3 men accused of leaving overdosed model and designer at California hospitals, cops say
Three men were arrested this week in the deaths of a model and designer who overdosed on drugs, California police said.
David Pearce, 37, was arrested on manslaughter charges in the deaths of the two women. Michael Ansbach, 47, and Brandt Osborn, 42, were arrested on accessory to manslaughter charges.
Model Christy Giles, 24, and her designer friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola, 26, died in November from an overdose, the Los Angeles Police Department and SFGATE said.
The women had gone out partying before their deaths, KABC-TV reported.
Masked men dropped off Giles at the Southern California Hospital in Culver City on Nov. 13, and she was pronounced dead, police said.
Arzola was left at the Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Hospital in critical condition, police said. She then died on Nov. 24.
A surveillance video captured men in a black Toyota Prius with no license plates leaving the women at the hospitals, police said.
Authorities said they believe the women overdosed on drugs at a home in the 8600 block of Olympic Boulevard.
Giles’ husband, Jan Cilliers, told KABC-TV the last message his wife sent was around 5:30 a.m. to Arzola saying, “let’s get out of here with the wide eye emoji.”
The two had gone out with another friend that night, the news outlet reported. She said the women met up with men before she left them.
