Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner placed a court-ordered security hold on Nov. 21 at LAPD’s request, blocking release of cause and manner of death and related records.
- LAPD Robbery-Homicide Capt. Scot Williams said the body was not frozen or decapitated, contradicting widely circulated media claims based on unnamed sources.
- Celeste Rivas Hernandez, reported missing in 2024, was identified after her remains were found Sept. 8 in a Tesla registered to singer d4vd at a Hollywood tow yard.
- Law-enforcement sources say d4vd is being viewed as a suspect, but police have not announced charges or publicly named an official suspect, and accounts differ on his cooperation.
- Investigators have executed search warrants, are examining a possible second person of interest and a reported late-night trip to Santa Barbara County, and are assembling a detailed timeline from cellphone, social media and Tesla data.