LAKE ELSINORE—On September 8, 2025, a decomposed body was found in a Tesla vehicle that was abandoned in a Hollywood impound lot, which was soon identified as being the remains of a missing teenager named Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Now it has been revealed that the sheriff’s deputies in Lake Elsinore, California, Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s hometown, visited her house multiple times before she disappeared.
Between February 2024 and April 2025, officers from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Department visited the house 11 times. Also, they visited it three times on March 19, 2024.
The purpose of all but one of these visits was to investigate minor crimes. However, one visit was to investigate a report of suspicious circumstances.
The deputies made reports based on four of their visits. Additionally, they wanted to conduct follow-up visits in response to three of the calls.
