los angeles — A Beverly Hills man has been sentenced to 146 years to life in prison after being found guilty in the drug overdose deaths of two women at two Southern California hospitals, prosecutors said.
David Brian Pierce, 42, was convicted last February of first-degree murder in the deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola after they overdosed on fentanyl. Prosecutors said Pierce supplied them with drugs.
Pearce was also found guilty of crimes against a series of women between 2007 and 2021, including sodomy and raping an unconscious or sleeping victim.
He was sentenced on Wednesday. An email sent to Pierce’s attorney was not immediately returned Thursday.
“This ruling brings long-awaited justice for Ms. Cabrales-Arzola, Ms. Giles, and the courageous sexual assault victims who have come forward and testified,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement.
Pierce’s co-defendant, 46-year-old Brant Osborne, is scheduled for a pretrial date on Nov. 18. After a mistrial in February, Osborne will likely face a second trial on two counts of accessory to murder after the fact.
Pierce was arrested in December 2021 in connection with the deaths of model Giles and her friend Cabrales Arzola, an architect, a month earlier.
Giles and Cabrales-Arzola attended a party at an East Los Angeles warehouse, and later went to Pierce’s house in Beverly Hills.
Police said Giles was found dead outside Southern California Hospital in Culver City after being dropped by masked men in a car without license plates.
Cabrales-Arzola was left at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Hospital, where she died 11 days later after being removed from life support.