Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now, a 22-year-old man facing a jury on murder and

vehicular manslaughter charges after high speed crash killing four university students. Driving at over

104 miles an hour in a 45-mile zone plows into three parked cars. The Alpha Phi sorority sisters

were walking along the shoulder. Straight out to Drew Nelson for more. Nancy, their names are

Neve Ralston, Peyton, Stewart, Asha Weir, and Deslin Williams. The man accused of

killing them has hired the lawyer who helped to quit Karen Reed in her widely publicized murder trial.

Fraser Michael Bome pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles County courtroom to four counts of murder

and four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. Prosecutors say he was driving

his BMW at more than 100 miles per hour in a 45 zone on October 17th of 2023. The car struck

the parked vehicles on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. Those vehicles then hit the four Pepperdine

University seniors killing the four of them there. The crash happened

near Dead Man's Curve, which is a stretch known for fatal wrecks in the area. Boom was uninjured. Two others

were hurt. Data from the BMW's black box allegedly shows the car accelerated from 93 to 104 miles per hour

just before the impact. Deputy District Attorney Nathan Bartos told the

court, quote, they were killed because of the driving of the defendant. He consciously decided to get

that vehicle up to the speed of 104 miles an hour. This was not an accident. Boehm's defense

says he was fleeing a road rage incident that began in a restaurant in Malibu.

Investigators say there's no evidence of that.

He was first arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter, released, then re-arrested when the charges were upgraded to murder.

His bail was cut from $8 million to $4 million.

Alan Jackson, Karen Reed's lawyer, who has also represented Kevin Spacey and

prosecuted Phil Spector, said outside court he will challenge the state's case and seek another

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