Overview

• The medical examiner has deferred final findings, and LAPD says it remains unclear whether any criminal liability exists beyond concealment of a body.
• Tow-yard workers reported a foul odor from an impounded Tesla registered to the singer, leading officers on September 8 to find Celeste Rivas’ remains in the vehicle’s front trunk.
• Detectives searched a Hollywood Hills rental linked to d4vd and seized electronic devices, after which he canceled tour dates and vacated the property.
• Newly reported Riverside County dispatch logs show about 33 police responses to Rivas’ family home since 2022, including multiple runaway reports in 2024.
• Several outlets report he has retained a prominent criminal defense attorney, though accounts differ on whether Blair Berk or Alan Jackson is representing him.