Another body found in car after Celeste Rivas' death; cops provide major update in case

The body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas was found in the trunk of a car registered to singer D4vd.

Published on: Oct 3, 2025, 09:20:34 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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A body was found in a vehicle in a Los Angeles tow yard last month, and a woman was arrested for murder in that case. The discovery was made in the south part of the city.

The other body which was found in the car trunk has not been identified yet. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)

Sandra Romo Diaz, a 52-year-old from Los Angeles, was reportedly taken into custody on September 16, a week after the body was found in the car at Al's Towing on St. Andrews Place, as per ABC7 Los Angeles.

Cops served warrants at multiple locations and then reportedly managed to take Diaz in. She remains in jail now, as per reports. The body was reportedly found in a Honda sedan, whose back appeared to have been burned. The body that was found in the vehicle has reportedly not been identified yet.

However, the similarities to the Celeste Rivas case are hard to miss. The 14-year-old was found in the trunk of a car belonging to singer D4vd. The car had been towed from a Hollywood Hills street and when workers complained of a smell coming from it, in the towing yard, the gruesome discovery was made.

Are the two cases linked?

No, the case where Sandra Diaz was arrested is not the same as Rivas' case.

Rivas' body was reportedly decomposing when it was found. However, authorities have not been able to determine a cause of death yet, and the case is still not being treated as a homicide. In a recent update, the Los Angeles Police Department shared that they were following ‘all leads’ in the case.

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Meanwhile, they have collected evidence from the Hollywood Hills home where D4vd was reportedly staying. However, the lease was signed by the singer's manager, which led to some speculation about his involvement in the case.

However, Josh Marshall has denied any knowledge or involvement in the matter. “I had zero knowledge of anything,” he said on TikTok.

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Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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