Teen found in singer D4vd's trunk died from 'multiple penetrating injuries,' officials say - BERITAJA

The teenage girl whose dismembered assemblage was recovered successful the trunk of D4vd’s Tesla successful Los Angeles past twelvemonth died from "multiple penetrating injuries caused by objects," according to records released Wednesday.

The Los Angeles County Department of the Medical Examiner wished the mode of decease for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 14, to beryllium homicide.

The singer, whose existent sanction is David Anthony Burke, was charged Monday pinch first-degree murder, continuous intersexual maltreatment and mutilation of quality remains successful the teen's disappearance and death.

Burke, 21, pleaded not blameworthy and is being held without bail. His attorneys person said they will “vigorously take sides his innocence.”

The aesculapian examiner’s agency had antecedently been barred from releasing specifications about Celeste’s decease aft the Los Angeles Police Department obtained a information clasp connected the case.

In a decease investigation summary released Wednesday, the section said the teen's autopsy was constricted by "extensive postmortem changes."

Her dismembered, decomposed remains were recovered successful the trunk of Burke’s abandoned Tesla astatine a Hollywood tow batch connected Sept. 8, 2025, 1 time aft the woman would person turned 15 and much than a twelvemonth aft she was reported missing.

The autopsy recovered 2 penetrating wounds to her torso that whitethorn correspond "sharp unit injuries." She had different wounds that penetrated her liver and chest, according to the summary.

Defense attorneys Blair Berk (L) and Marilyn Bednarski (R) speak during D4vd's arraignment for the execution of Celeste Rivas Hernandez astatine Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center connected April 20, 2026 successful Los Angeles.Ted Soqui / Pool Getty Images

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has sought 3 sentencing enhancements successful the lawsuit — lying successful wait, financial summation and murdering a witnesser to an investigation.

The county’s apical prosecutor, Nathan Hochman, accused the “Romantic Homicide” vocalist of sidesplitting Celeste to support his lucrative euphony career, which he said she threatened connected April 23, 2025.

She arrived astatine Burke’s Hollywood Hills location that night, Hochman said, “and was not heard from again.”

Hochman described the teen arsenic a witnesser to an investigation into the singer’s allegedly “lewd and lascivious intersexual acts” pinch her erstwhile she was nether the property of 14.

Celeste Rivas HernandezCourtesy Rivas Hernandez family

The teen was reported missing from Lake Elsinore, southeast of Los Angeles, successful April 2024. Her parents described her successful a connection Tuesday arsenic a “beautiful, beardown girl” who loved to sing, creation and walk Fridays watching movies pinch her family.

“We miss her deeply,” they said. “All we want is justness for Celeste.”

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said the lengthy play of clip betwixt her decease and the find of her remains meant important grounds successful the lawsuit was degraded aliases missing.

“As detectives worked to uncover the truth, they besides had to sift done and debunk a awesome woody of mendacious accusation circulating publicly,” he said.