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Hollywood Producer Convicted of Murder in Fentanyl Deaths of 2 Women

David Brian Pearce was also found guilty of rape and other sexual assaults against seven other women between 2007 and 2021.
Hollywood Producer Convicted of Murder in Fentanyl Deaths of 2 Women
A woman walks by Los Angeles Superior Court on July 21, 2021. Apu Gomes/Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
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A Hollywood producer faces a nearly 150-year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty on Feb. 4 of killing two women and sexually assaulting several others across Los Angeles.

David Brian Pearce, 42, was convicted of first-degree murder in the fentanyl overdose deaths of model and aspiring actress Christy Giles, 24, and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26, an architect, in November 2021.

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