Case in Crash that Killed 4 Pepperdine Students to Move Forward After Judge Denies Motion to Drop Murder Charges
Defense attorney Alan Jackson says key evidence was withheld at the preliminary hearing, while prosecutors say enough evidence supports the murder counts.
- On Monday, July 27, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson denied a motion to dismiss murder charges against Fraser Bohm, ensuring the case proceeds to trial for the 2023 crash that killed four Pepperdine University students.
- Bohm, 24, faces four counts of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the Oct. 17, 2023, incident when he allegedly lost control of his vehicle on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, striking four sorority sisters.
- Prosecutors allege Bohm reached speeds of 104 mph in a 45-mph zone, while defense attorney Alan Jackson argued the state withheld evidence and that fatal collisions are rare on the 21-mile coastal road.
- Rubinson ruled the state provided sufficient information to the defense, rejecting claims of evidentiary violations; the trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 8 in a Van Nuys courtroom.
- The implied malice charge remains central, requiring proof that Bohm knew his actions carried a high probability of death and consciously disregarded the risk in the area known as 'Dead Man's Curve.
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Prosecution hid evidence in case against man charged with killing 4 Pepperdine students, defense says
VAN NUYS, Calif. (Court TV) — A California judge refused to dismiss charges against a man accused of killing four sorority sisters, despite the defense’s claims that the prosecution hid evidence. Fraser Michael Bohm, 24, has pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder and four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence after a crash killed four students from Pepperdine University. Fraser Michael Bohm appears at a hearing on July 27, …
Man accused of driving over 100 mph, killing 4 Pepperdine students, to stand trial for murder
A judge rejected a move to dismiss murder charges filed against the man who killed four Pepperdine students in a crash along PCH. Fraser Michael Bohm is set to stand trial in September.
Judge Declines to Dismiss Murder Charges in Fatal Pepperdine Crash
A judge declined Monday to dismiss murder charges against a man prosecutors say was speeding when he crashed into three parked vehicles on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in 2023 — killing four Pepperdine University sorority sisters. The case against Fraser Michael Bohm was set for trial on Sept. 8. Attorneys for Bohm argued Monday that the implied malice murder allegations in the four murder counts are unsupported because prosecutors failed to …
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OC RegisterJudge declines to dismiss 4 murder charges in Pepperdine crash
Attorneys for Bohm argued that the implied malice murder allegations in the four murder counts are unsupported because prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence at the preliminary hearing.
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