LeDoux appears in district court, later makes $250,000 bail

In his initial court appearance on April 16, 23-year-old Alexander Norbert LeDoux pleaded not guilty to eight counts stemming from a fatal head-on collision that killed 22-year-old Laysa Grewell on January 4 on Interstate 90 near Three Forks.

Appearing before Montana 18th Judicial Court District Peter Ohman, LeDoux pleaded not guilty to Vehicular Homicide While Under the Influence, Fleeing from or Eluding a Peace Officer, and six counts of Criminal Endangerment.

Judge Ohman set the bail in the case at $250,000, and LeDoux was later booked into the Gallatin County Detention Center. LeDoux, who later made bail, is next scheduled to appear in court on May 21.

LeDoux allegedly drove his vehicle in the early hours of January 4 in the wrong direction on the Interstate for approximately 20 miles. According to court documents, following a blood test taken over 70 minutes after the fatal head-on collision at Mile Marker 278, the toxicology report indicated LeDoux had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .198, well over twice the legal limit of .08.

Court documents also reveal that LeDoux drove 108 mph near Manhattan for most of the unsent 2-minute Snapchat video on his phone.

The documents show that Grewell, who was ejected from the vehicle, was the mother of one child and found out one week before the crash that she was expecting a second child.