A source has reportedly substantiated claims that Celeste Rivas, a young girl from California, had been partially preserved through freezing, TMZ reveals.

Additionally, the publication notes that the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner stated that they were unable to perform a digital fingerprint scan on the deceased due to her fingers being compromised by water.

However, this past Monday, the medical examiner’s office implemented a security hold on the case. This action was taken in response to a court order issued the previous Friday, initiated by the Los Angeles Police Department.

“No records or details associated with the case, including the cause and manner of death and Medical Examiner report, can be released or posted on the website until further notice,” the medical examiner’s office stated.

As previously reported by CrimeOnline, Celeste’s body was discovered by Los Angeles police on September 8 inside a Tesla owned by singer D4vd, also known as David Anthony Burke. The car was initially located near Burke’s residence in the affluent Bird Streets area of Hollywood Hills.

Police found the vehicle at a tow yard in Hollywood after residents in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood contacted police about an abandoned car with a Texas license plate on September 6.

The vehicle had been at the lot for several days before LAPD officers made the discovery. LAPD said Celeste’s dismembered body had been put in a bag and left in the front trunk.

The source’s claim came before LAPD captain Scot Williams told People Magazine that Celeste had not been decapitated or frozen.

“Celeste’s body was not frozen,” he said. “She was not decapitated. The whole frozen thing doesn’t even make sense.  Her body was in the car for weeks.”

Meanwhile, Burke, who is now considered a suspect in the case, has reportedly been uncooperative. A second suspect is also being investigated.

No criminal charges have been filed at this time.

[Feature Photo: Celeste Rivas/GoFundMe and D4vd/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP]