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   From: murderers@latimes.com   
      
   An attorney representing a woman charged with murder and driving   
   under the influence in a March 29 crash that killed three Las   
   Vegas teenagers in Huntington Beach argued in court documents   
   this week that her client is not a flight risk and that her bail   
   should be reduced from $4 million.   
      
   Bani Duarte, 27, of San Clemente faces three counts of murder   
   and one count of driving under the influence causing injury, as   
   well as a possible sentencing enhancement on allegations of   
   inflicting great bodily injury. She pleaded not guilty Monday to   
   all charges, according to Orange County Superior Court records.   
      
   If convicted, she could be sentenced to 51 years to life in   
   state prison, according to prosecutors.   
      
   Duarte, who is being held at Orange County Jail in Santa Ana,   
   appeared Thursday in Superior Court in Westminster for a   
   scheduled hearing to review her bail amount. However, attorneys   
   decided to delay the hearing until May 29. They did not provide   
   a reason.   
      
   During Duarte's arraignment Monday, Judge Thomas Glazier set her   
   bail at $4 million. Prosecutors argued that it should be $5   
   million, while Duarte's defense attorney, Debra White, suggested   
   $100,000.   
      
   Duarte, who is listed in jail records as a receptionist, was   
   initially arrested after the crash on suspicion of driving under   
   the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter and posted   
   $100,000 bail three days later.   
      
   Investigators said they took Duarte into custody again at about   
   1 p.m. Sunday in Downey on a warrant after they received   
   information that she may have intended to flee the country to   
   avoid prosecution. It isn't clear what information led to that   
   conclusion.   
      
   White wrote in a court motion filed Monday that Duarte has four   
   children younger than 10 and shares custody of them with their   
   father. She has no family outside California and therefore would   
   be unlikely to flee, White argued.   
      
   Duarte is a permanent legal resident of the United States who   
   has lived in the country since she was a child, White said. It   
   isn't clear where she lived before moving to the U.S.   
      
   The teenagers who were killed were visiting Southern California   
   from Las Vegas for spring break when the fiery crash occurred   
   shortly after 1 a.m. at Pacific Coast Highway and Magnolia   
   Street.   
      
   Authorities allege Duarte was traveling north on PCH in a   
   Hyundai Sonata when she rear-ended the teens' Toyota, which was   
   stopped at a red light at the intersection with Magnolia.   
      
   The impact pushed the Toyota through the intersection and forced   
   it into a pole, and it burst into flames, prosecutors said.   
      
   Brooke Hawley, 17, Dylan Mack, 18, and A.J. Rossi, 17, were   
   killed. Alexis Vargas, a fourth teenager in the Toyota, survived   
   the crash and was taken to a hospital for treatment.   
      
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