Posted on 06/10/2016 4:52:38 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
A Hawaii judge ordered the release of a woman accused in the death of her twin sister Wednesday after finding no probable cause for a murder charge.
According to court records, Judge Blaine Kobayashi ordered the release of Alexandria Duval during her preliminary hearing.
Prosecutors say Alexandria Duval, who is also known as Alison Dadow, intentionally caused the death of her identical twin sister Anastasia Duval, also known as Ann Dadow.
"We will have to see what other evidence we can find by furthering the investigation," Maui Prosecuting Attorney John Kim told the Associated Press when asked what prosecutors plan to do next.
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The 37-year-old sisters were driving in a Ford Explorer on Hana Highway when they crashed into a rock wall last week, plunging about 200 feet onto a rocky shoreline. Anastasia Duval was pronounced dead at the scene. Her sister was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Witnesses told police they saw the two sisters arguing while the vehicle was stopped and said the passenger was pulling the driver’s hair, Maui Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Emlyn Higa said. Then they saw the vehicle "accelerate forward and then take a sharp left over the cliff," he said.
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The vehicle's air-bag control module showed that the driver didn't attempt to brake before accelerating, making a hard left and hitting the wall, the documents said.
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This is a case where the justice system is irrelevant.
I’ve known twins including twins who had one die.
Despite any animosity, the death of a twin is a maiming of the surviving twin. They usually don’t last long. In my experience, never more than a year.
I know twins tend to be close, and often so close they’re enmeshed. These two most definitely were. One story says that while they dated, they “knew” they would never marry. And they had a very tempestuous, even violent relationship. The Palm Beach Post story also speaks of how their older sister was violent towards their father.
I disagree, though, that the justice system isn’t relevant. It really can’t base its decisions on the closeness of twins. They weren’t two persons, and they were adults and understood that.
And this twin not only endangered (and ended) her sister’s life, but endangered the lives of other people as she drove recklessly.
Forgive me for being superficial, but look at this story. It would make a great movie in the hands of the right director.
Imagine someone like Clint Eastwood getting Angela Jolie to act the double role.
My sympathies though, for their father, now disabled. All he wanted to do was give his three girls a good home. Their mom died went the twins were about 5, so it was all on him. As many single dads will do, he overindulged his girls, instilling a sense of entitlement. I do admire that they were such entrepeurneurs.(sp) They were doers, but with severe anger management problems.
Funny that two healthy Yoga teachers would resort to the old hair-pulling fights. One would think they would have learned some martial arts on top of the Yoga.
That is likely the case. The Palm Beach Post story on the twins says they tended to exploit people.
What I can’t believe is that she was released. She should have at least been held on psychological grounds. And she endangered other people’s lives driving as she did.
Kicking the steering wheel with her feet because he would not stop for more wine? That would have been the very last time I’d have ridden in a car with either of the twins.
Maybe I said it poorly. What I meant was that the surviving twin will likely be dead by her own hand before our glacially slow justice system gets around to doing anything. That’s what I meant by “irrelevant.”
The family would be the basis for several movies or TV shows
“Hawaii Nutsoes”
“Twin Freaks”
“All In the Family, Hawaiian Style”
“American Psychos, Hawaii”
“The Love Bite”
“The Love Bug, Hawaiian Style”
and jail the judge, too.
That makes sense. You may very well be right, too. But she should be brought to justice just so that she won’t hurt anyone else. And if she’s locked up then maybe it’s more likely that she’d go on living herself.
I’ve spent about 40 days total of my life in Hawaii and the best single day was the road to Hana.
I loved it too!
especially on a Harley! ;-)
“the best single day was the road to Hana.”
In my case it was the most memorable,but certainly not the best——and I wasn’t driving.
I could NEVER drive it.
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Well said.
Yikes!!!!
Why the name change?
Her sister may have hit the gas and grabbed the wheel.
A friend of mine was arguing with his drunk girl friend
when she did that, ran into a tree and she died.
It happens. It took about three years for him to get
cleared.
She was a sweet girl when sober, we knew her, but one
drink and she was out of control.
Amazing road. We did it in a convertible. Took all day.
You can’t go all around the island because of Oprah who owns half of Maui.
Is that so?
Because Christians never commit crimes, for example?
Indeed!
I didn’t know that about Oprah.
Grrrrrrrrr.
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