Why Was A Private Investigator Hired in D4VD Tesla Celeste Body Case?

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October 17, 2025 • 14 mins

When a decomposing body was found in the front trunk of a Tesla linked to indie musician D4vd, it shattered the silence around a missing person case that had gone largely ignored. The body was that of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, reported missing in 2024. But it wasn’t law enforcement who made the next big move—it was the owner of the Hollywood Hills home D4vd had rented. He hired a private investigator.

This segment dives into the unanswered questions swirling around the Tesla body discovery: How did Celeste die? Who left her there? Why is there so much silence? And why did it take a dead teenager linked to a pop star to finally get people to care?

We examine the implications of private citizens hiring investigators when law enforcement stays quiet—and what it means when justice is outsourced to those just trying to protect their names.

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