Speaking with The Independent, Giles’ mother Dusty Leslie Giles shared more insight into the final text messages her daughter sent Cabrales-Arzola around 5:48 a.m. on Nov. 13, saying they planned on taking an Uber home.
“My daughter texted Hilda ‘let’s get out of here’ with a big wide eyed emoji—like I am scared, we need to leave. Hilda agreed and said ‘I’m getting an Uber,'” Giles said. “We know that Hilda did order an Uber, we know that approximately 5-10 minutes later an Uber arrived.”
She added, “The Uber waited. The Uber left.”
A GoFundMe campaign, which lists Cilliers as its beneficiary, was created to fund funeral costs, as well as hire private investigators. It has received more than $130,000 in donations thus far.
In its description, the campaign claims that “Christy & her friend Hilda were allegedly drugged” and that “twelve hours later three men in an all black, masked in bandanas; with license plates removed, dropped Christy off on the sidewalk of a hospital.”
“Christy was already lifeless and pronounced dead at the scene,” it states. “Two hours later the same vehicle with two masked men dropped her friend, Hilda off at a different hospital. Hilda is currently in critical condition and fighting for her life.”
On Nov. 15, Cilliers said he was “shattered” by his wife’s death in an Instagram tribute.
“I can’t believe you’re gone. Taken from us. From me. How can this world be so cruel. How can people be so evil,” he wrote. “You were the light of my sky. Guiding stars of my journey. The twinkle in my eye. The tongue in my ear. The moments we shared will forever be burned into my mind. But that’s not enough. I want more memories with you. I would do anything to make more memories with you.”
