The household of the 15-year-old woman whose stays had been present in a automobile registered to singer D4vd is asking for donations to assist bury her — as Los Angeles detectives examine her loss of life as a murder.
Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was reported lacking final yr, was recognized by authorities as the teenager discovered useless within the trunk of a Tesla belonging to D4vd.
Celeste’s next-of-kin not too long ago launched a GoFundMe web page soliciting donations from the general public to assist cowl burial prices.
“She was a beloved daughter, sister, cousin, and pal,” GoFundMe organizers Esmeralda Lozano and Gisel Vera wrote on the crowdfunding web page.
“Her household is heartbroken and devastated by this tragic loss. They’re searching for assist to put her physique to relaxation. Any funds you’ll be able to donate are drastically appreciated.”
Police stated the Tesla had been towed after it was left close to a Hollywood Hills dwelling the place the 20-year-old artist — actual title David Anthony Burke — stayed. Investigators later executed a search warrant on the residence.
The LAPD’s Theft-Murder Division is main the investigation and treating it as a murder. No suspects have been named and no arrests introduced.
A consultant for D4vd stated he has been “totally cooperating with the authorities.” The singer has not been implicated by police in Celeste’s loss of life, in keeping with a number of retailers.
Authorities haven’t publicly detailed any prior relationship between Celeste and the artist.
However seeming connections maintain piling up.
Screenshots of outdated messages on D4vd’s Discord fan server present he was rumored to be relationship a teen named “Celeste” years earlier than Rivas Hernandez was discovered useless.
A number of images have surfaced of D4vd with a younger lady bearing a powerful resemblance to Rivas Hernandez, whose images had been circulated on “lacking” posters in 2024.
Her mom informed TMZ that she had been relationship somebody named David earlier than she went lacking.
The yr earlier than that, D4vd, who has greater than 2 million followers on Instagram, made an unreleased observe through which he mentions the title “Celeste” twice.
Her physique was found Sept. 8 after somebody on the tow lot reported a stench coming from the Tesla’s entrance trunk, authorities stated.
The stays had been “severely decomposed,” indicating they’d been contained in the automobile for an prolonged interval.
Riverside County officers confirmed Celeste was the juvenile reported lacking from Lake Elsinore in 2024. She was 14 on the time she disappeared.
The Tesla was towed from close to a rental within the Chicken Streets space related to the singer, and detectives are reconstructing Celeste’s ultimate actions, in keeping with the Los Angeles Occasions.
After the identification, the Queens-born artist canceled the remaining dates of his US tour, together with a scheduled present in San Francisco.
Trade retailers reported further cancellations of Los Angeles appearances and a museum occasion.
Neither GoFundMe nor Celeste’s household responded to Publish requests for remark.
As of Friday afternoon, the GoFundMe marketing campaign has raised greater than $14,000. Tons of of individuals have donated to the marketing campaign, which set a purpose to boost $20,000.
-Extra reporting by Jared Downing
