Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been useless for weeks earlier than being found inside D4vd’s Tesla

A lacking teenage lady had been useless for a number of weeks earlier than her decomposing physique was found stuffed contained in the trunk of singer D4vd’s Telsa, Los Angeles police stated Monday.

Los Angeles Police Division Capt. Scot Williams confirmed the timeline however didn’t present a exact time of loss of life. The Los Angeles County medical expert is now making an attempt to find out the reason for loss of life of the lady, Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Detectives have been working for weeks to hint Hernandez’s closing actions and decide any connections with D4vd, who police say has been cooperating with them.

A 2023 Tesla registered to David Anthony Burke, generally known as D4vd, was ticketed by Los Angeles authorities on a Hollywood Hills avenue close to the place the singer lived 11 days earlier than her physique was found.

The Tesla had been parked on Bluebird Avenue so lengthy that some residents complained about it in August, resulting in the automotive being ticketed.

“I’m undecided precisely when the parking complaints in regards to the Tesla started, however it was nearer to the start a part of August,” stated Williams, who as captain of the LAPD’s Theft Murder Division is supervising the investigation.

Information reviewed by The Instances present on the afternoon of Aug. 27, a parking enforcement officer marked the Tesla, noting the place of its tires. Then, on Sept. 3, the officer issued a quotation to the Tesla for violating the 72-hour parking ordinance. Two days later, the Tesla was impounded and towed to the Hollywood yard.

Within the early morning of Sept. 8, a tow yard employee passing the Tesla observed a foul scent. He alerted Los Angeles police detectives to his considerations. A detective, agreeing with these suspicions, obtained a search warrant after which opened the trunk.

Contained in the trunk of the multiplatinum musician’s Tesla was a black bag containing Celeste’s closely decomposed stays. She weighed 71 kilos and had a “Shhh” tattoo on her finger, in accordance with the medical expert.

Her physique was discovered a day after her fifteenth birthday.

Celeste grew up in Lake Elsinore, about 76 miles away from Hollywood. She was within the seventh grade, and her household reported her lacking no less than thrice in 2024, in accordance with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace.