DETAILS about the death of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose remains were found in the trunk of a car once rented by singer D4vd, have been abruptly taken off the medical examiner’s website.
Cops demanded that the once publicly available information be ripped from the internet just days after a bombshell report claimed the 20-year-old artist was being investigated as a suspect.
In a statement shared on Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office announced that the court imposed a security hold.
“No records or details associated with the case, including the cause and manner of death and Medical Examiner report, can be released or posted on the website until further notice,” said Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Odey Ukpo in a statement.
The court order was finalized on Friday at the request of the Los Angeles Police Department, which has been fighting to keep information out of the public eye for months.
Ukpo appeared to blast the decision in his statement, saying that he’s been working on “eradicating the practice of placing security holds” at law enforcement’s request since he started leading the department.
“The practice of security holds is virtually unheard of in other counties and has not been proven to improve outcomes in the legal system,” he wrote.
“We are dedicated to serving our community with full transparency; however, the law precludes us from doing so while the court order remains in this case.”
The LAPD first tried to seal details about the case in September, but their informal request was shot down “due to insufficient jurisdiction to warrant the hold,” the medical examiner said.
It’s been over two months since Celeste’s partially dismembered corpse was found shoved in the trunk of an abandoned Tesla that had been towed and left in a Los Angeles yard.
Mystery shrouds the case as more disturbing links between Celeste and d4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, are coming to light, yet no suspect has been officially named.
Last week, multiple local news outlets reported claims from law enforcement sources that Burke was being considered a suspect.
According to KNBC, the singer, who hasn’t been seen since abruptly cancelling his tour, is not being cooperative with investigators.
Family members have claimed that Burke and Celeste started dating after she disappeared in April 2024, and neighbors living by a unit in Hollywood Hills that Burke was renting said they saw the two hanging out.
Her body was found on September 8, when workers at Hollywood Tow reported a foul odor erupting from the Tesla SUV.
It’s unclear when exactly she died, but her remains were reportedly in a horrific state, with some parts partially frozen and apparently thawing in the car, TMZ reported.
Her body had been decapitated, and her limbs had been removed and chopped into pieces, sources close to the investigation told the outlet.
According to TMZ’s report, it could be impossible to determine the official manner of death because of the state of her remains.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/15543141/celeste-rivas-death-update-d4vd-records/
