The family home of Celeste Rivas has become ground zero for a memorial honoring the14-year-old found dismemberedin the trunk of a Tesla linked to D4vd.
Less than 24 hours after thedramatic arrest of the singerfor Rivas’ murder, friends and neighbors left candles, cards, flowers and stuffed animals outside the family home in Lake Elsinore, about 100 miles from Los Angeles.Neighbor Kayleigh Cortez, 36, described Rivas to The California Post as a “beautiful little girl” with “big, beautiful curls.”
Cortez helped to set up the memorial outside the family home, saying she was glad tofinally see an arrest in the case. “It’s a very good thing. I’ve been waiting for this to happen. I know cases do take a long time – some people never get justice,” she said.
Cortez said Rivas’ family, while quiet, have acknowledged the memorial in passing.
“When I’m out here attending to the memorial, they do come out and say thank you for everything that I do for her,” said Cortez, “and I just send them a little wave,” she told The Post.
“It’s sad,” added Cortez. “I started this memorial because I have a 14-year-old daughter. She would have gone to high school with Celeste. She was an eighth grader when she passed. I want her name alive,” she added.
Rivas’ family did not appear to be home on Friday when The Post spoke to Cortez.
Neighbor Jamxie Roman, 55, said she remembered Celeste as a happy and talkative child.
“I hope that the family is going to receivejustice for their daughterand will be able to find some peace,” she told The Post.
Roman last spoke with Celeste when her 21-year-old daughter held a yard sale at their home across the street from the Rivas family home.
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