A Los Angeles Police Department captain says the body of California teen Celeste Rivas was not frozen, despite media reports.
Last week, sources told TMZ that Celeste’s body parts had purportedly been “partially frozen” before being placed in the trunk of singer D4vd’s (David Anthony Burke) Tesla.
Now, according to People Magazine, LAPD captain Scot Williams says that she had not been decapitated or frozen.
“Celeste’s body was not frozen,” he said. “She was not decapitated. The whole frozen thing doesn’t even make sense. Her body was in the car for weeks.”
“Even if she had been frozen solid when she was put in the car (which there is NO evidence to suggest she was), five or more weeks in the trunk of a car in sweltering heat in the middle of summer would not have resulted in a partially frozen body being discovered on September 8th.”
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Los Angeles police found Celeste’s body on September 8, inside the Tesla registered to Burke. The vehicle had initially been parked near Burke’s home, in the flourishing Bird Streets neighborhood, in Hollywood Hills.
Police found the vehicle at a tow yard in Hollywood after residents in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood contacted police about an abandoned car with a Texas license plate on September 6.
The vehicle had been at the lot for several days before LAPD officers made the discovery. LAPD said Celeste’s dismembered body had been put in a bag and left in the front trunk.
On Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner placed a security hold on the case, following a court order Friday, initiated by LAPD.
“No records or details associated with the case, including the cause and manner of death and Medical Examiner report, can be released or posted on the website until further notice,” the medical examiner said.
Meanwhile, Burke, who is now considered a suspect in the case, has reportedly been uncooperative. No criminal charges have been filed at this time.
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[Feature Photo: Celeste Rivas/GoFundMe and D4vd/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP]
