Sentencing and Remembering the Victims

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That's shopify dot com slash pave shhopify dot com slash pave Powerful opening statements in the Hollywood Overdose Murder T trial David Piers sent Brnd Osborne on trial for the deaths of two women, model Christy Giles and her architect friend Hilda Cabralis. This trial will not change what happened and will not bring my sister back or Christy Christy's plan for the evening was to go out with some friends and have a fun night. Aloha! My name is Jan Siler and Christy was my wife. Christie loved to spread joy and laughter. wherever she went Child and Marcello just moved from Mexico She seemed very lovely and They were becoming fast friends My sister did enjoy going out to parties. She liked dancing and the music I remember seeing her Instagram. She was posting stories of that night She sent me a couple of text messages. Her last text message to me was around one or two AM And throughout the day, I was trying to text her and there was no response Tracking Chrissy's phone. Yeah. Is this an address that you recognize? It's not an address I know Around five PM I saw her location had suddenly moved to an emergency room hospital My level of panic is growing and growing I just knew that I had to try and get to the bottom of what happened You blast out this address And very quickly you get responses. Yeah. What are those responses? That there's somebody that lives at this location that is a very unsavory person. Pers. Yeah He passed himself off as a big shot Hollywood producer, but he was a con man with an alleged history of sexual assault It wasn't clear what happened. We just knew She overdosed and to me, my reaction was, who did this to her? So when you heard overdose you immediately thought Yeah, druged you Cinitely not something that she should have done to herself ever It's just not her gotot a call at home, A parent overdose. Christy, she was deceased. Hilda was still on life support at that time to give as much information as I can to the detectives. Jan had put a number of things out on social media and it spread like wildfire People recognize this guy right away and they were urged to call us. Authorities say seven more women have come forward claiming Pce sexually assaulted them as well. J Doe number one. Je number six. Jane Doe, number three. N four. N five, number six. N seven. Being Jane Doe, we are the voice of both Christie and Hilda because they can't talk. Defendant Peerce wanted them to talk. He wanted them to die because dead girls John Johon Bigliiani reports, dead girls don't a fresh case. it's all on you. There's no No one else is gonna solve this thing for you. It's you and your partner. That's it And in november twenty twenty one, Detective Jonathan Vanderley and Detective Calvin E, had to figure out why a lifeless woman was left at this emergency room This video from Southern California Hospital shows staff pulling a woman out of a black prius and helping her onto a stretcher while two men look on When the stretcher moves into the ER It becomes clear the car has no license plates Detective Vanderley would later learn that the two men told the staff they found the woman quote passed out on the curb somewhere nearby, and they were trying to be good Samaritans They left without giving their names or phone numbers they were mask disguised. This must be adding up to something that sounds very sketchy to you. V'ser veryy sketchy, but then you still have to figure out if an actual crime occurred The woman was Christie Giles, and her mother Dusty, will never forget the call that came from the hospital. tellelling her her twenty four year old daughter was dead from a drug overdose And I said What do you mean? she didn't make it? And then I hung up and I fell apart Two hours later at a hospital just two miles away, A second woman was left at another emergency room by the same two men Also in a black prius and wearing masks. They never give their names never leave their phone numbers license plates, anything like that. That was Hilda Marcella Cabralis. The twenty six year old architect was still alive in the ICU and fighting for her life. And in Tango, Mexico, her mother, Hilda Marcella Placentcia was getting the news about her eldest daughter and namesake She was very bad She was intubated. You are a doctor What was going on in your mind at the time? What happened? what? What happened to her? Why is she that bad And in the earliest hours of the investigation, there were only questions How could this happen to Christy It was an unimaginable ending to a life bursting with exuberance. Christie was an adventurer, traveling the world as a high fashion model for Willamina She ultimately made LA her home This name is Kry Giles. I live in Venice, California and I am an artist. At twenty one, her life took a dramatic turn She met Jan Sillier, a South African born artist, photographer, and special effects editor, seventeen years her senior. They'd been together seven months when the couple went to Burning Man, an arts festival in the Nevada desert where impulsively It took a big leap. We just decided to elope. We just got married right there said to each other that, you know, Life's very short, so we kind of really just proposed to each other and the next day we got married After they got married, Christie started studying interior design in Los Angeles, which led to a new friendship with Hilda Marcella. Hilda had just moved there to start her dream job, recalls her father, Louise I feel very happy for her both very sad for me becausecause we are very close No one was surprised that the cum laade graduate of the prestigious university in Montre Mexico was thriving in LA Especially her sister, Fernanda. She was always making a lot of friends, talkative, outgoing, just having a good time and Meaning people that they also like the music, that they are also enjoying dancing Dancing, as this video shows, is what the two friends were doing that night Christie's husband Jan was out of town visiting his father He knew she and Hilda had planned a girls night out, starting at Soho House And then onto a warehouse party after midnight to see a favorite DJ A friend who was with them said they did ketamine popular club drug. And by the next day, Jan was on his way home, knowing Christie was gone in less than twenty four hours Your world was turned Upside down, shatted Milda's father and mother rushed to be by her side. When they arrived, they found their daughter on life support. My heart thousand piees. because I saw my Hi baby Conscience. I'm fighting for her life I said, is this real Am I dreaming? I took her hand and I said, Mom's here with you. You're not alone Christie's autopsy revealed that in addition to ketamine, she had cocaine Fentanyl and GHB known as the date rape drug in her system are these drugs that Christy would take willillingly I mean, that combination of drraugs sounds deadly to me. so Jan needed answers, so he began to build a timeline based on the digital trail Christie left behind. Information gathered from her messages and phone, which he was able to track. I wanted to get to the bottom of exactly what happened that night He already knew what she'd been doing before she went out for the evening She was enjoying a lovely sunset. She took our cat for a walk on the beach. S together Sand Panther Oh whoa because were the last pictures she sent me of herself I wish you were here and I ever wish that I was there too Jon was able to track Christie's phone to a residence located at eighty six forty one West Olympic Boulevard. At five thirty AM, Christi sends Hilda a wide eye emoji and says, let's go Hilda replies, I'll call Nber T minutes away They're both in the same house text messenaging each other. They need to leave is very worrying That was the last text message that Christie or Hilda ever sent. That Uber arrived, waited five minutes. and drove away empty How did you process that? I mean, it's just confirming my est feels again that they were there at that place against their will People you are told to trust, lawyers, teachers, especially doctors, but what happens when you put your life in someone's hands and they betray you The hit podcast Doctor Death is back, and this season is unlike any other. Doctor Death The Cowboy is the story of a charming neurosurgeon who rode into western towns selling a persona of confidence and care. He wore cowboy boots in the operating room and became sought after by patients he promised to heal Instead, he left a trail of broken bodies. 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Ten minutes between life and death That's all takes. It was the home of thirty nine year old David Piers Police would learn Christie and Hilda had met him for the first time at that warehouse party Police also discovered Pierce had a registration for a black prius and found it parked behind the building match the car seen at both hospitals Down to the black Roms Pierce lived on the second floor with a roommate, Breant Osborne, forty two There was a light on in the upstairs where the two men live So I just went up, knocked on the door Immediately, the lights go out you identify yourself Yes, completely. LAPD open the door. And then they just complete silence After about fifteen minutes, he says, Pierce and Osborne came out years denied owning a prius. So I immediately get a lie. Do you leave No, I interview Mr. Osborne At first, he says Osborne denied seeing Christie and Hilda at all You could change the stories numerous times. At first there's No girls had been at that location whatsoever. I tell them on the interview, He, listen, I know you're lying. It's extremely obvious. You're very nervous Vander Lee says Osbourne eventually admitted the women had been at their apartment, but said he'd been asleep, and when he woke up realized Christie and Hilda were in distress He said he and Piers chose to go to two separate hospitals because, quote, we didn't know how it would look Pece, police say, did later admit he owned the Prius, but lied again, saying his license plates had been stolen Banderlely says he saw those plates on the ground by the vehicle Then, the manen agreed to let detectives inside Two beds had been stripped. There was A washing machine that had been recently used was still wet. Is anything else that stands out to you There was a safe in his room with baggies, which is indicative of narcotics. They said they' for crafts, for arts and crafts. By now, Vanderley says he knew Pierce and Osbourne had dropped Hilda and Christie off and believed Pice had drugged them But he didn't have enough evidence to make an arrest. He thought he'd beat us that night for sure. He was happy. He smiled and said goodbye. Yeah Thanks, detectives, snpe But that wasn't where it ended for you. No, not by a long show Vanderlein knew he needed more evidence and turned to his colleague, Detective Calvin Y. You hear the name David Pierce. What goes on in your mind Well, the first thing is Ge sexually assault this time Detective Y had investigated Pearce in twenty twenty for sexually assaulting a nineteen year old She was raped while she was unconscious The victim said Pierce had given her drugs to knock her out during a date But the investigation had stalled and wasn't prosecuted at the time Detective Y knew Pierce had other prior charges, including another rape charge from twenty fourteen That was also not prosecuted. He has a pattern. hisis first step is trying to find his victim. So that could be through a dating app. through online listings or meeting them at bars or events. When he picks his victim, he goes to step two, which is bragging about himself. Pierce relies on lies, detectives say to set his trap he need to introduce himself as a producer, doctor, all these different things because he's none of these things. he might have been an intern at the time or something at a production company, an intern They say his next step is to drug his victims and incapacitate them, often with a drink. After they take this drink, he goes to step four, which is the sexual assault Police would learn both Christie and Hilda showed signs of sexual assault But they feared they would face challenges making the case How difficult is it to prove a crime took place when the victims were recreationally using drugs. This makes the case extremely hard. I told Jan early on that this was It's going to be an near impossible a case to prove Yeah, at first, it's who done it became what actually happened. and that's what was difficulty with this case Detective Jonathan Vanderleay says the pressure was on to locate any evidence of what happened after Christie and Hilda met David Peerce that night video starts expiring. Th these DVRs, it's a constant. You gotta get this evidence before it disappears Police did have some luck, starting with this footage from outside that warehouse party which they say shows the women leaving with Pearce, Osborne and a friend of theirs, forty seven year old Michael Oonsbach, on their way to Peierce's apartment Police also uncovered this text exchange from moments earlier when the women were still inside that party Do you want Coke? asks Hilda Yes, replies Christie Hilda texted back. I'm in the kitchen. Let's do a line Witnesses say Here's supplly that cocaine Which Jon says was not a common choice for Christy. Maybe it was late at night and she'd. wanted to get less tired. It's not something you should do regularly Police determined the group arrived at Peerce's apartment a little after five AM The women aren't seen again until eleven hours later, when at four thirty in the afternoon, a security camera recorded this grainy image showing Pearce with Christie over his shoulder at the top of the stairs Eelisea Osborne is carrying her bag thirty five minutes later at the hospital. ers wearing a black sweatshirt helps take Christie's body out of the car Osborne looks on A full hour and a half later, this dark image shows the men leaving the apartment again with Hilda Police say Pierce is carrying her and Osbourne has her boots and coat Half an hour later, the prius arrives at that second hospital where the men take Hilda out of the car together It had been more than thirteen hours since Christie texted Hilda Let's go In two weeks, Hilda was on life support no hope of regaining consciousness Her family gathered to say their goodbyes Hello, what were your final moments my youraughter Oh they were so hard, you know? And I just was asking God to not let her suffer more I remember telling her that You can leave And just thanking her For being my sister And I told her aby when day us away I would see you again And I g you I'll be called Pace The family decided to donate Hilda's organs. Her mom remembers the medical staff lining the halls as the family accompanied Hilda to the OR. The medical team was clapping G going on her to say thank you for given life to others Like Christie, Hilda had suffered a drug overdose Toicology reports would later reveal that she had cocaine, MDMA, or ecstasy. and elevated levels of fentanyol in her system Police would also learn that while the women were in that apartment The downstairs neighbor heard someone in pain, and moaning on and off For six hours Police believe that was Hilda Neither Pierce nor Osborne nor Osbach calledall for help makes me get angry because she was suffering and nobody Nobody helped her How hard is it to prove this narrative when the victims can't even testify on their own behalf If we were just investing in Christy and Hildes alone Very difficult. But the district attorney at the time went public, asking other women who knew Pice to call in pololice could better understand what he did to Hilda and Christie. If you feel Comfortable. Moving forward so that we can evaluate your case and charge. We're here for you. We started getting a lot of calls As police continued building their case, Jan received a call that Pece and Osborne were on the move. He recorded this video of the men loading up a moving van the day after Hilda died Lise Piers had also changed his phone number And it took them a week to locate him again. So the pressure is on, you gott to get this guy. I got to come up with something quick, yes Police have arrested three men in connection with the deaths of a model and her friend last month. On december fifteenth, twenty twenty one, David Pierce, Braant Osborne, and Michael Lonsbach were arrested in connection with Hilda and Christie's deaths The detectives still knew next to nothing about what had happened inside that apartment Eanderly says they decided to take a gamble and bring the men in. This is the only way we're going to get the info we need Once the men were in custody, police conducted interviews with them, one by one I kind of played with a rotation and it worked out exceedingly well. They secretly recorded Pieerce and Osborne while Osbach was talking to police. Pierce says, I hope An'sbox's not up there telling him I gave them drugs and wine When it was his turn, Pice denied giving the women drugs. a This was suspicious because information that the women had likely died from fentanyl had not been released I knew these girls died from fentanyl, but nobody else knew. Two months after his arrest, Ansbach reached out to police with details of what he says he witnessed that night He says Piers had offered the women a ride to an after party. and then said he needed to make a quick stop at his house. Ansbach says Pece was very insistent they stay and have a drink. And after the women talked about leaving Pierce gave all three of them, so called special cocaine Onsbach says he Christie and Hilda got sick immediately. and when he woke up hours later He saw Christie without any signs of life Annsbach says he told Pers to take Christie and Hilda to the hospital and says Pierce then said repeatedly, quote Dead girls T I wouldn't say survivor. I'm a fighter. That's what I am Police had at least one woman who could talk about David Pice at his upcoming trial He asked me if I wanted a drink B It tasted really funny and then I don't remember the next several hours after that In the middle of the night, alone in your apartment And that feeling starts to set in that something is wrong Realizing your home is no longer safe, you plan on your escape But he has other plans Details are the kind that stay with you. water running in an empty apartment. A walk door that shouldn't be locked That uneasy feeling of being watched That's the setup for unhinged. 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But he just didn't care Defendant Osborg helped him get rid of any evidence to implicate defendant Piers in the deaths of Christy and helda Prosecutor Katherine Mariano has marshalled the forensic evidence to make her case, the toxicology results that found fentanyl in both women, and the date rape drug GHB and Christie, also Pierce's DNA discovered on Christie's body, and under Hilda's fingernails This is no accident This is no mistake. But in order to prove felony murder, she must show that Pierce incapacitated Christie and Hilda to rape them Without their testimony, she needs to establish he had a history of doing this to other women. putting drugs in their drinks and then sexually assaulting them He didn't care whether they had lives or die All he cared about was taking advantage of them Here's where there's a problem But defense attorney Jeffal says the fact that Christie and Hilda were using drugs before meeting Pierce that night means there is no case for murder These young ladies unfortunately ingested fetenol Th be d It's a shame The miss app Pearson Vall is sixth in a long line of lawyers who have represented David Peerce in this case. He knows his client is problematic is very demanding He's very sure of himself. what David Pierce wants, David Pierce gets. She pushes her arms to the bed. Mariano has her own version of who David Pierce is based on the accounts of the women who talked to investigators and chose to be anonymous. J Jano number two. Jango, number three. Nber four, five or six. numberumber seven It was important for me to come forward and you know get any information I could regarding this vile man Jackie is Jane Doe number two No cameras were allowed in the courtroom for any of the testimony But she agreed to talk with us about her experience with Pce in twenty ten when she was a twenty four year old law student looking for a room to rent She testified about her meeting with Piers at his apartment on West Olympic Boulevard where he gave her a tour. and offered a drink I started to spin and You know, I just became like disoriented. You drink this drink, you start to feel dizzy, I'm sure confused. What happens next? So the next thing I know, he was, you know, basically trying I would say trying to rape me So I started fighting hand back. According to Jackie, he continued to assault her. He threw me onto the floor. He punched me in the face When she tried to take her phone out, he grabbed her arm so hard the phone flew and smashed into the wall unsteady on her feet and unable to call for help She did everything she could to escape. I had to crawl down the stairs. I was so disoriented and crawl down West Olympic Boulevard to my car sccreaming for help Though seriously injured and traumatized She did not report it. There's a huge stigma. that surrounds women that come forward with sexual assault. But when she heard about Christie and Hilda She decided to act In all twentywenty women came forward Pierce was charged with seven sexual assaults Detective Calvin Yu thinks that's just a fraction of those who suffered at the hands of David Pice Are there more Jane Does out there Yes, I would definitely say so. How many do you believe as a hundred a hundred That's incredible and that's just based on the people that you have spoken with directly. Yes. I'm just so grateful that they came forward and I can't even imagine how the level of bravery that you have to have in order to testify to a room of strangers. You are so intimately violated And as the women testified one by one Defense attorney Vaall could see what was happening prosecution strategy was working The victims come into court testifying Some who broke down in tears all gave the same testimony and I and watching the jury They're looking at him and the expression on the jurors' faces are like, How could you? How could you do this? After the Jane Does testified, the prosecution called Peerce's friend, Michael Asbach, who was in the apartment that night and later arrested along with Pearce and Osborne Annsbach took this video of Christie and Hilda minutes after Pierce gave them wine and cocaine at the apartment Christie's lying on the couch It looks like she's on her way to becoming unconscious. In his testimony, Anspach again said he also used the same cocaine, got violently ill, and then passed out. When he woke up, he said, Pierce asked him to check on Christy. and when he did, Anspach said It looked like she was not breathing Hilda, he said, was in Pierce's bedroom According to Annsbach, this is when Pice told him Dead girls Talk Pece in Osborne, Osbach never called for help His charges were later dropped On day eleven and against the advice of his attorney David Pierce, who pleaded not guilty, was sworn in and testified So he got on the stand and he did his best to try to say everybody was wrong and he was right. He was apparently the only one telling the truth at the entire trial On the twelfth day, hereierce his roommate, Breant Osbourne, who also pleaded not guilty takes the stand So Osbourne's role was to help get rid of the bodies first and foremost He helped carry the girls at first He helped formulate the plan in terms of what they're going to tell the security guards Osbourne testified he was dumbfounded by Pearce's behavior and was emotional, crying more than once on the stand, saying he played no part in a cover upp because he didn't have a complete picture of what was really going on Yan for one, was not buying it He's basically claiming to be an innocent bystander in the situation and that he's also a victim in the situation. But there are facts that prove that he helped David Pe coming up The question is whether the jury will believe either man After three weeks, the trial took a toll on Christy's family We sat and had a hold Our mouth closed Well, they battered And I feel like they destroyed my daughter's reputation. It was definitely difficult being in the same room as them Do they have an overwhelming urge to throw something really hard at their heads? Yeah In closing, prosecutor Mariano hits back at the defense. Just because Christie and Hilda did drugs on their own that night doesn't make them responsible for their own debathts. David Pierce took care of that, Mariano argued He didn't care about violating them in the most awful way even hear that bying Christie and Hilda that they couldie? And she repeats the words of Bnsbach attributed to David Peice, the words that rang in the ears of everyone who loved Christie and Hilda He wanted them to die because dead girls Joint Good afternoon everybody. Attorneys for Osborne and Pice told jurors there simply was not enough direct evidence linking them to the crime, and that there's a strong case for reasonable doubt Now, it's up to the jury to draw its own conclusion about Brant Osborne and David Piers Justie Giles made her decision long time ago Piers is a sick Slimy lizard Six. and prays and sneaks. and his bite is deadly. As we're sitting here waiting on the verdict for the case, I just want to I'm here for her til the end.