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Officer didn’t live to see rapist sentenced

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November 01, 2025

It’s unknown whether self-proclaimed “entertainment professional” David Pearce knew the fate of the women he was prosecuted for drugging and raping over al4-year period.

- By ANDREW J. CAMPA

Officer didn’t live to see rapist sentenced

LAUREN CRAVEN was fatally struck by a car.

(La Mesa Police Department)

What is certain, however, isthat one of those women—who transformed her sexual assault trauma into a service career — wasn’t there to witness his sentencing.

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