Overview

• Police reiterated that David Burke, known as d4vd, has not been charged or formally identified as a suspect in the case.
• The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has deferred the cause and manner of Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s death, so the case has not been classified as a homicide.
• Tow‑yard staff discovered Rivas’s remains on September 8 in the front trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer after the car was impounded from the Hollywood Hills.
• Detectives executed search warrants and seized electronic devices, while the artist canceled tour dates, moved out of a searched rental, and is reported to be cooperating.
• Newly reported Riverside County dispatch logs show repeated police responses to Rivas’s Lake Elsinore home from 2022 to 2025, reflecting prior runaway reports and family instability.