Disturbing new details in the grisly case of dismembered remains of a 15-year-old girl found in the trunk of an abandoned Tesla earlier this month may provide investigators additional links to a popular R&B singer with millions of fans and followers.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner on Wednesday confirmed the victim as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The teen was reported missing from Lake Elsinore in April 2024, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators said she had run away from home on at least one previous occasion.

Rivas’ remains, described by authorities as a “head and torso” found inside a bag, were discovered in the trunk of a Tesla impounded at Hollywood Tow on Sept. 8. The vehicle had been at the tow yard for about five days after it was rep

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