Socal Cop Was Among Hollywood Producer's Rape Victims. She Died Days Before His Sentencing - Beritaja

It’s chartless if self-proclaimed “entertainment professional” David Pearce knew the destiny of the aggregate women he was prosecuted for allegedly drugging and raping complete a 14-year period.

What is certain, however, is that 1 of those women — who transformed her intersexual battle trauma into a work profession — wasn’t location to witnesser his sentencing.

Pearce was handed a 146-year situation condemnation Wednesday day successful Los Angeles Superior Court aft being convicted of first-degree execution for the overdose deaths of exemplary Christy Giles and designer Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, arsenic good arsenic the rape of 7 different women from 2007 to 2021.

Among Pearce’s victims was La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven, according to the L.A. County territory attorney’s office. The 25-year-old serviceman was struck and killed by a vehicle connected the 8 Freeway adjacent San Diego connected Oct. 20.

The New York Post first reported her relationship to the case.

Craven was helping motorists progressive successful a erstwhile postulation collision erstwhile she was fatally struck. One of those individuals was besides killed by the aforesaid driver. A fishy has since been arrested connected suspicion of driving nether the influence.

Craven was honored pinch a ceremonial procession from San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium to Skyline Church successful Rancho San Diego connected Tuesday.

The L.A. County territory attorney’s agency did not corroborate immoderate specifications different than that Pearce was accused of sexually assaulting Craven successful February 2020.

“Somebody dropped thing successful her drink, and past erstwhile she was unconscious applied IV narcotics and kept her for a time and a half,” her father, David Craven, told NBC 7 San Diego.

Afterward, “she decided correct past and there, ‘I’m going to go a constabulary officer,’” he told the outlet.

At the time, Craven was a student astatine Loyola Marymount University. She graduated successful 2023, entered the constabulary academy and joined the La Mesa Police Department successful February 2024.

Her begetter said his 115-pound girl took adjacent to a twelvemonth disconnected to build her spot for the rigors of training.

“It was her dream,” her begetter said of her graduating from the constabulary academy.