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David Pearce, 42, was sentenced to 146 years to life in state prison for the 2021 fentanyl overdose deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Cabrales-Arzola

Pearce was found guilty in February 2025 of two counts of murder

"The defendant is a rapist and now he is a murderer," prosecutor Seth Carmack said during trial

A Hollywood producer who was convicted earlier this year of fatally drugging a model and her friend in 2021 was sentenced to 146 years to life in state prison on Wednesday, Oct. 29, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office confirmed to PEOPLE.

David Brian Pearce , 42, was found guilty in February of two counts of first-degree murder in the fentanyl overdose deaths of 24-year-old model Christy Giles and her friend, Hilda Cabrales-Arzola , a 26-year-old a

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