In a gut-wrenching development that’s sent shockwaves through the music world and reignited online fury, Matthew Rivas – the grieving brother of slain 15-year-old Celeste Rivas – has finally shattered his months-long silence, delivering a bombshell accusation that points a trembling finger straight at rising R&B star D4vd in connection with his sister’s horrific disappearance and dismemberment. Speaking exclusively to TMZ in a tear-streaked interview aired Wednesday, the 18-year-old high school senior recounted the fateful night Celeste vanished, claiming she left home on May 4, 2024, for a casual movie date with the 20-year-old singer – and “never came back.” “She was excited, you know? Said it was just a hangout,” Matthew said, his voice cracking. “But after that? Nothing. No calls, no texts. And now… this.”

Celeste’s decomposed, dismembered remains were discovered on September 8, 2025, stuffed into black trash bags in the trunk of a Tesla registered to David Anthony Burke – better known as D4vd – at a Riverside County impound lot, where the vehicle had languished after being towed for expired tags. The teen, reported missing from her Lake Elsinore home over a year prior, had turned 15 just a day before her body was found – a grim milestone that has amplified calls for swift justice. LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division, which took over the case amid suspicions of foul play, confirmed the identification last week but stopped short of naming suspects, stating only: “It remains unclear whether there is any criminal culpability beyond the concealment of her body.” Yet Matthew’s revelations – coupled with resurfaced evidence – have thrust D4vd back into the crosshairs, with fans and sleuths alike dissecting his silence and a trove of eerie digital breadcrumbs.

Matthew’s account paints a picture of a vulnerable teen ensnared in a web of fleeting fame. Celeste, a middle-school dropout with a history of running away – reportedly up to a dozen times in the year before vanishing – had idolized D4vd since his 2022 breakout hit “Romantic Killer.” Screenshots from a leaked Discord chat, purportedly from Matthew himself and circulating on Reddit since mid-September, detail her “obsession”: late-night DMs, shared “Shhh” finger tattoos, and whispers of meetups that escalated from virtual to visceral. “She told me he promised to help with her music dreams,” Matthew alleged in the interview, pulling up old texts where Celeste gushed about a “secret collab.” But the “shocking truth,” as he put it? “He knew she was struggling at home – the fights with Mom, the feeling like no one cared. And he still… let this happen.” The brother claimed Celeste confided in him about “weird vibes” post-movie, including pressure to keep their “friendship” hidden, but begged him not to tell their parents. “I should’ve pushed harder,” he admitted, burying his face in his hands.

The timeline, long a puzzle for investigators, now cracks under new scrutiny. Family statements pegged Celeste’s last sighting at home on May 4, 2024, but explosive surveillance footage leaked Monday shows her – alive and agitated – screaming at neighbors in Lake Elsinore on August 15, 2024, over a “prank” involving her family’s mailbox. Dressed in the same floral sundress later found shredded in D4vd’s Tesla, she hurls expletives: “You think this is funny? My life’s a joke already!” Neighbors, who pegged her as “safe” and no longer missing, now grapple with guilt: “We thought she’d come back for good,” one told Daily Mail. LAPD hasn’t commented on whether they knew of her intermittent returns, but sources whisper it “blows the case wide open” – suggesting she may have been shuttling between home and D4vd’s orbit undetected.

Even more damning: A resurfaced August 24, 2024, fan video from D4vd’s Silver Spring, Maryland concert captures a girl matching Celeste’s description – same dress, same “Shhh” ink – backstage beside the singer’s brother, Caleb Burke. Social media exploded, with TikTok sleuths overlaying timestamps: If authentic, it places her alive – and with D4vd’s inner circle – mere weeks before her death. Caleb, 22 and D4vd’s de facto manager, has stonewalled queries, but a September raid on the singer’s Hollywood Hills rental yielded “items of interest,” per LAPD leaks: Celeste’s phone, a bloodied jacket, and notebooks scrawled with lyrics eerily echoing her name.

D4vd, whose viral ascent – 5 million monthly Spotify listeners off tracks like “Here With Me” – has stalled amid the scandal, dropped a haunting unreleased snippet in late September: “Oh, Celeste / Afraid you’ll only love me when undressed / But you look so damn gorgeous in that dress / Missing you so much makes me depressed.” Fans branded it a “confession track,” while his team insists it’s “old work, unrelated.” Neither D4vd nor his reps have addressed Matthew’s claims, but his X account – dormant since the body’s discovery – briefly flickered with a cryptic emoji chain (broken heart, ghost, locked door) before deletion. A former teacher, speaking to Times of India, claimed D4vd “knew Celeste from middle school circles years back,” hinting at a “predatory pattern” with young fans – a narrative bolstered by her ex-boyfriend Damien Hernandez’s parallel bombshell to TMZ: “She’d run away to escape the chaos at home – Mom’s yelling, feeling invisible. D4vd made her feel seen… until he didn’t.”

Celeste’s family, fractured by the loss, issued a statement via GoFundMe – now at $250,000 for funeral costs and a private investigator – pleading for tips: “Celeste was our light, stolen too soon. Help us find the truth.” Her death certificate, leaked last week, confirms no pregnancy (quashing wild rumors) but lists the cause as “undetermined homicide,” with toxicology pending. Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco, irked by LAPD’s lead, vowed a “parallel probe,” citing “red flags” like the Tesla’s impound date (July 2025) suggesting concealment post-mortem.

Online, #JusticeForCeleste has ballooned to 500 million impressions, with Swifties-turned-sleuths drawing parallels to predatory scandals in music. Reddit’s r/d4vd subreddit, once a fan haven, now a vigilante forum, dissects leaked chats where Matthew allegedly vents: “He did it – I know it.” But skeptics warn of misinformation: “Grief makes monsters of us all,” one mod posted. Hernandez, 15 and hollow-eyed, added fuel: “Celeste dreamed big – music, escape. D4vd dangled that, then… silence.”

As LAPD sifts digital detritus – deleted livestreams from early 2024 showing the duo side-by-side – Matthew’s plea hangs heavy: “She was my little sis. If he knows anything, say it now. For her.” In Lake Elsinore’s quiet cul-de-sacs, where Celeste once chased fireflies, the silence screams for answers. D4vd’s next move? A statement, a song, or a subpoena. For now, a brother’s broken voice echoes loudest – demanding the shocking truth Celeste can no longer tell.