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Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Hollywood Hills Horror: Grisly Discovery of Missing Teen Found Dead in Singer D4VD’s Tesla

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

True Crime

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A grisly discovery in the Hollywood Hills has shocked Los Angeles. Missing teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who vanished a year ago, was found dead inside a Tesla linked to singer D4VD. LAPD detectives raided the artist’s home, searching for blood evidence and investigating whether D4VD has any connection to Celeste’s death. On this episode of Drop Dead Serious, TMZ executive producer Charles Latibeaudiere joins Ashleigh Banfield to break down the case, the eerie coincidences, and what investigators uncovered during the raid. From the decomposed remains found in the Tesla to the ongoing questions about D4VD’s involvement, this shocking case is raising new alarms in Hollywood.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield, and this is Drop Dead serious.

0:10.0

What a story coming out of the entertainment business tonight.

0:16.0

David, D4VD, do you know him? He's certainly finding a lot of fame right now.

0:22.9

Even if you didn't know him before, you may know him now.

0:26.3

And this is the kind of fame he probably does not want.

0:29.6

Not the kind he expected probably to find in his career.

0:33.3

And that's because his name is being connected to a very, very grisly murder in Los Angeles,

0:39.9

not just a murder either, like a child relationship that is not legal and not appropriate,

0:46.7

if it's true.

0:49.1

And as each piece of the puzzle tucks into place, we're beginning to see a hell of a picture emerging.

0:56.2

This whole story started with an abandoned Tesla in the Hollywood Hills.

1:00.5

A Tesla with Texas plates.

1:02.1

That matters.

1:02.8

Okay?

1:03.2

Remember that.

1:05.1

Neighbors in this one area of the Hollywood Hills started to notice the car because, A,

1:09.7

the Texas plates, but also

1:11.2

it wasn't moving, and there was a smell that was wafting from it. Now, at first, a lot of

1:17.0

these neighbors said they thought it was a dead animal, and eventually they called the police

1:20.5

to get the car towed away. That's what people do, right? And that's what happened. This Tesla

1:24.8

was towed away to an impound lot. But days later, workers at the

1:31.2

impound lot had had enough. They noticed that smell too, only now the smell was so incredibly

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