Teen runaway Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose rotting remains were discovered inside singer D4vd’s abandoned Tesla in Los Angeles, had likely been dead for “several weeks,” cops said.
Police have been probing the girl’s death ever since her decomposed body was found on Sept. 8 when the “Romantic Homicide” singer’s vehicle was brought to a Hollywood tow lot.
The gruesome discovery was made a day after Celeste’s 15th birthday, meaning she was just 14 when she died.
“We know that the Tesla had been parked at the location from which it was towed for several weeks, so it is very likely Celeste Rivas Hernandez had been dead for several weeks prior to her body being discovered,” LAPD Capt. Scot M. Williams told People.
“The Los Angeles County medical examiner has not determined a cause or manner of her death, so we don’t know for sure if anyone has any criminal culpability for her death beyond the concealment of her dead body.”
D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has not been named as a suspect in the twisted case.
His team previously said the singer-songwriter, who skyrocketed to international fame on TikTok, had been cooperating with law enforcement as the probe unfolds.
It comes after investigators raided the Hollywood Hills home where the artist had been staying and seized “several items of evidence” — as connections between the teen and the pop star continued to emerge.
Cops, however, refused to speculate on the nature of their relationship.
“We are looking into everything,” Williams said. “As far as their relationship, it would be premature for me to say anything.”
Previously emerged screenshots of old messages on D4vd’s Discord fan server showed he was rumored to be dating a teen named “Celeste” in the years before Rivas Hernandez was found dead.
D4vd also once made an unreleased track in which he mentioned the name “Celeste” twice, and her mom noted the teen had been dating someone called “David.”
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