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Model's Body Left Outside Los Angeles Hospital By Unidentified Men

Model's Body Left Outside Los Angeles Hospital By Unidentified Men

Christy Giles was left dead outside a hospital in California after a suspected overdose, but her family suspects foul play

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

A model was left dead on the side of a road outside a hospital in Los Angeles, and her family believes her death was not an accident.

Christy Giles, 24, was killed by a suspected drug overdose after spending the night out with friends in the Californian city.

One of her friends is also now in hospital in a critical condition.

Giles husband Jan Cilliers says footage shows her being dumped on the pavement outside of the Southern California Hospital in Culver City by a group of men who were concealing their identities with bandanas over their faces and drove off in a car that had no licence plates on it.

Cilliers himself was away in San Francisco last weekend when the incident occurred.

According to another friend who went home early, Christy and the hospitalised woman Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola met a group of men while at a party before ending up in a West LA apartment.

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He told ABC7: "I've got all the messages that she exchanged with anybody else that night and she was texting Marcela, the girl that she was with, at 5.30am saying let's get out of here with the wide eye emoji.

"The loss is just so hard. People share these amazing videos that they have with her and it just brings back her energy.

"I know I'll never get to see her or kiss her or touch her again and it is just so heartbreaking."

The authorities say that 12 hours later her body was dropped outside the hospital, whilst Cabrales-Arzola was then left outside the Kaiser Permanente hospital in West LA, where she remains and is in a critical condition.

Mr Cilliers continued: "Marcela's toxicology report came back, and I guess they found heroin in her system, which is nothing that either of those girls would ever do, not voluntarily."

The Los Angeles Police Department say their preliminary investigation suggests an overdose, which turned fatal in Giles' case.

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A GoFundMe page has been started by her family to raise cash to help pay for a private investigation into her death.

The page reads: "We appreciate any donations that will provide the resources needed in order to put a concrete case together to bring justice for both of these beautiful, innocent young women who are no longer with us.

"Moreover, to protect every other female out there who has been or could be grossly affected in a similar way."

A separate fundraiser has been started to pay for Ms Cabrales-Arzola's medical bills.

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Topics: US News, Los Angeles, california