Overview
- Prosecutors presented material in mid-November to an investigative grand jury examining the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found Sept. 8 in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd.
- A court order sought by LAPD Det. Joshua Byers bars the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner from releasing autopsy findings, a move publicly criticized by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Odey Ukpo as undermining transparency.
- LAPD Capt. Scot Williams said the body was neither frozen nor decapitated, while an unnamed source linked to the medical examiner told TMZ the remains appeared partially frozen; cause and manner of death and toxicology results remain pending.
- Investigators have seized electronic devices, are reconstructing movements including a spring trip to Santa Barbara County, and law enforcement sources say they believe more than one person handled the body before it was discovered.
- No arrests or charges have been announced; law enforcement sources say D4vd (David Anthony Burke) is being treated as a suspect, his cooperation has been disputed in media reports, and a defense attorney has been retained.