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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Over 75 miles from the tony Hollywood Hills neighborhood where teenager Celeste Rivas’ decomposing body was left in the trunk of a Tesla belonging to the singer D4vd, sits the modest Inland Empire community of Lake Elsinore where she lived with her family.

But residents and acquaintances of the teenager are following the case with a mixture of heartbreak, shock and anger as more details emerge that she knew the multi-platinum R&B singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke.

“She deserves justice,” resident Rubi Alonso said. “It’s just so sad.”

Alonso’s son is around the same age as Celeste Rivas. She met the girl’s family when Celeste Rivas was

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