EXCLUSIVE: D4vd Private Investigator Knows Who Moved Tesla with Body in Trunk

There could have been greater plans as. far as getting rid of her and it's scary. sadistic stuff. >> Big news on the David Celeste Rivas. Hernandez case. We now know who the. private investigator is that was hired. by the Hollywood Hills landlord for the. home that David had been staying at, right by where the Tesla was found with. Celeste body inside. Well, we just sat. down with this investigator himself, Steve Fiser, about what he has learned. so far, what we can expect next. Let me. tell you, it is shocking. Welcome to.

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David the singer had been staying at? That that property owner, that landlord, had hired a private investigator to look. into the death of 14-year-old Celeste. Rivas Hernandez, the teen found. dismembered in David's abandoned Tesla. that was nearby. Well, not only do we. know who this private investigator is, but I just interviewed him. Yeah, you're. going to see him on this episode and I'm. recording this introduction after I. interviewed him and let me just say he. reveals a lot. Okay, a lot. Now, this.

may not provide all the answers, but I. will tell you if you are listening to. what he has to say, you're starting to. get a better picture of a lot of things. Okay, so this PI himself, Steve Fischer, we'll play that interview in a minute. Now, quick refresher. So, police raided. this $3.64 64 $4 million home which. David had reportedly been paying tens of. thousand dollars in rent. We know that. Celeste's body was found in the trunk of. his impounded Tesla back in September. that the Tesla was near this property. And to be clear, since then there's been.

no suspects that have been named, no. persons of interest, no arrest. David. has canceled his tour. He's moved out of. that mansion. He has transferred. properties that he owned in Texas to his. mother. The whole thing has been a lot. of unanswered questions. And that is. where this LA landlord, apologies if I'm. mispronouncing the name here, Malden. Truenovich, stepped in. He wasn't. content to sit back and just wait for. the LAPD. So, he brought in his own. private investigator to start digging to. get some more answers. We've talked. about that in a previous episode, but.

now we actually know who that. investigator is, Steve Fiser. I'm going. to play you that interview. It is. something. But let me just say real. quick, pin down exactly what this case. is about. This all started on September. 8th when LAPD officers were called to a. towyard on Mansfield Avenue in Hollywood. after workers noticed this foul odor. coming from a Tesla that had been. sitting there. That car was registered. to 20-year-old singer David, real name. David Anthony Burke, the Houstonborn. artist behind the hit Romantic Homicide. That Tesla had been abandoned near the.

Hollywood Hills rental property, towed. away and was just sitting there. And. when officers opened the front trunk, they found something horrific. human. remains wrapped in plastic. And a few. days later, it was confirmed that that. body belonged to 14-year-old Celeste. Rivas Hernandez, a teen runaway who had. been missing from Lake Elsenor since. April of 2024. Her remains were. decomposed, suggesting that she had been. in that car for weeks. The cause of. death is still officially deferred. Now, while David is not being considered at. this point officially as a suspect or.

even a person of interest, the internet. started connecting the dots or seemingly. connecting alleged dots between David. and Celeste. Screenshots from Discord. chats, live stream clips. Old photos. started circulating, all suggesting that. they had been in contact, maybe they. were even in some kind of relationship. TMZ have reported those that were close. to David thought that Celeste was 19. years old, that maybe there was a. relationship going on, and fans have. pointed out that both she and David had. that same small shoo on their fingers. And if that wasn't eerie enough, David.

has this unreleased song with Celeste in. the title that's been reported. Everything has unraveled for David since. the discovery. There's been a cancelled. tour date, pause on promotions for his. upcoming album, drop brand deals. And. while all of this is happening, David. has been making some major legal and. financial moves. He's retained Blair. Burke, the powerhouse Hollywood defense. attorney who's represented people like. Harvey Weinstein. David transferred the. deeds to two Texas properties to his. mother right after one of those houses. was apparently swatted. This false. reporting of a shooting and a dead body.

there. But now, let's get to it. Okay, let's circle back to that Hollywood. Hills rental property. How a private. investigator, a PI, even got involved in. this case. So, according to LA magazine, police had executed a search warrant on. that property back on September 17th. So, since David had been renting it for. reportedly about $20,000 a month, a home. that was owned by a man named Malden. Driffinich. And officers reportedly. collected electronics, computers, they. searched the drains for traces of blood. or tissue. At least that's the reporting. from TMZ. Can't officially confirm that.

But this homeowner had said that after. he'd heard almost nothing from the LAPD. about what they found, he was. frustrated. And that is when he made his. move and hired his own PI. He told TMZ. and the Daily Mail that his family. wanted answers about what might have. happened in or around this home and that. he wasn't trying to interfere with the. police investigation. He just didn't. want to be left in the dark about what. connections, if any, his property could. have to all this. And TMZ reports that. the LAPD has since seized surveillance. footage from the same home. cameras that.

could show exactly who entered or exited. the property. Now, this homeowner. reportedly told the outlet that he. hasn't even seen the footage himself out. of respect for his tenants privacy. He. also claims the police still haven't. given him a copy of the warrant or told. him exactly what they took. So, the big. question now is what exactly happened in. or around that home, right? And whether. the private investigator hired by this. landlord, this property owner, has found. anything that could shed light on that. timeline. And that is where we're. heading next. Okay, just one more thing. before we get to him. Something that.

we've learned. LA County District. Attorney Nathan Hawkman spoke out, confirmed the case is still under. investigation. No case has been. presented to his office yet. We're going. to get into that a little bit. But now I. want to bring on our special guest. I'm. joined by private investigator Steve. Fiser, who was hired by David's former. landlord. Um really, really appreciate. you taking the time here to talk about. this. First off, Steve, um how were you. hired? How were you retained in this. matter? So, uh, originally when the case, uh,

when the body was originally found, I. had another missing person's case going. in LA of a female and we thought that. that could be that individual. Uh, and. so I kind of stayed with the case for a. little while until she was identified. and we knew it wasn't. And I had, you. know, discovered some other things such. as the when the car was towed and the. photos from it being towed and whatnot. And uh you know the owner had gotten in. touch with me of the house and uh I.

shared some things with him and and uh. it just kind of evolved from there. But. one thing you know I would say is um he. is the owner of the house. It wasn't. David's landlord. David wasn't even on. the lease, you know, and and the owner. never even knew that David was in the. house. It was actually Josh Marshall, his manager, who had leased the house. >> But to be clear, David was living there, right? Yes, he he was definitely staying. there. It just was not known to the. owner. >> Right. Okay. And by the way, I I. understand this is, you know, an active.

investigation. There might be limited. what you can share, but what exactly is. he looking for in this? What exactly is. this property owner? What kind of. answers is he looking for? So, where it really kind of evolved from. was uh the search warrant was served, I. believe, on the 17th or 18th, and it was. a forced entry uh search warrant, meaning that nobody was home at the. time. And um they did not leave uh a. copy of the warrant or of the return,

the the inventory list of the items that. they took from the house. And it was. really kind of born out of that. We I um. was not officially retained at that. time, but I I helped him try to obtain. that and we told Robbery Homicide, hey, listen, you know, no warrant was left. behind. David was out on tour. Josh. Marshall lives out of state, we found. out. So, the owner had his. representative go to the house. immediately after he found out about. this and there was no warrant, no. return. He really just wants to. understand what of his property could.

have been taken and what the status of. that is. And then also, this is. troublesome when you learn something. like this. all of a sudden you're thrown. into this and he feels absolutely. horrible for Celeste Celeste family and. he's like you know if there's anything. that involves you know in and around my. house that that um could help and I want. to discover that and and I'll tell you. that there have been things that that. we've learned that and we've turned. right over to LAPD but we think there's. significant um you know things that that. could help. Do you mean that there might.

be evidence that a crime was committed. at that house? >> Not so much a crime. No. And I'll tell. I'll just be honest with you. We don't. have ev any evidence that anything. happened to us at that house, but there. is definitely evidence that we've. collected that helps the timeline. Uh we. now have a much better understanding of. when that Tesla arrived at that final. parking spot. I'll tell you I do have. surveillance from different houses in. the neighborhood showing Tesla being.

moved. So things like that like and I'm. not even saying that LAPD didn't have. that. I'm sure they did, but we wanted. to make sure and you know and we did. some work and on the upresing the. footage to find out who was driving the. vehicle. And there are some other items. that were found at the house that. weren't taken during the search warrant. And you know, search warrants are. limited, right? That they can't just go. take everything. it's what the judge, you know, and we don't know how broad. that search form was because we haven't. seen it and that's what we'd like to. see. But there were some things that.

were not taken into custody of LAPD that. we think are significant and um. including digital media and some other. things that really help nail down. timeline and things like that. >> And you handed and you handed that over. to LAPD. There's other. >> We have the day literally the day that. we um the things that we've recovered. we've given to um LAPD within 24 hours, you know. Do. do you know who was driving that car, that Tesla? You don't have to tell me,

but do you know the identity? >> Yeah. Um I you know, as far as it going. to the final that what we believe is the. final parking spot where it was towed. from. Uh yes. >> And that information's been communicated. to law enforcement. >> So it's been given to law enforcement. They don't they're not going to tell us. if they're confirming if if that's a. person or not. Robbery homicide. The way. they work is we'll take your. information. we're not going to speak on. it, you know. So, I don't know. But. listen, it's very clear that that. neighborhood is filled with um. surveillance cameras and uh the.

timelines once you once we learn those. dates and we can see other things that. were happening that were even public on. Instagram and whatnot were going on in. those people's lives, it makes a lot of. sense. >> So, let me ask you this. If you see when. the car was parked there, have you seen. anything to indicate that Celeste's body. was transferred into that car after the. car was parked there? Or in other words, do you believe that her body was in that. car the minute it was parked in the.

location it was ultimately towed from? >> So, I'll say I have no evidence of a. body being transferred uh before or. after. There's no evidence of that at. all. Um, but I will say when it was. moved to that position, it was already. like that. So that car had not been used. in a very long time. It was super dirty, caked on dirt. I'll tell you this was in. late July. So it's bizarre because we. also got media that that car was used a. lot. David even spoke about it in.

Instagram videos. He took it to a detail. shop and stuff like that. And then all. of a sudden the very beginning of the. year that car something happens, you. know, and that car's not doesn't show up. anymore. It's not used. it seems to. disappear and then uh that red Tesla. learned which we didn't know until the. search warrant was served that there's a. red Tesla in the garage um which I can. tell you was released on February 1st. >> Yeah. Let me just uh narrow down here. Can do you have the precise date of when. that car the one with the Tesla with. Tesla's with with Celeste body inside.

when it was left there? Do you know the. specific date of when it was left in the. Hollywood Hills? I. >> I I you know I believe uh I believe so. I believe it, you know, um, July, late. July. Very late July. Very late July. >> So, one thing that we've heard, and this. is something we've talked about, is the. LAPD has seized footage from the rental. property, multiple security cameras. around the property. There are even, uh, reports of a smashed Ring camera on the. ground. And according to TMZ, uh, police. seized all the footage from multiple. security cameras at the house last month.

when they executed the search warrant. TMZ described that footage as a quote. potential gold mine for investigators. And the question becomes, did you see. anyone going coming into or leaving that. property after the Tesla was there? So. after the Tesla with Celeste body inside. is there. Can you tell us you saw people. coming in and out out of that property. um before the let's say this before the. search warrant? >> No, not from the time that the Tesla was. left. So, from the time the Tesla was.

left there, uh, he literally immediately. started the tour. There was a tour bus. that was leased and I'll tell you that. Tesla was moved and literally a bus. departed for tour. >> Okay. You talked about things that might. have been taken from the house, things. that you handed over to LAPD. Is there. anything you can share with us about. what that information may be? You know, one thing that you just brought up and I. guess which TMZ reported on uh the. security uh system, the house has got a. very sophisticated uh security system,

not just with cameras, but with sensors. and and all types of things. It all. records to a DVR and for privacy. reasons. The owner when he leased the. house said, you know, this is the system. that's in the house and you can use. whatever functions you want on it. That's not something that then the owner. could access. So, we don't know if the. cameras were enabled or not enabled. But. if they were, it wouldn't just be. cameras. It would be, we'd know anytime. anybody came and went from the house, anytime anybody opened a window,

everything kept it like it was. But we. don't know. LAPD came in and took that. whole DVR. They took the entire system, which you would expect. And I've talked. to the security company that installed. the system and they've told me, you. know, how it was set up. We think it was. probably running because there's limited. alerts that the security guy can see. which is stuff like if there's a major. failure and there was a low power. failure warning that that triggered.

right when they were executing the. search warrant and we think that's when. they unplugged the system. So there's. reason to believe that the system was. running. Whether the cameras were. covered or not, I don't know. I can tell. you that some of the smoke sensors in. the house were covered and that's. probably because maybe they were I don't. know what they were doing in the house. So, the cameras might have been covered. as well. >> During the course of your investigation. so far, have you learned more. information about Celeste and David? Perhaps their connection, anything we. should be thinking about that hasn't. been publicly reported? Is your. investigation also into them as well? >> Sure. Uh, yeah. And, and you know, one.

of the reasons that we've kind of come. public with what I'm doing is because, you know, I have a little bit different. method of working than a lot of private. investigators and then what people think. is the proper way of doing it. I believe. in this digital age and when especially. the younger generation when they're on. places like Discord and you don't even. know their real identities. You know, I've put myself out there and those. people do come to me and a tremendous. amount of people have come to me and. I've learned a lot. Now, listen, a lot. of it circumstantial, right? But there. are people that are directly in his.

orbit and there are people that have. photos and videos and we've gotten a lot. of photos and videos from inside the. home itself. So we you can put people at. certain dates and times at the house and. and there's a lot of them. It's in the. thousands. >> Do you know if Celeste was ever at that. property? >> So you know what we recovered? We don't. have any of her at that property. We. have pictures of her and that were taken. by David. We assume because it's it's. not on a camera phone, but these photos. are on a regular camera at different.

locations. And it really makes me think. that it's likely she had another place. she was staying. There was I can tell. you that there was a lot of time spent. towards downtown LA. And I'll I'll say. the last photo that we have of Celeste. is um uh January 2nd, 2025. >> Okay. Now, that's significant because we. we were wondering when. you know she was last seen alive. there. was that surveillance footage of her. seemingly running away from her. neighborhood. >> and that was September of 24 I believe.

So we didn't have anything we were like. where was this girl in 2025 but we do. have a photo of her uh in on July 2nd. early in the morning July 2nd 2025. >> Has anyone and just to be clear you you. don't know more information about when. she died right? >> No I don't I don't have any information. of how she died or when exactly she. died. I have listen investigations are. always moving and and right now I I tend. to believe it happened a while ago a.

long time ago and I think January. February things change I mean you can. see it in the photos and everything and. I also think when I first started. looking at this case hey I'm very much. you know a razor type person where I. think things are a lot easier than. people try to make them sometimes. especially online into these big things. and I thought this was going to be a. tragic overdose which it very well still. could be and they made a bad decision. because they didn't want to expose a. potential relationship and put her in. this Tesla and then maybe he thought he. could get somebody to get rid of that. car and they were just like, "No, I'm. not doing it. I'm not doing it." And.

just got left there. But I will say. this, there are some things that um and. I'm talking physical evidence that was. at that house that is. there could have been greater plans as. far as getting rid of her. And it's. scary sadistic stuff. And that's why. we're trying to learn more about that. I. wish I could say more, but for obvious. reasons I can't. But but it doesn't have. to do with how she died, but maybe how. they were planning on ultimately getting. a rid of her and how maybe that Tesla.

was just a holding spot at the time and. things just, you know, their timing was. just off as far as getting this done. But there's some there's a few things. that were just like will blow your mind. >> Has anyone from David's team, management, legal, anybody reached out. to you or your client? uh you know I know that my client's been. in touch with his manager but only uh. for the purpose of the lease because. they did ask to terminate the lease and. I believe the other manager that. technically was the owner of the red.

Tesla I think was in touch with him just. for because they needed access to the. house to get that vehicle and stuff out. because that's another thing I think. could be key in this is that there's. only one key to that house and who had. that and who had access to it and who. was in it because we also have evidence. um that while David was on tour at the. time between the Tesla being found and. the search warrant being served, David. was on tour, but somebody was in that. house and there was actually a report. made, not with police, but that. homeowner association has a robust.

private security company and we've. gotten videos from them and reports and. so who had that key is probably the same. person that you know had access to the. Tesla. Do you know who that person is. and do you believe that is the person. that moved the Tesla? >> So I believe I definitely know who moved. that Tesla on that late July before they. went on tour. Um, I can't say who the. person and I don't mean I can't say for. I mean I don't know who exactly was in.

that that house because it's just a. report but there's video but you can't. make a person out but somebody was in. the house and being that there's only. one key. It's like okay who had access. at that time. So is it the same person. that moved the Tesla? Um was was. something was another last part of the. plan about to go in motion as far as. getting rid of her body? Um I don't. know. Now, we heard this week uh from LA. County District Attorney Nathan Hawkman. Uh and he actually addressed this case. directly when a TMZ reporter caught up. with him outside the DA's office. And.

regarding the status of the case, he. said, quote, "It is currently under. investigation. We don't discuss suspects. or the points in a continuing. investigation. When and if that case is. presented to the DA's office and we make. a decision on it, I'll make sure you're. one of the first to know. A case has not. been presented to our office for filing. consideration." And just to underline. that, a spokesperson for the DA's office. confirmed to Complex that, yeah, no case. has been presented for filing. consideration. The LAPD also told the. outlet that the county medical examiner. still hasn't determined a cause or.

manner of death, saying, quote, "It. remains unclear whether there is any. criminal culpability beyond the. concealment of her body." Now, Steve, you just told us a lot of information. here. Are you surprised that we don't. have a confirmed suspect from law. enforcement or a person of interest or. even an arrest at this point? Or can you. say from what you're seeing that makes. sense, but Jesse maybe being on the. lookout for something soon? >> Yeah, I would say Jesse that makes. sense, but maybe look be on the lookout.

for something soon. Uh yeah, I've seen. this in a lot of cases. It tells me, listen, I don't have any inside. information on this. I'm just saying for. my opinion that this means that during. the examination, autopsy examination, there was nothing very obvious such as a. crushed skull, bullet holes, anything. like that. So, they're waiting on. toxicology to come back to make that. final determination. Now, is the medical. examiner in contact with the detectives. in between this time? Are they? Absolutely. You know, do they have a. preliminary determination? I'm sure they.

do. I think the DA's office is working. side by side with the detectives and. telling them this is what we need for. these charges. This is what we would. need for the these charges. Can you get. it or not get it? Listen, a crime 100%. happened here. At minimum, it's the. concealment of a body, right? So, we. know somebody did that. Hopefully, it's. not, you know, a mutilation. Hopefully, those initial reports were wrong about. her being dismembered. But one thing I. have to say, even though I talked about. how we've found some things that could.

have meant they had a really twisted. plan in place to get rid of her, it. never went in motion. So, you can't. charge somebody for a crime that they. may have thought about doing. So, you. know, we may never know more about that. >> So, Steve, before I let you go, do you. have any indication about where David is. right now? >> I don't I I have no idea. And it's it's. kind of bizarre because his group has. stayed so silent. what's left of his. group, I guess. And um I'm not even sure. the conversations that the owner did. have with his management in breaking.

that lease. I'm not even 100% sure his. management knows at this time where he's. at. I think his attorney might be the. only one and his parents. >> Steve Fischer, really appreciate you. taking the time. Thank you so much for. providing a little bit more insight into. what's going on right now. >> Thanks for having me on. >> And that is all we have for you right. now here on Sidebar. Everybody, thank. you so much for joining us. And as. always, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you. should get your podcast. You can follow. me on X or Instagram. I'm Jesse Weber. I'll speak to you next time.

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