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Celeste Rivas, 15, was found dead inside the vehicle, the Los
Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Wednesday.
Officials have not determined her cause of death.
The body was discovered Sept. 8 at a tow lot in Hollywood after
someone noticed a stench coming from the Tesla, police said,
according to news outlets.
In a statement, the medical examiner’s office said the body “was
found severely decomposed.”
“She appears to have been deceased inside the vehicle for an
extended period of time before being found,” officials said.
An unnamed representative for d4vd told NBC Los Angeles that the
singer has been cooperating with authorities since the body was
found. It's not clear why his car had been impounded.
Celeste was last seen in April 2024 in Lake Elsinore, about 60
miles (95 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. She was
13 at the time.
D4vd (pronounced “David”) is a Houston-born singer-songwriter
who went from recording music in his sister’s closet to becoming
one of Gen Z’s most buzzed-about artists. His music blends indie
rock, R&B, and lo-fi pop, which has made him a fresh,
genre-bending voice in today’s alt-pop scene.
D4vd broke through in 2022 with the hit “Romantic Homicide,”
which went viral on TikTok and peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s
Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. He then followed with “Here
With Me,” which further cemented his moody, emotional style.
Each of those two songs has racked up more than 1.5 billion
streams on Spotify.
D4vd has since signed with Darkroom and Interscope — home to
Billie Eilish — and released his debut EP “Petals to Thorns” and
a follow-up, "The Lost Petals,” in 2023. He released his first
full-length album, “Withered,” in April.
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AP Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum Jr. in Los Angeles
contributed to this report.
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