US EditionCeleste Rivas Hernandez Had Troubled Home Life, Ex-Boyfriend Says
Authorities continue investigating the deferred cause of death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas found in singer D4vd’s Tesla; no charges or suspects have been identified.
- Medical examiner files for Celeste Rivas Hernandez list the cause as `deferred` while toxicology remains pending, and the death certificate states she was not pregnant this month or last year.
- Rivas Hernandez's decomposed remains were recovered in the front trunk of a Tesla registered to David Anthony Burke on Sept. 8, 2025, and she was reported missing on April 5, 2024.
- Tow-Yard employees alerted police to a strong odor, leading officers to find Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s body wrapped in a bag at the Hollywood tow yard after the abandoned Tesla sat unattended for weeks.
- No arrests have been made in the case, and police say no suspect is being pursued at this time, while David Anthony Burke canceled remaining tour dates and his music label paused a deluxe release; a funeral service is scheduled for October 4th.
- In order for there to be a prosecution, law enforcement has to find some key pieces of information when it comes to a potential homicide, said Brian Buckmire, ABC News legal contributor, as investigators process evidence from the Tesla and seized electronics.
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Celeste Rivas Hernandez had troubled home life, ex-boyfriend says
(NewsNation) — An ex-boyfriend of Celeste Rivas Hernandez says she was not in a good situation at home before she began running away in early 2024. "He said that she would say that her parents were really mean, and that she didn't like being at home," TMZ's Charles Latibeaudiere told "Banfield" after Damien Hernandez and his mother, Jamie, spoke to the outlet Tuesday. Damien Hernandez, 15, who dated Celeste in middle school, revealed that when h…
Forensic doctors expect lab tests to help determine the cause of Celeste Rivas' death, found in a Tesla by singer D4vd
Celeste Rivas Hernandez's body, a 15-year-old girl, was found in the car of rapper D4vd. In an interview given to TMZ and published on 30 September, the girl's ex-boyfriend delivered shocking confidences.
Teen's cause of death still undetermined after body found in D4vd's Tesla, death certificate reveals
Sources say lab tests and toxicology reports will hopefully answer how she died. Until then, it remains a death investigation and not a homicide investigation.
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