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(NewsNation) — The body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, found mutilated inside a bag stuffed into the trunk of a rising R&B singer’s impounded Tesla earlier this month, has been released by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner to the teen’s family in Lake Elsinore.

This most recent development means the medical examiner has completed the autopsy and lab tests and likely determined the cause of death in the case.

Rivas’ dismembered remains, her “head and torso," according to the Los Angeles Police Department, were discovered on Sept. 8 after employees at Hollywood Tow reported a foul odor coming from the Tesla, which had been on the lot for five days after it was rep

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