David Pearce sentenced to 146 years to life for two murders

David Pearce received a sentence of 146 years to life in October 2025 for the murders of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales and for seven sexual assaults. Pearce was convicted after a trial in which seven additional women testified that he had raped them. The jury deadlocked on charges against his roommate, Brandt Osborn, resulting in a mistrial for that case.

In November 2025, Osborn pleaded no contest to two counts of accessory after the fact. A judge sentenced him to two years of formal probation and 480 hours of community service. The events began on Friday, November 12, 2021, when architect Hilda Marcela Cabrales, 26, and model Christy Giles, 24, went to a nightclub in Hollywood and then to a warehouse party in East Los Angeles.

Christy Giles' husband, Jan Cilliers, was in San Francisco visiting his father that weekend. , Cilliers saw his wife's phone location at Southern California Hospital at Culver City. Christy Giles had been dropped off there by two masked men in a black Prius without license plates.

She was declared dead on arrival. Hilda Marcela Cabrales' phone was tracked at 8641 West Olympic Boulevard the same day. She was also dropped off at a hospital by two masked men in a black Prius with no plates.

She remained in critical condition and was taken off life support two weeks later. Her organs were donated. LAPD homicide detective Jonathan Vander Lee and his partner went to 8641 West Olympic Boulevard within hours of Hilda being dropped off.

The address was the home of David Pearce, who owned a black Prius and lived there with roommate Brandt Osborn. A month after the deaths, Pearce and Osborn were arrested. Pearce was charged with two counts of felony murder.