WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - 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 (https://bit.ly/2idXEee).
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.
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Information from: The Maui News, https://www.mauinews.com
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