MURDER charges have been filed in the deaths of a model and architect whose bodies were left outside separate hospitals in November.
A man is now facing two counts of murder, while a second suspect was charged with two counts of accessory after the fact.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on Tuesday that David Brian Pearce is being charged with two counts of murder and two counts of sale/transport/furnishing controlled substance, and Brandt Walter Osborn is being charged with two counts of accessory after the fact.
Model Christy Giles, 24, and architect Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola, 26, were partying one late night in November when their bodies were dumped at area hospitals.
According to an affidavit obtained by the Los Angeles Times, Pearce and Osborn claimed to be Good Samaritans dropping off Giles and Cabrales for treatment after discovering them on a curb.
The men who dropped off the women allegedly showed up in black face masks and drove away in a vehicle with no license plates.
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Both women died in the following days of drug intoxication, according to the coroner's office, and their deaths were ruled a homicide.
Pearce, who is a 37-year-old Hollywood producer, was initially arrested and charged with manslaughter over the deaths in December before the charge was upgraded to murder.
Osborn was also arrested, along with Michael Ansbach, but both were released and not charged due to a lack of evidence at the time, according to the Times.
Detectives were ordered to further investigate the matter.
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Pearce remains in jail with bail set at $3.4million.
His lawyer Jacob Glucksman told the LA Times that Pearce intends to plead not guilty when he is arraigned in connection to the deaths on July 11.
A judge issued a warrant for Osborn’s arrest last week but it is unknown if he has representation or has been arrested, the Times reported.
A third person, Michael Ansbach, has not been charged and was notpart of Gascón’s Tuesday press conference about the case.
A spokesperson for the DA's office told the Times that they are still looking into the matter.
“I recognize that these charges are a small consolation to the friends and family members of Ms Arzola and Ms Giles,” District Attorney Gascón said.
“I’m sure that they want to know what happened to their loved ones and why.
“Today we are one step closer in the search for that truth and although we know nothing can bring these daughters and friends back to us, I promise that my office will do everything in its power to hold those that harmed them accountable."
Gascón called for any potential survivors of the defendants to call his office.
"My office and our Bureau of Victims Services stand ready to listen, assist and support you.
'You are not alone.”
Giles' husband Jan Cilliers previously told The Sun that he believes the women were assaulted and drugged.
"My preference is that these men are charged with murder rather than manslaughter," Cilliers said in April.
According to affidavits obtained by the Times, Pearce, however, had allegedly been seen giving what looked like cocaine to Giles and Cabrales at a party the night before they were dropped off at the hospital.
The New York Post reports that LAPD investigators said Pearce, Osborn, and Ansbach met Giles and Cabrales-Arzola at a warehouse party in Los Angeles and continued to Pearce's apartment
Giles and Cabrales-Arzola texted each other that they wanted to leave the apartment and called an Uber, but did not enter the car when it arrived, according to the affidavit.
A detective said that security cameras caught Pearce around 4.20pm allegedly carrying Giles to his black Prius before he and Osborn drove her to the hospital.
The affidavit claims Osborn was nervous when they questioned him, and denied seeing the women take drugs.
Osborn allegedly told authorities that when he woke up, he saw that Giles and Cabrales-Arzola were not breathing, but "they were making noises," the detective said.
He told police that he did not call for help because he did not know the women and didn’t take them to the same hospital because he feared how it would look.
Pearce allegedly said to detectives, “Obviously I’m not going to say anything that’s going to incriminate me.”
Pearce's lawyer told the Times he "adamantly and strongly denies” connections to the deaths.
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Pearce is also facing multiple felony counts in separate cases involving incidents from August 2010 to November 2021, The New York Post reports.
Those charges include three counts of forcible rape, two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, one count of sodomy, and a count of sexual penetration by use of force, the news outlet reports.
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