L.A. County medical examiner workers investigated after leaks in D4vd murder case

More than a dozen employees at the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Department have been ordered to answer questions about whether they viewed law enforcement investigation files without specific authorization in relation to singer D4vd’s murder case.

LOS ANGELES — More than a dozen employees at the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Department, including investigators and office staff members, have been ordered to answer questions about whether they viewed law enforcement investigation files without specific authorization. The orders were issued after some media reports included graphic details of the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old girl whom the singer D4vd is accused of killing, before the autopsy file was officially made public.

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Celeste’s case itself may have led to the inquiry by the county Human Resources Department, which began notifying the employees in recent days and weeks that they were required to appear for recorded interviews, several sources familiar with the probe told NBC Los Angeles’ NBC4 Investigates.

The Medical Examiner’s Department, commonly known as the coroner, said Monday it does not comment on pending investigations.