By Richard Winton | Nov 25, 2025 A Shift in Classification For the first time since the gruesome discovery of a teenage girl’s body in the trunk of singer D4vd’s Tesla, Los Angeles police have formally characterized the probe as an “investigation into murder.” This significant escalation was revealed in new court documents filed this week. Simultaneously, LAPD detectives successfully obtained a court order blocking the county medical examiner from releasing any records related to the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The move has sparked a rare and public legal confrontation between the police department and the coroner's office.