Youths Charged in Malibu Slaying Are Expected to Resist Extradition : Crime: The two New Mexico teen-agers left the state to avoid a burglary investigation and later killed a Northridge woman at Zuma Beach, authorities say.

Two New Mexico teen-agers charged with fatally stabbing a Northridge woman in Malibu are expected to resist extradition when they appear in court in Santa Fe on Thursday, attorneys said Monday.

Guillermo Bustos, 16, and Michael Loretto, 17, are charged with the May 28 slaying of Jacqueline Kirkham, 43, a French-born saleswoman. Law enforcement authorities have said the pair left New Mexico by bus to avoid a burglary investigation and later attacked Kirkham in a public restroom at Zuma Beach because they needed money and a car to return home.

A third teen-ager who was with them, 17-year-old Jason Alexander, has not been charged but his role remains under investigation. “There will be charges” against Alexander, Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. Harvey Giss said Monday. “The only issue is what we will be charging.”

All three youths, who face New Mexico charges of probation violation and burglary, remain in custody in a Santa Fe County juvenile detention facility. Bustos and Loretto are to appear in court Thursday to respond to extradition papers filed last week, Giss said.

The youths have three possible responses available to them Thursday, said Janet Clow, Bustos’ New Mexico attorney. She said they can waive their right to a hearing and agree to return to California immediately--the preference of prosecutors; they can require prosecutors to produce the appropriate papers and seek their extradition through the governors of both states, which takes more time, or they can challenge the extradition and demand a hearing, an even lengthier process.

Clow said Bustos would not waive his right to a hearing, but she said a decision is yet to be made on whether her client would fight the extradition.

Santa Fe County Deputy Dist. Atty. Shari Weinstein said Loretto indicated during a court appearance last week that he also would resist immediate extradition.