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

Dan Rivera, a paranormal investigator and a handler of “Annabelle,” a doll that’s rumored to be possessed by evil spirits, has died. Rivera, 54, died on July 13, 2025 in a Gettysburg, Pennsylvania hotel room, Adams County Chief Deputy Coroner Scott Pennewill tells TODAY.com.

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.