A Los Angeles grand jury will probe the grotesque 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 could possibly be tightening the web round a suspect or suspects within the stunning case, during which 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; one of these grand jury can’t hand down an indictment, however it will possibly 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 reviews 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 house in Lake Elsinore, California, on April 5, 2024, based on the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Singer D4vd, 20, whose actual title 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 establish her daughter. The mother mentioned Rivas had been relationship 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 legislation enforcement supply beforehand instructed PEOPLE.
It stays unclear how lengthy Celeste had been lifeless earlier than she was discovered, however the health worker beforehand mentioned the woman appeared “to have been deceased contained in the automobile for an prolonged time frame 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 woman’s physique may obtain no jail time.
Images and movies have swirled on-line allegedly exhibiting D4vd and Celeste collectively, and the artist had been rumored to have been relationship somebody with the identical title, based on screenshots of Discord messages despatched earlier than she was found.
