Teen Found In Singer D4vd's Trunk Died From 'multiple Penetrating Injuries,' Officials Say

The teenage girl whose dismembered assemblage was recovered successful nan 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 nan Medical Examiner wished nan 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 nan 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 astir Celeste’s decease aft nan Los Angeles Police Department obtained a information clasp connected nan case.

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

Her dismembered, decomposed remains were recovered successful nan trunk of Burke’s abandoned Tesla astatine a Hollywood tow batch connected Sept. 8, 2025, 1 time aft nan 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 nan summary.

Defense attorneys Blair Berk (L) and Marilyn Bednarski (R) speak during D4vd's arraignment for nan 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 nan lawsuit — lying successful wait, financial summation and murdering a witnesser to an investigation.

The county’s apical prosecutor, Nathan Hochman, accused nan “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 nan teen arsenic a witnesser to an investigation into nan singer’s allegedly “lewd and lascivious intersexual acts” pinch her erstwhile she was nether nan 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 nan lengthy play of clip betwixt her decease and nan find of her remains meant important grounds successful nan lawsuit was degraded aliases missing.

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