Hernandez may have been deceased for several weeks, police said last September, per NBC Los Angeles.
Her name was initially recorded with the county medical examiner as Celeste Rivas before being updated to include her full surname, according to the Times.
The 20-year-old star’s connection to the body is yet to be established. Photo / D4vd.
No cause of death has been announced by authorities. The court blocked the medical examiner from releasing findings to ensure the police have access to the information before the public, according to the BBC.
Detectives later searched a property on Doheny Drive, north of Sunset Boulevard, seizing items including electronics and computers.
A grand jury began hearing evidence about the case in December, but Burke’s arrest marks a major development since then, according to the BBC.
Since Hernandez’s death, Burke has been virtually silent about the case, but his representatives told NBC Los Angeles the singer is co-operating.
Burke first came to fame in 2022 when two of his songs went viral on TikTok. He later signed with Interscope Records and released his debut album, Withered, in 2025.
The album charted at 13 on the Billboard 200 and has more than 521 million streams on Spotify.