event with David and Celeste on April 21, 2024? I’m also curious why Celeste was attending your graduation, yet was still considered a runaway and not enrolled in school. As the school president it seems you knew better than that. #CelesteRivas #celesterivashernandez #d4vd.” Source
So far, no charges have been filed in the case. Police are awaiting a toxicology report to determine a cause of death.
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