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Woman wants charge of killing twin in cliff crash dismissed
Associated Press ^ | 11/24/2017 | Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Posted on 11/24/2017 11:31:14 AM PST by simpson96

A murder charge against a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Hawaii and killing her identical twin sister should be dismissed because prosecutors misled the grand jury that indicted her, a defense attorney said.

Authorities described the 2016 crash as a hair-pulling fight over the steering wheel. The sisters were seen arguing on the narrow, winding Hana Highway on the island of Maui before their SUV plunged 200 feet over a cliff.

Anastasia Duval was in the passenger seat and was killed, and her sister Alexandria Duval was arrested. A judge later ordered Alexandria Duval released after finding no probable cause for a murder charge. She traveled to upstate New York and was arrested again months later in Albany after a grand jury indicted her.

Birney Bervar, Alexandria Duval's defense attorney, filed a motion last week seeking to dismiss the charge, and a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. A prosecutor says it will be up to a jury to decide on the evidence.

The defense motion says a witness to the crash did not testify before the grand jury, instead a detective took the stand to describe what that person saw. The witness had told police he saw the passenger pulling the driver's hair with both hands and heard yelling.

The detective testified incorrectly that the witness said the passenger was no longer pulling the driver's hair when they went over the edge, the defense said. The witness, who the defense interviewed, said the fighting and hair-pulling continued until he lost sight of the SUV as it drove past him and off the cliff, according to the motion.

Autopsy results showed that "long, loose blond hairs" were found on both of Anastasia Duval's hands, the motion said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: alexandriaduval; anastasiaduval; hanahighway; hawaii; maui
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1 posted on 11/24/2017 11:31:14 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

I wonder who they voted for.


2 posted on 11/24/2017 11:38:02 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: simpson96

Read their life story here - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3631932/Twisted-yoga-twins-jealous-high-school-loners-rarely-dated-showered-naked-racked-long-criminal-records.html


3 posted on 11/24/2017 11:42:15 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: simpson96

On the road to Hana (the “highway” in question), you don’t need an argument to get distracted. You have to pay attention every moment you’re driving if you don’t want to get killed.


4 posted on 11/24/2017 11:51:13 AM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: NewJerseyJoe

I hated the Hana Highway———and I wasn’t the driver.

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5 posted on 11/24/2017 11:52:32 AM PST by Mears
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To: NewJerseyJoe

Oh man are you right, and I rented a Lincoln Continental at the time,oh, and I’m seriously scared of heights. Glad I did it, would never drive it again.


6 posted on 11/24/2017 11:53:29 AM PST by crosdaddy
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To: simpson96

Suicidal blonde kills twin sister by mistake.


7 posted on 11/24/2017 11:57:28 AM PST by GunsAndBibles (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: NewJerseyJoe

You’re exactly right...and the squahed wild guava fruit that litter the road at points made for some exciting skids coming around one of the many blind turns. Back in the late 70’s there was virtually no other traffic for miles... a really good thing. Can’t imagine what it’s like now.

FYI all: Lowell Thomas and Charles Lindbergh both had homes towards the end of the island and both fought expansion and maintenance of the road to dissuade tourists and developers from corrupting the southern reaches in the manner of Oahu. IIRC, in the 70’s Maui had the highest percentage of natives aside from the privately owned island of Nihau, and the highest rate of return for natives who ventured to the mainland.


8 posted on 11/24/2017 12:02:56 PM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: simpson96
I did the Hana Road on an old Ironhead Sportster, and was almost killed by a falling Jackfruit!


9 posted on 11/24/2017 12:16:07 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: crosdaddy; NewJerseyJoe

The Hana Highway — something you must do exactly once.


10 posted on 11/24/2017 12:28:34 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Every Californian who supported "sanctuary state" has blood and ashes on his/her hands)
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To: simpson96

Alexandria, guilty.

Ann, dead.

11 posted on 11/24/2017 12:41:34 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: simpson96
Who remembers this episode of "Magnum PI", lol?
12 posted on 11/24/2017 12:44:12 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: Mears; crosdaddy; Covenantor; freedumb2003
When I was in the Navy and stationed on a ship at Pearl Harbor in the late 1980s, I took a few days and went over to Mau'i. I'd read about the road to Hana and said, "Oh, I'm definitely doing that" (with my rental car). It was one of the worst things I ever did. The drive was maddening. I remember one point, where I drove around a bend, and there was a LOGGING TRUCK coming from the other direction and taking up the entire road. To this day, I don't remember how we managed to pass each other.

When I got to the halfway point, where there was some room to maneuver, I decided I'd had enough -- no way I was going to drive the other half and then STILL have to drive all the rest of the way back. I turned around, got out as quickly as possible, and visited Iao Valley instead, which was beautiful.

13 posted on 11/24/2017 12:54:54 PM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: NewJerseyJoe

Well, I drove the whole dang thing, if I remember correctly, it took over 8 hours. What made it even worse, was 6 weeks prior my girlfriend and I were forced out of Isle Marada (sp) spent 8 1/2,hrs just on the Fla turnpike (123mi) and took us 23 1/2 hrs to Atlanta airport. Horrible, after the Road to Hanna we didn’t want to drive anywhere. Oh yea, hurricane Fran was what forced us from the keys.


14 posted on 11/24/2017 1:05:27 PM PST by crosdaddy
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To: NewJerseyJoe

>> no way I was going to drive the other half and then STILL have to drive all the rest of the way back. <<

I broke the rental car rules (which they CIRCLE) about not driving on unpaved roads and took the “back way” back to the hotel. This was the 90s — some of it was rough but I made it through by following what appeared to be tire trails from hay trucks or somesuch — drove through farmland with cows and the like.


15 posted on 11/24/2017 1:10:47 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Every Californian who supported "sanctuary state" has blood and ashes on his/her hands)
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To: Steely Tom

How can you indict somebody in New York state for murder that was committed in Hawaii? Murder is a state crime and has to be prosecuted in the state where it occurs. Federal charges could be brought for depriving the deceased of her civil rights. Maybe that’s what happened.


16 posted on 11/24/2017 1:14:42 PM PST by Stirner
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To: Stirner

She was indicted in Hawaii but arrested in New York.

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17 posted on 11/24/2017 1:19:49 PM PST by Mears
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To: RightGeek
According to that article, they showered NAKED!

How weird it that!

18 posted on 11/24/2017 1:20:47 PM PST by Cowboy Bob
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To: Mears

The Hana Highway was a great experience and not as dangerous as made out to be. It should definitely be on everybody’s bucket list. And I plan to do it again.


19 posted on 11/24/2017 1:27:50 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Might not be as dangerous, but if you’re scared of heights, I am, there are a couple of spots that get the pucker factor going.


20 posted on 11/24/2017 1:31:17 PM PST by crosdaddy
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