"What is certain, however, is that one of those women - who transformed her sexual assault trauma into a service career - wasn't there to witness his sentencing. Pearce was handed a 146-year prison sentence Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles County Superior Court after being convicted of first-degree murder for the overdose deaths of model Christy Giles and architect Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, as well as the rapes of seven other women from 2007 to 2021."
"Among Pearce's victims was La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven, according to the L.A. County district attorney's office. The 25-year-old officer was struck and killed by a vehicle on the 8 Freeway near San Diego on Oct. 20. The New York Post first reported her connection to the case. Craven was helping motorists involved in a traffic collision when she was fatally struck."
David Pearce received a 146-year prison sentence after convictions including first-degree murder for the overdose deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola and rapes of seven other women from 2007 to 2021. It remains unknown whether Pearce knew the fate of the women he was prosecuted for drugging and raping over a 14-year period. Among the victims was La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven, who was sexually assaulted in February 2020 while a Loyola Marymount student. Craven became a La Mesa officer in February 2024 and was fatally struck on Oct. 20 while helping motorists; a suspect was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Craven was honored with a funeral procession from Snapdragon Stadium to Skyline Church in Rancho San Diego.
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