A Los Angeles grand jury will probe the ugly dying of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose physique was discovered within the trunk of artist D4vd’s automotive, based on a brand new report.
The revelation suggests police might be tightening the online round a suspect or suspects within the surprising case, wherein the teenager’s decomposing physique turned up within the trunk of the pop star’s Tesla on September 8 — sooner or later after she would have turned 15.
Cops have kept away from naming suspects and even calling the dying a murder, however county prosecutors have begun presenting proof to an investigative grand jury, insider sources revealed to the Los Angeles Occasions.
The grand jury started assembly earlier this month, one supply mentioned; such a grand jury can’t hand down an indictment, however it might subpoena witnesses and proof.
The revelation is a significant step ahead within the horrific case that has baffled the nation for months.
One detective internally described the case as an “investigation into homicide,” based on courtroom paperwork obtained by the Occasions, though the Los Angeles Police Division lately denied stories that Rivas’ physique had been decapitated and frozen.
In the meantime, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner has been hit with a courtroom order blocking them from releasing any details about the physique, the division introduced Monday.
Rivas Hernandez was first reported lacking from her dwelling in Lake Elsinore, California, on April 5, 2024, based on the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Singer D4vd, 20, whose actual identify is David Anthony Burke, was on tour on the time the stays had been discovered.
Rivas’s mom contacted TMZ when she heard concerning the discovery, and the tip helped cops determine her daughter. The mother mentioned Rivas had been courting somebody named “David” and had a “shhh” tattoo that matched one on the artist.
Rivas’ physique was present in a Hollywood tow yard after D4vd’s Tesla was towed from close to a Beverly Hills mansion D4vd was utilizing as a crash pad.
Cops later executed a search warrant on the home, which was leased by D4vd’s supervisor.
D4vd has employed the high-powered lawyer who represented Harvey Weinstein, and the artist was allegedly “not cooperating” with investigators and has but to be interviewed by police, a regulation enforcement supply beforehand advised PEOPLE.
It stays unclear how lengthy Celeste had been useless earlier than she was discovered, however the health worker beforehand mentioned the lady appeared “to have been deceased contained in the car for an prolonged time period earlier than being discovered.”
Hiding a physique is barely a misdemeanor in California, which means if prosecutors fail to carry a homicide cost, whoever dumped the lady’s physique may obtain no jail time.
Photographs and movies have swirled on-line allegedly exhibiting D4vd and Celeste collectively, and the artist had been rumored to have been courting somebody with the identical identify, based on screenshots of Discord messages despatched earlier than she was found.
