Vigil held for 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose body was found in Tesla belonging to D4vd

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Community residents gathered Sunday evening for a vigil in Lake Elsinore to remember Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 15-year-old whose remains were found in the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered to singer D4vd, in Hollywood.

The teen had been reported missing last year. Last week, police searched a Hollywood Hills home where D4vd had stayed in connection with the girl’s death. The house is a short distance from where the Tesla was impounded and taken to a tow yard.

Tears flowed during an emotional candlelight vigil Sunday as a large crowd gathered near a makeshift memorial on the street Celeste once lived to mourn the 15-year-old.

“I’m feeling heartbroken, devastated for hearing about the news. I didn’t know Celeste personally but it hits home,” said Lake Elsinore resident Gabriela Flores.

A Lake Elsinore neighbor recalls seeing Celeste walking home from school before she ran away. The neighbor created the memorial, giving everyone a place to grieve.

“Even though I didn’t know her, I just couldn’t even breathe, knowing that a child had to go through that,” said Kayleigh Cortez.

“My nephew went to school with her since Kindergarten and I just want to say as a… if it was my daughter, I wouldn’t want her to be forgotten. I just want justice for this little girl because whatever happened to her wasn’t just an accident… I don’t want her to be forgotten,” said an other resident.

The circumstances surrounding her death are still under investigation.

D4vd was in the midst of a nationwide tour that was to bring him to Los Angeles this weekend, but amid the investigations, the remainder of his tour appears to be canceled.

The European leg of the tour was set to begin Oct. 1, but many of those shows have also been canceled.