# Accused Pepperdine killer Fraser Bohm fights to prevent blood-smeared ‘laughing gas’ canister found in BMW following crash from being shown at trial

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/accused-pepperdine-killer-fraser-bohm-fights-to-prevent-blood-smeared-laughing-gas-canister-found-in-bmw-following-crash-from-being-shown-at-trial/
- Published: 2026-11-10T17:55:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T18:05:06+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16268523/fraser-bohm-pepperdine-crash-nitrous-gas-canister.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Ruling on the canister’s use at trial is delayed until 20 November.
- Prosecutors cite it as a possible distraction, not evidence of drug use.
- Bohm faces charges over a crash that killed four students.

## Summary

A judge has postponed a decision on whether prosecutors can show jurors a large nitrous oxide canister allegedly found on Fraser Bohm’s lap after a fatal crash. Bohm is accused of killing four Pepperdine University students in 2023; his defence argues the canister could wrongly suggest he was using the gas.

The hearing was delayed until 20 November because lead defence lawyer Alan Jackson had recently undergone surgery. Prosecutors say they do not intend to claim Bohm was under the influence, but argue the 10-to-12-pound canister was a distraction as he drove. Investigators say the BMW’s recorded speed rose from 93mph to 104mph shortly before the crash, on a stretch with a 45mph limit; Bohm has pleaded not guilty to murder and gross-negligence manslaughter charges.

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