Twin on Trial for Allegedly Steering Car off Cliff to Kill Sister; Lawyer Says It Was ‘Accident’
Monday marked the start of the criminal trial of Alexandria Duval, the 39-year-old woman accused of intentionally driving her SUV off a cliff in Hawaii to kill her twin sister.Duval, a 39-year-old former yoga instructor who was born Alison Dadow, has long maintained her innocence.
On Monday, she sat somberly inside a Maui courtroom as the prosecution laid out its case against her.Wearing a blue shirt and sporting bangs, Duval listened as Maui Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Emlyn Higa alleged that she deliberately steered her SUV towards the edge of a cliff, sending the car plunging 200 feet into the rocky shoreline below.