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Saturday 25 November 2017
Woman wants charge of killing twin in cliff crash dismissed

over a cliff. Anastasia Du- witness said the passenger
val was in the passenger was no longer pulling the
seat and was killed, and driver’s hair when they went
her sister Alexandria Duval over the edge, the defense
was arrested. A judge later said. The witness, who the
ordered Alexandria Duval defense interviewed, said
released after finding no the fighting and hair-pulling
probable cause for a mur- continued until he lost sight
der charge. She traveled to of the SUV as it drove past
upstate New York and was him and off the cliff, ac-
arrested again months later cording to the motion. Au-
in Albany after a grand jury topsy results showed that
indicted her. Birney Bervar, “long, loose blond hairs”
Alexandria Duval’s defense were found on both of An-
attorney, filed a motion last astasia Duval’s hands, the
week seeking to dismiss the motion said. The defense
charge, and a hearing is attorney also said an of-
scheduled for Tuesday. A ficer provided inaccurate
prosecutor says it will be up testimony that data from
to a jury to decide on the the SUV showed Alexandria
evidence. The defense mo- Duval didn’t brake before
In this Oct. 12, 2011, file photo, Anastasia, left, and Alexandria Duval, known as Alison and Ann tion says a witness to the the crash. An accident re-
Dadow before they changed their names, stand in the window of their yoga studio in West Palm crash did not testify before construction expert hired
Beach, Fla. the grand jury, instead a by the defense said data
(Thomas Cordy/Palm Beach Post via AP) detective took the stand to from the air-bag control
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLE- and killing her identical twin 2016 crash as a hair-pull- describe what that person module showed she “most
HER sister should be dismissed ing fight over the steering saw. The witness had told probably did not push and
Associated Press because prosecutors mis- wheel. The sisters were seen police he saw the passen- hold the throttle to the floor
HONOLULU (AP) — A mur- led the grand jury that in- arguing on the narrow, ger pulling the driver’s hair and make a hard left to-
der charge against a wom- dicted her, a defense at- winding Hana Highway on with both hands and heard wards the wall as stated in
an accused of deliberately torney said. the island of Maui before yelling. The detective tes- the grand jury testimony,”
driving off a cliff in Hawaii Authorities described the their SUV plunged 200 feet tified incorrectly that the according to the motion.q

Missouri murder suspect is

charged in California killing

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A later in a hotel bathtub.
homeless man found sleep- A judge in California’s Riv-
ing in a Kansas storage unit erside County also set Rey’s
with his children and his dis- bail at $1 million. Palm
membered wife’s remains Springs police issued a
is now suspected of killing statement saying they and
a California man who van- county prosecutors were
ished last year. working with Kansas au-
Justin Tod Rey, 35, was thorities on possibly extra-
charged Wednesday in diting Rey to face charges
the death of Sean Ty Fe- in the California case.
rel, a Palm Springs resident Investigators said that af-
who disappeared after go- ter Ferel went on vacation
ing on vacation with Rey in in May 2016, his friends no-
2016. Ferel’s body hasn’t ticed changes in responses
been found, but his blood to texts and suspected the
was eventually detected in messages were coming
the trunk of his vehicle after from someone else. That
Rey was involved in an ac- August, Rey had an acci-
cident with it three months dent with Ferel’s vehicle in
later. Los Angeles, but it wasn’t
Rey is currently jailed on until months later that
$1 million bond in Kansas’ blood found in the trunk
Johnson County on child was determined to be Fe-
endangerment charges. rel’s.
He’s also charged with Palm Springs police said
abandonment of corpse Rey had Ferel’s cellphone,
in Missouri, where his wife and that Ferel’s wallet,
died at a hotel. Investiga- credit cards, letters, medi-
tors allege Rey took photo- cation and other posses-
graphs with his wife’s body sions were found in a stor-
and children, then dismem- age unit Rey rented in King-
bered the body two days man, Arizona.q