Nationwide — Authorities investigating the disturbing dying of Celeste Rivas, a 14-year-old teen whose stays had been found contained in the trunk of musician D4vd’s Tesla, at the moment are going through main obstacles in figuring out precisely how she died. Based on sources with direct data of the investigation, the L.A. County Medical Examiner is unlikely to ascertain a definitive explanation for dying as a result of Celeste’s physique had been frozen for an prolonged interval, severely complicating forensic evaluation.
Based on TMZ, investigators say the situation of Celeste’s stays was far worse than initially reported. When the health worker obtained her physique, it was decapitated, the torso remained intact, and her limbs had been eliminated and severed into a number of items. Each a part of her physique was solely partially thawed, suggesting it had been frozen after which left to heat contained in the automobile’s trunk over a number of days.
The physique was found solely after D4vd’s Tesla—which had been parked unmoved on a Hollywood Hills road close to his rental house—was towed by authorities. In the course of the routine stock search on the impound yard, staff opened the trunk and made the ugly discovery. Celeste’s stays had been in such poor situation that, at first, investigators couldn’t decide whether or not the sufferer was male or feminine.
Though the Medical Examiner initially labeled the case an “obvious murder,” the in depth decomposition, dismemberment, and freezing now make it practically inconceivable to find out a transparent trigger or method of dying. Based on sources, the ultimate dedication will doubtless be listed as “undetermined.” Nonetheless, LAPD’s Theft-Murder Division remains to be treating the case as a murder primarily based on the totality of the proof. Legally, an arrest can nonetheless be made even when the reason for dying stays undetermined.
TMZ beforehand reported that D4vd is formally a suspect in Celeste’s dying, and investigators additionally imagine a second individual assisted within the dismemberment and disposal of her physique. Protection legal professional Mark Geragos acknowledged on the “2 Offended Males” podcast that he has been knowledgeable of the second suspect’s id. Based on what Geragos was informed, this particular person could have been concerned earlier than, throughout, and after Celeste’s dying, suggesting a coordinated effort to hide the crime.
A essential a part of the investigation includes a late-night journey D4vd allegedly made to a distant space of Santa Barbara County earlier this yr, the place he reportedly stayed for 2 hours. Detectives are exploring whether or not Celeste’s stays had been initially taken to that rural location within the spring after which saved in a freezer for months earlier than being transported in D4vd’s automobile throughout the late summer season. This working concept might clarify the partial freezing and the acute situation of Celeste’s physique when it was discovered.
