"Despite being informed by law enforcement that the victim was only 13, the defendant continued to pursue her. After the victim returned home in February 2024, her parents took her cell phone away. Defendant drove to Lake Elsinore and paid a junior high school student in the victim's class $1,000 to give the victim a cell phone defendant purchased so they could stay in contact. Throughout 2024, the victim spent a significant amount of time with defendant, including summer weekends at his home in the Hollywood Hills and traveling with him to Las Vegas, London, and Texas to meet his family." and for Celeste parents filed a missing person report in February and April 2024, she did come back 2 days after law officers confronted him and told him she was a minor. They found him out through a number she had on her phone. In April 2025, he sent her an Uber from her home (the same home as her parents), so she was staying with her family at that time.
This case is getting weirder and weirder. The details emerging now make the whole picture very clear in a heartbreaking way. Both families knew about them, and she had met his family in Texas. All I can say is Justice for Celeste