D4VD fans have been left sickened by the alleged warning signs at his funeral-themed gig they attended on the same day a teenager’s dismembered body was found in his car.
The 21-year-old singer faces the death penalty as he is accused of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Harnandez on April 23, 2025 and mutilating her remains with a chainsaw.
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D4vd performs during the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 18, 2025 in Indio, California Credit: Getty
Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been missing for several months when her remains were found in D4vd’s car trunk Credit: Family Handout
The grim discovery was made by workers at a tow yard who reported a foul smell coming from the trunk Credit: KABC-TV
A pop-up at the concert on the day Celeste’s body was found featured a casket and wreath with a guestbook for fans to leave messages Credit: X/FearedBuck
D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, is facing three counts, including first-degree murder with special circumstances, after the missing teen’s decomposing body was found in the trunk of his Tesla in September 2025.
The singer has pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains behind bars awaiting trial.
Now, fans who attended the Minneapolis gig the day the body was found say they are disgusted after spotting what they now believe were chilling ‘red flags’ at the show.
This included the now-unsettling sight of a casket and flowers out front along with an invite for fans to write a letter to the deceased.
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Jazz Ramirez was in the crowd at the show and admitted she initially brushed off reports about the body being found in his car.
“It was the first thing I saw on my feed. I believed it to be just a hoax or some sort of odd marketing for his concerts. Then I saw it being discussed on the news,” she told The U.S. Jattvibe,
“We decided to go anyway because we had spent around $140 on tickets the night prior.
“Everyone I met at the concert believed he was innocent. I was never necessarily a big fan of D4vd. I attended the concert last minute with a friend.
“I just knew his most popular songs for a while and wanted a fun night out.”
Reflecting on the night since his arrest, she said she now feels “incredibly disgusted” by both the case and the artist, adding that the concert itself felt “rushed.”
“I remember the crowd trying to get D4vd to perform FEIN by Travis Scott for fun, as he did it for his past shows, but he completely disregarded it,” she said.
“Thinking back to it now, I feel like he was just trying to get through the show with no questions asked since all the information [about the body being found] was released on the same day.
David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, looks on during his arraignment at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Credit: Reuters
A makeshift Memorial for Celeste Rivas Hernandez is placed outside her home in Lake Elsinore, California Credit: AP
“He didn’t do much crowd work; it was just the typical ‘What’s up, Minneapolis?’”
She said concertgoers have since realized the signs may have been there all along.
D4vd performed a 19-song set at The Fillmore Minneapolis, including tracks such as Romantic Homicide, Here With Me, and WORTHLESS.
She also recalled seeing a funeral casket positioned at the venue entrance — something she now says feels deeply disturbing in hindsight.
“There was a funeral casket set up; it’s unsettling to think of now with all the new information,” Jazz said.
“From what I recall, I believe the casket setup was right at the entrance once we entered the venue.”
Although he didn’t interact much with fans at the show, he was seen passing out Labubu toys for concertgoers.
D4vd went on to perform his scheduled concert in Portland, Oregon, on September 15, but then pulled the plug on the rest of his tour.
He has since been accused on social media of “playing in people’s faces” with what critics now see as glaring warning signs in his stage imagery.
His funeral-themed show design for the Withered tour was originally presented as an immersive artistic concept symbolizing the “death” of his killer alter ego, It4mi — a character whose name means “pain” in Japanese.
The performances featured caskets, floral wreaths, and notebooks where fans could leave messages, while the It4mi character appeared in music videos wearing a blindfold and a shirt smeared with bloody handprints.
But former fans now believe the fantasy took on a far darker meaning.
Timeline of the Celeste Rivas case
April 2024 – Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 13, is reported missing from Lake Elsinore, California.
August 5, 2025 – D4vd starts his Withered World Tour.
August 27: A traffic officer marks D4vd’s Tesla over an issue relating to its tires.
September 3: D4vd’s Tesla given a citation.
September 5– D4vd’s Tesla is towed to a Hollywood yard.
September 7 – Rivas turns 15 years old.
September 8 – The Los Angeles Police Department discovered a dismembered body wrapped in plastic in the trunk of D4vd’s impounded Tesla.
September 17 – The decomposing body is identified as Celeste Rivas.
September 18 – D4vd’s house is searched overnight, and investigators take a computer and other evidence. D4vd continues his tour with a show in Seattle. Rivas’s family breaks their silence on their GoFundMe page.
September 19 – D4vd cancels the rest of his tour.g
September 23 – Rivas’s body is released to her family. It’s revealed that D4vd and his manager have broken their lease and left the house that was raided in Hollywood.
October 6 – Rivas is buried in a private funeral ceremony in Rowland Heights, California.
April 16 – D4vd arrested on suspicion of murder.
April 20 – The singer pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance.
April 22 – The autopsy report for Celeste reveals her death was ruled a homicide.
April 23 – D4vd appeared in court for a status conference as prosecutors claimed to have discovered child sexual abuse images in his phone.
Asked about the ongoing case, Jazz added, “I haven’t been actively following it, but a lot of the information has shown up on my feed. I heard about the autopsy as well; it’s so horrifying.
“It’s all so disturbing and I’m very disappointed. I allowed this artist to profit off of my money.”
Other former fans have taken to social media to voice their disgust after hearing what D4vd has been accused of and the horrific way prosecutors allege he tried to cover up the murder.
One posted on X, “gonna confess I went to see D4vd a few days b4 we discovered he had Celeste in the trunk of his car.
“It was so heart breaking and I hope he dies a slow painful death.”
A father also posted on the site about attending a concert in London with his teenage daughter and meeting the singer after the show, saying she is now “disgusted” having found out what he is accused of.
An autopsy report revealed Celeste’s head and torso were discovered inside a “large, black zippered body bag with handles.”
Her arms and legs — severed above the elbows and knees — were reportedly found in a separate trash bag in the trunk.
Prosecutors claim he killed Rivas on April 23, 2025, shortly after she arrived at his Hollywood Hills home via an Uber he allegedly ordered around 10.10pm.
In early May, he allegedly purchased a shovel, two chainsaws, a body bag, and an inflatable pool, which prosecutors claim were used to dismember and dispose of the body.
During this time, it appeared to be business as usual as he promoted his album ‘Withered’ and performed concerts across the country, including stops in Phoenix and San Francisco.
It was months later, on September 6, when news broke that a body had been found in his Tesla after a foul smell was coming from the vehicle that had been towed and impounded after neighbors reported it abandoned.
