"court order, initiated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), to place a security hold on Medical Examiner case number 2025-14252, Celeste Rivas Hernandez."
"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 Department's mission is to have full transparency with the community by providing information about our cases to empower people to make changes that save lives,"
"Since becoming the department head, I've worked on eradicating the practice of placing security holds on Medical Examiner cases simply by law enforcement request."
Los Angeles police obtained a court order preventing the Medical Examiner's office from releasing details of the investigation into the death of a teenage girl found in the trunk of a Tesla. Detectives discovered the heavily decomposed body at a Hollywood tow yard on Sept. 8 after the performer's Tesla was towed following weeks of abandonment in the Hollywood Hills. Authorities identified the decedent as 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had run away from Lake Elsinore. The court order places a security hold on Medical Examiner case number 2025-14252 and bars release of records, including cause and manner of death, until further notice. The Medical Examiner emphasized a mission of full transparency and noted efforts to eradicate the practice of law-enforcement-requested security holds, while acknowledging legal limits on releasing information.
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