Heartbroken dad of Christy Giles’ friend Hilda Cabrales wants three suspects in their deaths hit with MURDER charges
THE GRIEVING father of an interior designer who was left for dead outside a hospital with heroin in her system has called for three suspects arrested in the case to be charged with murder.
Mexican-born Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola, 26, died two weeks after she was dropped off at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles hospital on the evening of November 13.
Two hours earlier her model friend Christy Giles, 24, had been left dead outside another LA hospital by two men allegedly wearing bandanas over their faces.
The Sun exclusively revealed that Hilda passed away on November 28, just a day before her 27th birthday after doctors declared her braindead following two weeks in a coma.
Detectives in LA arrested David Pearce, 39, Brandt Osborn, 42, and Mike Ansbach, 47, on Wednesday in connection with the deaths of the two women.
Pearce is being held on $1million bail on suspicion of manslaughter, while Osborn and Ansbach are being held on a $100,000 bail on suspicion of being accessories to manslaughter.
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Speaking from his hometown of Monterrey, Mexico, Hilda’s dad Luis Cabrales Rivera, 49, told The Sun that he is hoping the men will be charged with murder when they are arraigned in LA on Friday.
Luis said: “Thank God that these people have been arrested, I hope they are taken off the streets for life so they cannot hurt any other women or girls.
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“We have been told that this is not the first time they have done something like this and that they believed that they were never going to be reported due to shame.
“But this time it got out of control and the consequence was the death of two young women who had their whole future in front of them and all the will to live.
“I hope this leads to them being behind bars and justice is done.
“I’m hoping that on Friday they get charged with more than just manslaughter.
“We’re hoping that now that their names and faces are out there more people will come forward to tell the stories of what these men did to them.
“I would like to see them charged with murder.”
SHOCKING ARRESTS
Luis said that he had first heard yesterday from his lawyer Michael Muñoz that arrests were going to be made.
The suspects are due to be arraigned tomorrow at the Criminal Justice Center in downtown LA provided District Attorney George Gascón agrees to go ahead with the case.
Luis added: “I firmly believe that it will go ahead because otherwise why make these arrests?
“Our lawyer will be in court tomorrow to represent us.
“He hasn’t been given too much information, just that charges will be presented tomorrow and that it’s a solid case.”
Neighbors told The Sun on Thursday that they witnessed how actor Osborn was arrested at the building where he shared an apartment with self-proclaimed movie producer Pearce and where Hilda and Christy were last at.
Third suspect Ansbach is described as a director, director of photography and producer on his IMDb page.
'MOANING IN PAIN'
Residents have previously told The Sun that they heard the sound of someone moaning in pain coming from the apartment on the day that the women were abandoned at hospitals.
The two women had been on a Friday night out and left with three men to go to an afterparty in the Hollywood Hills - but never made it there.
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.
Christy’s husband Jan Cilliers traced her phone’s last known location to the apartment that Pearce and Osborn were sharing.
PUSHING FOR CHARGES
Lawyer Michael Muñoz of law firm Muñoz~Muñoz & Ellis told The Sun that he will be pushing for the suspects to be charged with second degree murder.
Mr Muñoz confirmed that it is his understanding that Hilda’s toxicology report found she had heroin in her system.
He told The Sun: “These men were arrested by the LAPD on a probable cause warrant and they are forwarding the whole file to the District Attorney’s office.
“The DA will review that and then formal charges will be filed in the morning, although the DA can also say there’s not enough evidence and reject it, so it’s still not 100%.
“The family want justice for their daughter. They’ve suffered a huge loss, their daughter was about to be just 27.
“It’s a terrible tragedy that could have been avoided and by taking these three people off the street we can prevent this from happening to other women out there.”
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