D4vd Mansion Emptied by Movers as Murder Probe Widens After Dismembered Girl Found in Tesla
Movers remove belongings from a Hollywood Hills rental linked to the singer as police pursue leads in the Celeste Rivas case; no arrests have been announced.
Movers cleared out a $4.1 million Hollywood Hills mansion rented by D4vd, the singer at the center of a murder probe involving a dismembered teenage girl, as police continue to investigate the disappearance of Celeste Rivas. Rivas, 13, was found decomposed in the front trunk of the rapper-singer's impounded Tesla on Sept. 8, according to authorities.
Earlier this week, police raided Burke's rental property, and exclusive photographs obtained by the Daily Mail show moving crews loading Burke's belongings and those of his manager, Josh Marshall, from the home. The mansion lease had been held in Burke's name through his manager, and the property sits in the Hollywood Hills.
Homeowner Mladen Trifunovic told the Daily Mail that the tenants moved out because of the ongoing situation. Police have not publicly named suspects or persons of interest in the case, and they have not disclosed whether any blood was found or what specific evidence was collected during the raid. Investigators have said that evidence gathered at the property would be tested in the days following the raid.
The LAPD declined to provide updates when contacted by the Daily Mail. Burke's representative initially described him as cooperative with investigators; he has since retained celebrity attorney Blair Berk, who has not issued a statement. The relationship between Burke and Rivas is under review by detectives, with some sources describing an alleged illicit relationship; investigators have not publicly confirmed these details.
Sources close to the investigation have described Rivas's home life as fractured and complicated, with accounts that she ran away to Los Angeles to be with Burke. Online activity has circulated images purported to show Burke with a girl who resembles Rivas, and investigators are attempting to reconstruct Rivas's movements in the months before her disappearance, including possible contact prior to May 2024 when she was last seen.
Authorities have not released a cause or time of death for Rivas. Her remains were found dismembered and wrapped in plastic inside the front trunk of Burke's Tesla; the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has since released partial remains to her family. Investigators say they are not relying on a single fact to move forward and are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry as the case remains active.
Rahmani, founder of West Coast Trial Lawyers and a former Department of Justice prosecutor, told the Daily Mail that if an illicit sexual relationship existed, charges could include statutory rape, kidnapping, and trafficking. He also noted that LAPD’s pace has drawn scrutiny in the past, though he cautioned that a murder investigation can unfold at varying speeds depending on evidence collected. "Where there's smoke, there's fire — and it doesn't look good for D4vd right now," Rahmani said, while stressing that no final determinations have been announced.
As investigators continue to piece together the timeline and the circumstances surrounding Rivas's death and disappearance, the public case remains unsettled, with no publicly named suspects and ongoing questions about how the evidence will shape charges, if any are pursued. The focus remains on what is publicly verifiable: the pile of physical evidence recovered, the contents removed from Burke's rental home, and the broader questions about the teenager's last known movements and the nature of her relationship with those tied to the residence.