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Chapter 1: What are the powerful opening statements in the Hollywood overdose murder trial?
Powerful opening statements in the Hollywood overdose murder trial. David Pierce and Brandt Osborn on trial for the deaths of two women, model Christy Giles and her architect friend Hilda Cabrales.
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 Celia and Christy was my wife. Christy loved to spread joy and laughter wherever she went. Hilda Marcella 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.
Chapter 2: Who were Christy Giles and Hilda Cabrales, and what happened to them?
She sent me a couple of text messages. Her last text message to me was around 1 or 2 a.m. And throughout the day, I was trying to text her, and there was no response.
You're tracking Christie's phone? Yeah. Is this an address that you recognize?
It's not an address I know. Around 5 p.m., 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. David Pierce. Yeah. He passed himself off as a big shot Hollywood producer, but he was a con man with an alleged history of sexual assault.
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Chapter 3: What was the timeline of events leading up to the overdose?
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 drugged.
Yeah, drugged.
Definitely not something that she would have done to herself ever. It's just not her.
Got a call at home, apparent overdose. Christy, she was deceased.
Hilda was still on life support at that time. I 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 recognized this guy right away, and they were urged to call us.
Authorities say seven more women have come forward claiming Pierce sexually assaulted them as well. Jane Doe number one. Jane Doe number two. Jane Doe number three. Number four.
Number five. Number six.
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Chapter 4: How did Christy's husband react to her disappearance?
They never give their names, never leave their phone numbers, license plates, anything like that. That was Hilda Marcela Cabrales. The 26-year-old architect was still alive in the ICU and fighting for her life. And in Durango, Mexico, her mother, Hilda Marcela Plascencia, 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 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.
Let's do some donuts! What?
Christy was an adventurer, traveling the world as a high-fashion model for Wilhelmina. She ultimately made LA her home.
Christy Giles, I live in Venice, California, and I am an artist.
At 21, her life took a dramatic turn. She met Jan Sillier, a South African-born artist, photographer, and special effects editor, 17 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, they took a big leap.
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Chapter 5: What evidence did detectives find at David Pierce'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 Christy. Hilda texted back, I'm in the kitchen, let's do a line. Witnesses say Pierce supplied that cocaine, which Jan says was not a common choice for Christy.
Maybe it was late at night and she wanted to get less tired. It's not something she would do regularly.
Police determined the group arrived at Pierce's apartment a little after 5 a.m. The women aren't seen again until 11 hours later when, at 4.30 in the afternoon, a security camera recorded this grainy image showing Pierce with Christie over his shoulder at the top of the stairs. Police say Osbourne is carrying her bag.
35 minutes later, at the hospital, Pierce, wearing a black sweatshirt, helps take Christy'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 Osborne 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 13 hours since Christie texted Hilda, let's go. For two weeks, Hilda was on life support. With no hope of regaining consciousness, her family gathered to say their goodbyes. Hilda, what were your final moments with your daughter?
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.
I told her, maybe when I pass away, I will see you again.
And I give you a big hug, a kiss. 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 to honor her, to say thank you for giving life to others.
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Chapter 6: What challenges did the prosecution face in proving the case?
I see beauty. I see myself when I was 24. I will remember them as strong, independent women.
I'll remember them as beautiful souls, free spirits, women that were coming to LA to pursue their dreams.
two young women who loved their families, their animals, and their lives.
I want to remember her as the bright, beautiful soul that she was.
Fernanda, how do you hope your big sister is remembered?
As someone who had a lot of dreams, ambitions, very intelligent, funny. She was happy to be alive.
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