A 22-year-old driver who lost control of his BMW in Malibu, California, last week on a treacherous stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway, killing four Pepperdine University seniors, has been charged with murder, officials said.
Fraser Bohm was arrested Tuesday on four counts of murder for the deaths of sorority sisters Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams. His bail was set at $8 million, records show.
The Seaver College School of the Arts students were killed about 8:30 p.m. Oct. 17 when Bohm was allegedly speeding on a section of the iconic road known as “Dead Man’s Curve.” Bohm had turned 22 the day before.
He swerved onto the shoulder, hitting three parked vehicles, which then slammed into the four young women who were walking nearby, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said after the crash.
4 PEPPERDINE STUDENTS KILLED IN MALIBU COLLISION BY SPEEDING BMW DRIVER: OFFICIALS
Fraser Bohm was arrested in Malibu, California, Tuesday on four counts of murder for allegedly killing Pepperdine University students Peyton Stewart, Niamh Rolston, Deslyn Williams and Asha Weir. (Perfect Game; LinkedIn; Instagram; FOX11)
The women, who were all members of Alpha Phi, were declared dead at the scene, which is about four miles north of the university. Two other victims were injured.
A local news outlet captured footage of an investigator administering a sobriety test to Bohm, who emerged from his mangled BMW unscathed. Officials have not disclosed the results of the test.
Bohm, who was a star baseball player at Oaks Christian School, was initially arrested after the collision for gross vehicular manslaughter, but the charges were dropped to “allow detectives time to gather the evidence needed to secure the strongest criminal filing and conviction,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Detectives only have 48 hours to present evidence to the district attorney’s office to support charges, the release explained.
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