SoCal cop was among Hollywood producer’s rape victims. She died days before his sentencing
La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven died after being struck by a vehicle on October 20th. (La Mesa Police Department)
It is unknown whether self-proclaimed “entertainment professional” David Pearce knew the fate of the women he was tried for drugging and raping over the course of 14 years.
But what is certain is that one of these women, who turned the trauma of sexual assault into a career of service, was not there to witness her sentencing.
Pearce was sentenced to 146 years in prison Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles Superior Court. to be condemned First-degree murder in 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.
Pearce’s victims included La Mesa Police Officer Lauren Craven, according to the L.A. District Attorney’s Office. 25 year old police officer hit and killed by a vehicle on Oct. 20 on the 8 Freeway near San Diego.
New York Post first reported his connection to the case.
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Craven was assisting drivers involved in a traffic accident when he was fatally struck. One of these people was killed by the same driver. a suspect Arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.
Craven was honored with a funeral procession from San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium to Skyline Church in Rancho San Diego on Tuesday.
The LA District Attorney’s Office has not confirmed any details other than that Pearce is accused of sexually assaulting Craven in February 2020.
“Someone dropped something in his drink and when he lost consciousness they administered intravenous drugs and detained him for a day and a half,” his father said. David Cravenhe told NBC 7 San Diego.
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“He decided right then and there, ‘I’m going to be a police officer,'” he later told the outlet.
At the time, Craven was a student at Loyola Marymount University. He graduated in 2023, entered the police academy, and joined the La Mesa Police Department in February 2024.
Her father said his 115-pound daughter took nearly a year off to build her strength for the rigors of training.
“This was his dream,” his father said of graduating from the police academy.
This story first appeared on: Los Angeles Times.
