{"id":10416,"date":"2026-04-23T10:06:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/celeste-rivas-hernandez-cause-of-death-revealed-after-d4vds-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:06:37","slug":"celeste-rivas-hernandez-cause-of-death-revealed-after-d4vds-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/celeste-rivas-hernandez-cause-of-death-revealed-after-d4vds-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Celeste Rivas Hernandez Cause of Death Revealed After D4vd’s Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tThe Los Angeles County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office publicly revealed the cause of death for 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez on Wednesday (April 22), six days after D4vd was charged with her murder.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAccording to a press release from the medical examiner, Rivas\u2019 cause of death was determined as \u201cmultiple penetrating injuries caused by object(s).\u201d Her manner of death was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAfter several months, I am grateful this information can now be released, not only to the public, but also to the grieving family enduring loss,\u201d Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Odey Ukpo said in a statement. <\/p>\n

\n\tRivas\u2019 decomposed partial remains were found in the front trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to D4vd (real name: David Anthony Burke) in September after police responded to reports of a \u201cfoul odor\u201d coming from the car in a Hollywood tow lot. They discovered two bags containing severed, decomposed body parts that were later identified as Rivas.<\/p>\n

\n\tD4vd was arrested on April 16. On Monday, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman revealed the rapper was charged with first-degree murder in Rivas\u2019 death. Hochman\u2019s office alleged in a press release that D4vd killed Rivas with a \u201csharp instrument\u201d in a plot to protect his music career after Rivas threatened to reveal that the then-20-year-old had engaged in illegal sexual acts with her as a minor. D4vd was also charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and mutilating a body.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement shared with CBS News <\/a>and ABC<\/a> on Tuesday, Rivas\u2019 family spoke out about her murder, thanking the Los Angeles Police Department and the District Attorney for their \u201chard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCeleste was a beautiful, strong girl who loved to sing and dance,\u201d the family wrote. \u201cWe love her very much and she always told us that she loved us. We miss her deeply. All we want is justice for Celeste.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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