3 Arrested In Death Of Model And Friend Dumped At Area Hospitals

LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles police arrested three suspects in the overdose deaths of two women whose bodies were dumped outside local hospitals. In announcing the arrests, police warned that there may be additional victims who were drugged by the men.

One of the women, model Cristy Giles, was dropped on November 13th at Southern California Hospital in Culver City reportedly by three masked men in a vehicle with obscured license plates. She was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola was similarly dumped at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Hospital the same day. She was unconscious and in very critical condition, according to police. She was removed from life support and declared dead on Nov. 24.

The suspects were in a black Toyota Prius with no plates, according to the LAPD. Detectives believe both women were given drugs and overdosed at a home in the 8600 block of Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles.

"Three suspects were identified and arrested with the assistance of the LAPD-FBI Fugitive Task Force and Metropolitan Division," the LAPD reported. "Based on the investigation, the LAPD is concerned that there could be other victims in our community who could have been drugged by one or more of these men."

Authorities released no further information about the suspects.

Giles, was a 24-year-old model and aspiring actress, and Cabrales-Arzola was an architect.

Giles' husband, Jan Cilliers had been quoted in previously published reports as saying video exists of three masked men dressed in black who pulled up to the hospital and pushed the model's body out of the Toyota Prius without license plates.

Giles and Cabrales-Arzola exchanged text messages hours before they were found agreeing they should leave the Pico-Robertson apartment of one of the suspects. One told the other that she called for an Uber, according to reports.

The women's family members have claimed they were possibly drugged against their will at some point before they were found.

According to a toxicology report, heroin was found in Cabrales-Arzola' system, KABC 7 reported.

The toxicology report on Giles' body has not been released and her cause of death has been deferred.

The model's mother Dusty Giles said she does not believe her daughter suffered an accidental overdose

"If it was an accidental overdose, why not call 911?" she said to the New York Post. "Why do you wait 10 hours until she is dead to fling her on a sidewalk, remove your license plates, obscure your face?

Giles said her daughter was trained in self-defense and would have fought the men had she not been drugged in some way.

City News Service contributed to this report.