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LOS ANGELES - A judge is scheduled to hear a defense motion on Monday to dismiss murder charges against Fraser Michael Bohm, the man accused of causing a deadly 2023 crash in Malibu that killed four Pepperdine University students.

What we know:

Fraser Michael Bohm, 24, is charged with four counts each of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from an October 17, 2023, crash on the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).

The crash occurred just before 9 p.m. in a 45 mph zone when Bohm allegedly swerved onto the north shoulder of the westbound PCH and slammed into three parked vehicles.

The force of the collision caused the parked vehicles to strike four Pepperdine students who were walking along the shoulder after exiting a vehicle.

The four victims were Nia

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