Christy Giles, Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola.Photo: Christy Giles/Instagram; GoFundMe
Two men from Los Angeles have pled not guilty to a grand jury’s indictment over their alleged connection to a model and her friend’s 2021 deaths.
Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzoladied after they went to a party but never came home in November 2021.
A second man, Brandt Walter Osborn, 43, pled not guilty to the two counts of being an accessory after the fact that he was charged with, ABC 7 reported.
The indictment also canceled out a potential hearing with the two suspects that would have decided if there was enough evidence to take the case to trial, the news station added.
Giles died due to “multiple drug intoxication,” and Cabrales-Arzola died from multiple organ failure and “multiple drug intoxication.”
Christy Giles.Christy Giles/Instagram
Cabrales-Arzola tested positive for cocaine and MDMA and other drugs which were undetermined.
Giles was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, while Cabrales-Arzola was found unconscious; she later died on Nov. 24.
The following month, the Los Angeles Police Departmentannounced the arrestof Pearce, Osborn, and a third man, Michael Ansbach, 47.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office did not charge the three men with crimes at the time, however, leading to Osborn and Ansbach’s release. Meanwhile,Pearce remained jaileddue to unrelated charges of having sexually assaulted or raped four women between 2010 and 2020.
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“Isighed a sigh of relief,” Giles' husband told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview shortly after the arrests. “But I also understand that this is just the beginning of the battle. There’s going to be a lot of stuff to get through in order to get these guys in prison.”
He added of his late wife, “I’ve never felt love so deeply, and I doubt I ever will again. She’s a really incredible, incredible human.”
It is currently unclear if any of the men have engaged legal representation to comment on their behalf.
source: people.com
