The mother of model Christy Giles, who was tragically killed in a 2021 overdose, has called for the death penalty for the Hollywood producer suspected of the crime. Dusty Giles expressed her grief and anger towards David Pearce, who is facing charges for the deaths of her 24-year-old daughter and her friend, Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26.
The two young women were last seen at a warehouse party in Los Angeles on November 12, 2021. They later went to Pearce’s apartment, which he shared with co-defendant Brandt Osborn. Giles had texted a friend from inside the apartment, expressing her desire to leave. An Uber was ordered, but when it arrived at around 5:45 a.m. on November 13, the women were nowhere to be found.
Later that day, Giles’ lifeless body was left at Southern California Medical Center in Culver City. Pearce and Osborn, masked and driving a black Toyota Prius without license plates, claimed to have found her “passed out on the curb.” A toxicology report revealed a lethal mix of cocaine, fentanyl, ketamine, and the notorious date rape drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate acid, or GHB, in her system.
Cabrales-Arzola was also left at a hospital, Kaiser Permanente in West LA, by Pearce and Osborn. She was in a coma for two weeks before her family made the heartbreaking decision to take her off life support on November 30, 2021, the day before her 27th birthday. The architect had tested positive for cocaine and MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, along with other undetermined drugs, leading to multiple organ failures.
On July 5, 2022, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office charged Pearce with two counts of murder and two counts of sale/transport/furnish a controlled substance. Osborn was charged with two counts of accessory after the fact. Both men have pleaded not guilty.
Pearce had previously been charged with several counts of sexual assault against seven victims over a span of 13 years. Dusty Giles expressed her solidarity with these women, stating, “I know how some of those women have to feel that were attacked before and not taken seriously, and I’m glad they’re finally getting their day in court.”
The trial began on January 9, after a delay due to Pearce changing attorneys, a move that victims’ families claimed was a manipulation of the system. Dusty Giles, who traveled from Alabama to Los Angeles to attend the trial, described the proceedings as “surreal.”
Despite her call for the death penalty, California law prohibits capital punishment. Meanwhile, photographer Michael Ansbach, who was initially arrested in connection to the murders, testified that Pearce had given him and the two women drinks and cocaine laced with fentanyl. He recalled Pearce saying, “dead girls don’t talk,” a phrase that continues to haunt him.