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Fraser Michael Bohm

Criminal case over the 2023 PCH crash in Malibu that killed four Pepperdine students.

Charged · allegations
last updated 29 July 2026 · 7 sources
Confirmed facts
14
Open questions
3
Deaths
4
Charges
8 counts
Trial date
8 Sep 2026
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Case file Fraser Michael Bohm, reference D C zero one zero five. The Associated Press, citing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, reported that on October seventeenth, twenty twenty-three, about eight thirty p.m., six pedestrians were struck along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, about four miles east of Pepperdine University. AP, citing Pepperdine University President Jim Gash, reported that the four people killed were students at the university. AP named them as Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams. AP, citing Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón and a court hearing, reported that Fraser Michael Bohm was charged with four counts of murder and four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, and entered not-guilty pleas. The Los Angeles Times and CBS Los Angeles reported that Judge Thomas Rubinson declined to dismiss the murder charges in November twenty twenty-five, and again rejected a defense effort in July twenty twenty-six. The file’s open questions include how disputed evidence will be evaluated, exact charging-document wording, and whether scheduled court dates remain unchanged. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one zero five at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed14 entries
17 October 2023, about 8:30 p.m.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said six pedestrians were struck along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, about four miles east of Pepperdine University.
AP, citing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
17 October 2023
Pepperdine University President Jim Gash confirmed that the four people killed were students at the university.
AP, citing Pepperdine University President Jim Gash
17 October 2023
AP reported the four students’ names as Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams.
AP
17 October 2023
Investigators believed a dark-colored BMW traveling westbound at high speed lost control, sideswiped at least three parked vehicles and sent those vehicles into a group of people walking in the area.
AP, citing investigators
17 October 2023
The male driver was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
AP, citing Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Maria Navarro
18 October 2023
Bohm was released while investigators gathered additional evidence, including toxicology, speed analysis and search-warrant results.
AP, citing a sheriff’s department statement
25 October 2023
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that Fraser Michael Bohm was charged with four counts of murder and four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter; Bohm entered not-guilty pleas to the eight felony charges.
AP, citing Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón and the court hearing
25 October 2023
Gascón said investigators believed Bohm’s car reached 104 mph on a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway where the posted speed limit was 45 mph.
AP, citing Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón
25 October 2023
Defense attorney Michael Kraut told AP that the crash occurred during a road-rage incident; Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Arens said investigators had no evidence that the crash stemmed from road rage.
AP, citing Michael Kraut and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Arens
27 October 2023
Bohm was released on bond after bail was lowered to $4 million during his arraignment.
Los Angeles Times, citing jail records and the Van Nuys arraignment
10 November 2025
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson declined to dismiss the murder charges, ruling there was enough evidence for the case to continue to trial; the charges remain unproven allegations.
Los Angeles Times; CBS Los Angeles
27 July 2026
At a Van Nuys hearing, Judge Rubinson again rejected the defense effort to drop the murder charges and said there were no evidentiary violations by the district attorney’s office.
Los Angeles Times; CBS Los Angeles
2 September 2026
A pretrial hearing is scheduled.
Los Angeles Times
8 September 2026
Bohm is set to stand trial.
Los Angeles Times; CBS Los Angeles
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
How will the court and jury evaluate the disputed speed, implied-malice and road-rage evidence?unresolved trial issue · unconfirmed
What exact statutory wording appears in the current charging document for the four non-murder counts?source wording differs · unconfirmed
Will the scheduled pretrial and trial dates remain unchanged?future court dates · unconfirmed
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