The horrifying discovery made in the Hollywood Hills—a dismembered body found inside the abandoned Tesla of rising music artist D4vd—has spiraled into one of the most chilling celebrity-adjacent mysteries in recent memory. The case, involving 15-year-old Celeste Revas Hernandez, who was reportedly dating someone named David, is no longer a simple police investigation; it is a complex entanglement of celebrity, high-tech evidence, and tragic uncertainty, exacerbated by what appears to be a disastrously mismanaged initial inquiry by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

The victim, identified as Celeste Revas Hernandez, was found earlier this month in the trunk of a Tesla Model Y belonging to David Burke Davis, known professionally as D4vd. The disturbing nature of the discovery was only amplified by the immediate confusion surrounding the timeline of her death. Initially, public statements from the police suggested the body had been recently transported to the vehicle. However, court and official records quickly revealed a far more shocking and sinister timeline.

In a critical reversal, LAPD Captain Scott M. Williams later told reporters that the Tesla had been parked at the location from which it was towed for “several weeks.” This leads to the devastating probability that Celeste Revas Hernandez had been dead for several weeks before her body was ultimately discovered. This retraction immediately raised serious concerns about the competency of the LAPD’s handling of the initial investigation, forcing the public to question the credibility of every subsequent police statement.

The Mystery of the Dismembered Body

Further compounding the horror is the unsettling detail regarding the state of the body. Reports indicated that Celeste’s body was “dismembered.” While the term often implies violent, deliberate severing of limbs, legal and forensic experts are now grappling with the possibility of decomposition. Given the extreme conditions—a body sealed inside a car trunk, potentially sitting in the California heat for weeks—the question arises as to whether the term “dismembered” refers to traumatic violence or if it is a grim consequence of the body naturally separating due to advanced decay and the conditions of its concealment.

The LAPD captain leading the investigation admitted that one of the key undetermined factors is establishing the cause and manner of death. This is the crucial finding that could determine whether Celeste died from foul play, a drug overdose, or other undisclosed causes. Without the final word from the Medical Examiner, the police are unable to officially and squarely label the case a homicide. This uncertainty has created a paralyzing legal limbo, which has become central to the entire narrative.

The Tesla: A High-Tech Silent Witness

In a twist that reads like a modern techno-thriller, D4vd’s vehicle, a 2023 Tesla Model Y, is a high-tech machine that might possess digital evidence to solve the mystery. The technology embedded in the vehicle goes far beyond standard key fobs, turning the car into a potential silent witness to the crime.

Specifically, the Tesla app is designed to send a push notification to the owner’s phone if the trunk is left open for more than ten minutes. This feature raises a chilling question: if someone spent more than ten minutes loading Celeste’s body into the trunk, D4vd could have received a direct notification on his phone, regardless of his physical location. Furthermore, the vehicle is equipped with Sentry Mode, which turns on surrounding cameras even while parked if a threat or jerky movement is detected.

The LAPD robbery and homicide division confirmed they are still actively processing the Tesla for all possible digital and video evidence. However, there are significant caveats that complicate the technological evidence. D4vd would have needed to have the notification feature enabled, and Sentry Mode often requires the owner to have a dedicated USB flash drive plugged in to record footage. We do not know for a fact if D4vd had these settings active. Nevertheless, the digital trail—the car’s location data, its lock/unlock history, and its potential notifications—makes the Tesla a high-value piece of evidence.

The Star, The Silence, and The Search

The discovery of Celeste’s body and her subsequent identification by police, spurred on by her mother confirming she had been dating someone named David, immediately implicated the singer. D4vd, born David Burke Davis, had been photographed less than a mile away from Celeste’s family home, cementing the physical connection.

Initially, the artist continued his scheduled tour, but the rising public pressure became insurmountable. He canceled his Seattle show almost immediately after Celeste was identified and fans made the connection through videos and phone evidence. Then, on September 19, he canceled all remaining US tour dates, and his music label paused the deluxe release of his album Withered. His public silence on the matter has been deafening, drawing a massive wave of public suspicion, despite the official police declaration that he is not currently a suspect or person of interest.

The scrutiny intensified when police confirmed they had searched D4vd’s Los Angeles homes where the streamer-turned-artist was residing before his tour began. The target of these searches was chillingly specific: investigators were reportedly looking for traces of blood and taking hair samples, suggesting that while D4vd may not be officially named a suspect, the police are aggressively seeking forensic evidence that could connect him to the tragedy.

In the midst of this speculation, a major public rumor was definitively dispelled. The death certificate, obtained by TMZ, explicitly states that Celeste Revas was not pregnant, nor had she been in the last year, disproving a key theory that had gained widespread traction online.

Legal Limbo: Cause Deferred and the Pending Verdict

The death certificate confirms that while an autopsy has been performed, the cause and manner of death are being officially “deferred” pending toxicology results. This detail is the absolute key to the entire case. Without the medical examiner’s final findings, police are effectively prevented from moving forward with a conclusive theory, whether it be homicide, accident, or suicide. The case remains in a state of legal limbo, a fact that has allowed the public speculation and social media outrage to run rampant.

The investigation continues to search for answers, specifically addressing the initial misleading timeline and trying to reconcile the conflicting narratives: the official police report versus the physical and digital evidence. Captain Williams clarified that while the theory that the body was in the car the entire time it was parked is strong, it is not yet a hard fact.

The stakes for D4vd could not be higher. His career, once on a meteoric rise, has been instantly halted, replaced by the ominous shadow of a potential murder charge. The ongoing investigation is a brutal intersection of the criminal justice system and the hyper-scrutiny of modern fame, where every silence is interpreted as guilt and every piece of technology is treated as a potential witness.

The truth of what happened to Celeste Revas Hernandez rests in the hands of the medical examiner. Until those final results are released, D4vd remains suspended in an agonizing legal void, the subject of relentless suspicion, and the owner of a high-tech car that sits at the center of a horrific and unresolved modern-day tragedy. The world is watching to see if the toxicology report will finally provide the grim clarity needed to break the case wide open, or if D4vd will remain trapped in the silence of his own making.