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Police Identify Second Suspect in Celeste Rivas Case as Source Says D4vd Is Not Cooperating

Detectives await cause-of-death and toxicology results, reconstructing movements from Tesla and phone data.

Overview

  • LAPD homicide detectives have identified an additional, unidentified suspect who may have been involved before, during and after the teen’s death, according to reporting from TMZ citing Mark Geragos.
  • A police source told People that D4vd has not sat for an interview and is not cooperating with the investigation.
  • Investigators are treating the case as a homicide and believe more than one person likely handled the dismemberment and disposal.
  • Final determinations from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, including toxicology, remain pending, and no arrests or charges have been announced.
  • Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 15, was found decomposed and dismembered on Sept. 8 in a plastic bag inside the front trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to the singer, with the time of death estimated to be in the spring.