The driver who killed four Pepperdine University seniors in Malibu last week has been charged with murder, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced.
Fraser Bohm, 22, was arrested on Tuesday and faces four counts of murder in the deaths of Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams.
The four young women were killed on October 17 when Bohm lost control of his BMW while speeding on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the iconic Pacific Coast Highway.
He crashed into several parked cars before crashing into four, who were walking nearby, police said after the crash.
Rolston, Stewart, Weir and Williams – all seniors from the same group – were pronounced dead at the scene. Two more victims were hospitalized.
Bohm, who stepped out of the vehicle unharmed, was tackled by witnesses.
Niamh Rolston was among four Pepperdine students expelled on Oct. 17. Instagram / @niamhrolston New Yorker Peyton Stewart will be posthumously awarded a diploma from the university. LinkedIn / Peyton Stewart
He was originally arrested after the crash and charged with gross vehicular homicide.
However, he was released “to allow detectives time to gather the evidence necessary to obtain the strongest possible criminal filing and conviction,” the sheriff’s department explained Tuesday.
The evidence included a toxicology report, a speed analysis and the execution of a search warrant, police said.
Law enforcement turned the case over to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Monday and charges were later filed.
Asha Weir is studying English at Pepperdine, where she also belongs to the Alpha Phi sorority. LinkedIn / Asha Weir Deslyn Williams, also a senior at Pepperdine, was struck and killed while she was walking with her friends. Instagram / @deslyn.williams Sheriff’s deputies approach the scene where four women were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Malibu on October 18, 2023. Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag
Bohm is being held on $8,000,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 25.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and no further information has been obtained.
“The Sheriff’s Department is working tirelessly to make sure we get justice for the victims’ families,” the department said in a press release.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Bohm is scheduled to appear in court on October 25.perfectgame.org
The tragic death, which occurred just four miles from Pepperdine, devastated the close-knit community.
University officials announced that Rolston, Stewart, Weir and Williams, will receive their college degrees posthumously. They are set to graduate in the spring.
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