A private investigator says an industrial incinerator was discovered inside a Hollywood Hills home once leased by singer D4vd, adding a new and troubling detail to an ongoing death investigation involving a California teenager.
Steve Fischer said he was granted access last month to the residence formerly occupied by the artist, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, and found what he described as a “burn cage” incinerator inside the property. Fischer said the device had not been opened. According to him, the equipment and other items were delivered to the home under a false name, though the deliveries were accepted at the address.
“The Burn Cage was not taken during the search warrant and because it was not used it appears it’s not of importance to any possible criminal investigation. But we think it’s important context, even if not criminal. The burn cage and other related items were delivered to the residence under a false name, although the deliveries were accepted at the property,” the investigator wrote.
D4vd has been publicly identified as a suspect in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a teenager whose body was found on Sept. 8 inside a Tesla registered to the singer. Her family laid her to rest in October. No arrests have been made in the case.
Although my words have been misquoted by some, what I actually said about certain items found at the Doheny address was that they were “items you would expect to find on a farm rather than in a home in the Hollywood Hills.” One of those items was a Burn Cage incinerator,… pic.twitter.com/VlS2MHdb2G
— SF INVESTIGATES • STEVE FISCHER (@SF_investigates) December 16, 2025
The incinerator Fischer described is commonly used in agricultural settings and can reach temperatures up to 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit, exceeding the heat typically required to burn human bone. Authorities did not seize the device during the execution of a search warrant, Fischer said. He also noted that such incinerators are illegal in Los Angeles County.
“Some will argue that this item was intended as a prop for a video. If that were the case, it raises several obvious questions. Why would a 55-pound burn cage be delivered to a private residence instead of directly to a prop designer or production house? Why would it be ordered before departing on an extended world tour? And why was it never used in any video production?” he wrote.
Last month, police revealed that D4vd has not been cooperative with investigators and “likely had help in dismembering and disposing of the body.”
Speculation has also surrounded the nature of D4vd’s relationship with Rivas Hernandez.
D4vd has not been charged with a crime. The investigation remains ongoing.