Demonic ‘Annabelle’ doll absent from hotel room where paranormal investigator Dan Rivera is found dead

The infamous Annabelle doll wasn’t in the room — but death was.

Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera, 54, was found dead in his Gettysburg hotel room this week, just hours after finishing a sold-out “Devils on the Run Tour” at the Soldiers National Orphanage, which featured the allegedly cursed Annabelle doll, People reported.

The creepy plaything wasn’t in the room though when first responders arrived and found the US Army veteran dead later that night, Adams County Coroner Francis Dutrow told the outlet.

Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera with Annabelle doll. @dan_rivera_nespr / Instagram

Rivera’s cause of death remains unknown, with autopsy results still pending.

Annabelle doll in a glass case with a warning sign. Matthew McDermott Explore More

He had been featured as a paranormal investigator on the Travel Channel’s “Most Haunted Places” and served as producer for a number of other

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