Celeste Rivas
Medical Examiner Celebrates Post-mortem Launch
Speaks On ‘Unfathomable’ Delay For Fam
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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner is talking out about being muzzled for months within the Celeste Rivas homicide case, TMZ has realized.
The M.E. says Celeste’s trigger and method of dying was decided method again on Dec. 9 however the data was solely made public on Wednesday as a result of there was a previous court docket order initiated by the LAPD that had been stopping them from releasing their findings.
In a press release, Dr. Odey Ukpo, says … “After several months, I am grateful this information can now be released, not only to the public, but also to the grieving family enduring loss. It is unfathomable they have had to wait this long to learn what happened to their daughter.”
“The transparency of the information contained in our findings and reports is essential for empowering the community to make informed changes to affectively reduce fear and allowing the community to take informed action,” he added. “Making the Department’s information publicly available is not just about accountability, it is about social justice and prevention.”
The M.E. provides … “By ensuring access to this information, we strengthen our ability to learn, to act, and ultimately to prevent the next tragic loss of life. I want to extend my gratitude to our partner agencies for taking the necessary step of filing an order with the court to make this disclosure possible.”
As we informed you again in November, cops went to a choose and obtained a safety maintain on data concerning Celeste’s dying as LAPD continued to research … after which the M.E. put out a press release saying they wished “full transparency” and had been questioning the aim and good thing about safety holds.
Cops arrested D4vd Thursday and prosecutors charged him Monday with Celeste’s homicide … and on Wednesday the M.E.’s findings had been launched.
The M.E. decided Celeste’s method of dying as murder and her explanation for dying as a number of penetrating accidents brought on by unspecified object(s).
