LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The demise certificates for the 15-year-old woman discovered useless within the trunk of singer D4vd’s Tesla earlier this month reveals her explanation for demise nonetheless hasn’t been decided. ABC Information obtained the certificates on Monday.
Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s explanation for demise stays listed as “deferred” — simply because it has been for weeks because the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner continues to attempt to decide trigger and method of demise.
Sources inform ABC Information that lab assessments and toxicology reviews will hopefully reply how she died. Till then, it stays a demise investigation and never a murder investigation.
The demise certificates additionally notes that she was not and had not been pregnant within the final 12 months.
The Los Angeles Police Division launched the next assertion on Monday:
“The Los Angeles Police Division’s Theft-Murder Division (RHD) has been diligently investigating the demise of Celeste Rivas Hernandez over the previous a number of weeks. Presently, we will verify that Celeste Rivas Hernandez is deceased, and her physique was discovered within the entrance trunk space of a Tesla belonging to David Burke. The car had been parked on the location from which it was towed for a number of weeks, so Ms. Rivas Hernandez might have been deceased for a number of weeks earlier than the invention of her physique.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not but decided the trigger or method of Ms. Rivas Hernandez’s demise. As such, it stays unclear whether or not there’s any prison culpability past the concealment of her physique. RHD is totally inspecting each facet of this case to uncover the reality and search justice for Celeste Rivas Hernandez and her household.
We admire the general public’s endurance and understanding as we proceed this investigation. Additional updates shall be offered as applicable, however at the moment, we’re unable to reply extra questions.”
Based on a report from the Los Angeles Instances, the 2023 Tesla registered to the 20-year-old singer was ticketed 11 days earlier than 15-year-old Hernandez’s physique was discovered. On Aug. 27, a parking enforcement officer marked the automotive, noting the place of the tires, within the Hollywood Hills neighborhood the place the singer had lived.
The physique of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 15-year-old woman discovered useless within the trunk of a automotive in Hollywood, has been launched to her household.
On Sept. 3, the officer issued a quotation for the Tesla for violating a 72-hour parking ordinance.
Two days after that, the automotive was towed to a yard in Hollywood. Hernandez’s decomposed physique was found within the trunk on Sept. 8 after a foul odor was detected coming from the car.
Timeline of D4vd’s Tesla proof:
- 8/27: place of tires was marked
- 9/3: quotation issued for parking ordinance
- 9/5: D4vd’s Tesla was impounded
- 9/8: Hernandez’s decomposed physique discovered
The teenager’s physique was launched to the household final week.
A physique has been recognized as a teen after Los Angeles police discovered her deceased in an impounded Tesla registered to singer D4vd.
No arrests have been made and no costs have been filed within the case.
“To ensure that there to be a prosecution, legislation enforcement has to search out some key items of data in the case of a possible murder,” mentioned Brian Buckmire, ABC Information authorized contributor. “First, they want to determine if it is a murder or not, and the post-mortem report will assist give them that. Then they’ve to determine the who and the how in an effort to deliver costs.”
Hernandez, from Lake Elsinore, was within the seventh grade and had been reported lacking by her household at the least thrice in 2024, in line with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace.
A memorial service for {the teenager} is ready for Saturday.
ABC Information contributed to this report.
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