The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner lists the Celeste Rivas Hernandez case as #14252. To the family, friends, and community members who loved her, however, she was much more than just a number. Rivas Hernandez, a teenager with her whole life ahead of her, went missing from Lake Elsinore in 2024. Investigators are now working to fill in the gaps and determine how she ended up in the trunk of a Tesla belonging to D4vd, a rising star in the music business.

Initial details about the investigation have emerged from the medical examiner's report and questions posed by KTLA to the medical examiner's office.

The Medical Examiner's Findings

Celeste Rivas Hernandez's official date of death is listed as September 8, 2025, because that is the date death was pronounced. Her body wa

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