Woman accused of killing twin to OK extradition ADVERTISING Woman accused of killing twin to OK extradition ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman accused of killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a cliff in Hawaii won’t fight
Woman accused of killing twin to OK extradition
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman accused of killing her twin sister by driving their SUV off a cliff in Hawaii won’t fight extradition from upstate New York, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Alexandria Duval intends to waive her right to an extradition hearing during a court appearance Friday, clearing the way for her to return to Hawaii this month and fight a second-degree murder charge.
Authorities say Alexandria Duval, 38, was driving an SUV in May with her sister, Anastasia, in the passenger seat when the vehicle crashed into a rock wall and plunged about 200 feet. Authorities described a hair-pulling fight over the steering wheel.
She traveled to upstate New York after an initial indictment stemming from the fatal crash was dismissed by a judge earlier this year. After Duval was arrested in Albany last month, her lawyer at the time said he did not even know there was a second indictment against her.
The sisters were born Alison and Ann Dadow in the Utica, N.Y., area, about 80 miles west of Albany.
They operated popular yoga studios in Palm Beach County, Fla., from 2008-14 before they changed their names. They moved to Hawaii in December 2015 from Utah.
Woman dies while kayaking in Wailua River
LIHUE, Kauai (AP) — The owner of a company that provides guided kayaking trips says one passenger on a tour along Kauai’s Wailua River died after being swept away in the water while trying to cross a stream on foot.
Peter Fisher with Kayak Wailua says the group of 10 passengers and one tour guide was hiking back from Uluwehi Falls on Saturday when the incident happened. He said the group was trying to cross a stream to get back to their kayaks when Aimee Abrahim was swept away by flash flooding.
Emergency crews responded to the scene and the other passengers were airlifted to safety.
Search crews began looking for Abrahim, of El Cajon, Calif., but her body wasn’t discovered until the following day.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Kauai about three hours after the start of the tour.
Fisher said his company monitors weather conditions, and the tour guide cut the trip short and was leading the group back to the marina when Abrahim went into the water.
Fisher said Kayak Wailua has never had a death during its 20 years of operation. He called what happened to Abrahim a “freak situation.”
