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(NewsNation) — Friends of vocalist D4vd, 20, believed the 15-year-old girl recovered dormant successful his Tesla was his college-aged girlfriend, NewsNation has learned.
TMZ elder quality newsman Charlie Neff told "Banfield" connected Thursday that D4vd's friends successful the Los Angeles euphony country were shocked to perceive that Celeste Rivas-Hernandez's decomposing assemblage was discovered wrong his trunk.
They told Neff that D4vd, whose existent sanction is David Anthony Burke, is simply a "very gentle person," adding, "for it conscionable to beryllium his car, they thought was conscionable highly disturbing and confusing."
Questions astir D4vd's transportation to Celeste person swirled for weeks aft her assemblage was recovered Sept. 8. Her origin of decease remains a enigma aft it was listed arsenic deferred by the coroner.
D4vd and Celeste were 'romantically involved,' friends say
Neff said friends of the vocalist informed her they "frequently" saw the 2 unneurotic and believed they "were romantically involved." However, they did not notation thing astir "PDA."
They besides described the vocalist arsenic "a precise shy, quiescent person," adding that "Celeste seemed to reflector that, arsenic well."
"Everything helium did successful his life, she benignant of seemed to follow," Neff added.
D4vd's friends believed Celeste was a assemblage student
According to Neff, D4vd's friends had nary thought that the miss they had seen him with was underage, and believed that she was a 19-year-old assemblage student.
"She attended USC from what they believed," Neff said. The friends besides mentioned to Neff that they had seen Celeste astatine age-restricted events, "including clubs and parties."
Law enforcement sources antecedently confirmed to TMZ that Celeste had multiple fake IDs, which could person granted her entree into specified events.
The friends told Neff that they didn't cognize overmuch astir Celeste and lone saw her with D4vd astatine societal gatherings.
"No 1 truly questioned overmuch astir her inheritance ... they conscionable knew her arsenic this assemblage pupil that went to USC," Neff added.
Celeste had been reported missing aggregate times earlier she was found
According to a study from the Los Angeles Times, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said Celeste was reported missing astatine slightest 3 times successful 2024.
Most recently, the teen was reported missing successful April 2024, earlier her assemblage was discovered implicit a twelvemonth aboriginal successful the trunk of D4vd's Tesla.
Celeste's mother besides reportedly claims that earlier the teen went missing, she was dating idiosyncratic named David.
It remains unclear if Celeste was surviving with D4vd astatine immoderate constituent portion she was missing.
D4vd hasn't been spotted since his circuit ended
Since canceling his tour aft the quality of the teen's assemblage being recovered successful his car, D4vd hasn't made a nationalist quality oregon issued immoderate statements.
On Sept. 17, constabulary raided D4vd's Hollywood Hills home. The vocalist subsequently terminated his $20,000-a-month lease connected the property.
D4vd roseate to prominence online implicit the past mates of years, successful portion acknowledgment to a ample magnitude of occurrence connected TikTok, wherever helium has implicit 3 cardinal followers. He released his debut album, "Withered," successful April of this year.
