Social media users theorized that the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll was behind the July 2025 death of paranormal investigator Dan Rivera.

A Pennsylvania coroner is revealing new details surrounding the sudden death of Dan Rivera, a noted paranormal investigator who was on tour with the Raggedy Ann doll known as Annabelle, made famous by “The Conjuring” horror film franchise,

Authorities consider the death of Dan Rivera—the paranormal researcher who was traveling with the supposedly possessed Annabelle doll when he died—to be “natural," according to a police report.