Director and two actors arrested over deaths of model Christy Giles and friend who were dumped outside hospitals
Photo: Brandt Osborn (l) Mike Ansbach and Christy Giles
Originally published as a post from The Sun –
“THREE suspects have been arrested after model Christy Giles and her friend were dumped outside two separate hospitals.
David Pearce, 37, Brandt Osborn, 42, and Mike Ansbach, 47, were arrested by Los Angeles police in connection with the deaths of the two women.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, Pearce is being held on a $1 million bail, while Osborn and Ansbach are being held on a $100,000 bail, the New York Post reports.
Giles, 24, and her pal Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola had been partying in Los Angeles on November 12.
Friends and family claim the women were drugged against their will in their apartment in the Pico-Robertson area after they visited the club.
Christy’s body was dropped off at a hospital in Culver City hours later while Hilda was left unconscious outside a hospital in West LA, ABC7 reports.
The model’s cause of death was deferred to a toxicology report, while investigators found heroin in Hilda’s system.
Jan Cilliers, Giles’ husband, told Eyewitness News that three people were arrested in connection with the deaths. Further details were not immediately available.
Aspiring architect Cabrales-Arzola passed away on November 28 – one day before her 27th birthday and two weeks after being “left for dead”.
Her dad Luis called on investigators to bring those responsible for Hilda and Christy’s deaths to justice.
“If they need support from federal agencies to speed up the process they should get it, that way we can close this chapter
Luis, 49, and Hilda’s mother Marcela Arzola decided that her organs should be donated as her “last act of love”.
Christy’s phone records showed that the women’s last known location was at an apartment in Beverly Hills.
Christy’s phone showed she had texted Hilda at around 5.30am on November 13 to say “Let’s get out of here” with the wide eyes emoji.
Hilda replied “Yes” and said she had called for an Uber – but after that Christy did not read or respond to any more texts sent to her.
Jan added that based on information stored on their iCloud, he does not believe Christy checked or answered any messages afterward.
The family alleges that three masked men dropped off Christy on the sidewalk of the hospital.
They claim that the same vehicle, with the license plates removed, was seen dropping off Hilda at a different hospital.
Christy was the youngest of three sisters. Her mom Dusty said her daughter was what she considered a “free spirit”.
“She is her daddy’s daughter, she was a daddy’s girl. She’s the rugged outdoors type who rides horses [to fish], and likes to go shoot guns with her dad.
“She was a Southern girl but non-traditional.”
Hilda had only moved to LA from her hometown of Monterrey, Mexico, in July after finding a job as an interior designer.
