Woman pleads not guilty in Maui cliff crash that killed twin
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Anastasia, left, and Alexandria Duval, known as Alison and Ann Dadow before they changed their names, are seen at their yoga studio in West Palm Beach, Fla. in Oct. 2011.
WAILUKU >> A woman charged with killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a Maui cliff has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Alexandria Duval, 38, entered the not guilty plea Monday in a Maui courtroom. She had waived extradition from New York, where she was arrested Nov. 11, and was brought back to the island on Friday.
Authorities say Duval was driving a Ford Explorer on May 29 with her sister, Anastasia, in the passenger seat when the SUV crashed into a rock wall and plunged about 200 feet. Authorities have described the incident as a hair-pulling fight over the steering wheel.
Anastasia Duval was killed and Alexandria was injured.
Deputy Public Defender Heather Brown represented Duval during Monday’s hearing, but she says the defendant plans to hire her own attorney, The Maui News reported.
A pretrial conference was set for Jan. 26. Duval is being held on $3 million bail, but a bail hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
The Duval sisters, born Alison and Ann Dadow in the Utica, New York, area, operated popular yoga studios in Palm Beach County, Florida, from 2008 to 2014 before they changed their names. They moved to Hawaii in December 2015 from Utah.
7 responses to “Woman pleads not guilty in Maui cliff crash that killed twin”
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scary person
if you look at the photo and guess which one is the alleged killer, I bet you’d guess the one one the right.
she’ll get off
Why are we extraditing her back and wasting all the taxpayers monies for this pony show….??
This was an accident. Even though she may have caused it, She could have been killed as well. The hair pulling fight does not seem like a premeditated act.
so true, wat a waste…
This was a tragic accident with both women out of control. There was no intent to drive the vehicle over the edge. Why authorities on Maui are pursuing this case is beyond me.
Duval will have to live with what happened to her sister. That would seem punishment enough. Do not see why authorities need to pile on and just make things even more difficult
for Duval. Either woman or both could have been killed. Nuff already.