Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty

Her name is Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Now, it's not the first time she'd gone missing.

The LA Times reported that the Riverside County Sheriff's Office said that she was reported missing three times before she went missing again in April.

Over a year later, on the 27th of August 2025, a Tesla parked in the Hollywood Hills caught the eye of a parking enforcement officer.

It had overstayed the three-day parking limit there.

The officer gave it a ticket on the 3rd of September and it was then towed to a local lot two days later.

I'm going to read directly from the court documents now but I want to reiterate the warning because it contains graphic detail that some of you might find upsetting.

So it says,

The manager told police there was a strong smell of decay coming from the vehicle, which was attracting flies.

LAPD detectives responded to the Hollywood tow yard to investigate.

Detectives approached the vehicle, which was parked on the upper deck of the impound lot, and immediately noticed a smell of decaying biological material consistent with the decomposing corpse coming from the front storage compartment of the vehicle.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and when the front storage compartment was opened, detectives observed a black cadaver bag covered with insects and a strong odour of decay.

Utilising black latex gloves, detectives partially unzipped the bag and observed a decomposed head and torso.

Investigators and criminalists from the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiners responded to the tow yard to process the decomposed body.

Upon removing the cadaver bag from the front storage compartment, it was discovered the arms and legs had been severed from the body.

A second black bag was discovered underneath the cadaver bag.

Upon opening the second bag, the dismembered body parts were discovered.

So that is directly what it says in the court documents.

On the 16th of September, the police confirmed that the body was that of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Her body was discovered a day before what would have been her 15th birthday.