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Fast Forward Blaze Bernstein Murder Suspect Reenacted Grisly White Supremacist Attack
The high school classmate suspected of murdering Blaze Bernstein reportedly recreated a famed neo-Nazi attack from the big screen on social media. Samuel Woodward, who posted white nationalist screeds on fringe sites, posted a photo of himself pretending to crush a friend’s skull against a concrete parking barrier, the New York Post reported. It was…
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News Who Is Blaze Bernstein’s Accused Killer — And Did He Turn To Hate Online?
Samuel Lincoln Woodward was formally charged Wednesday with murdering Blaze Bernstein — as questions continued to swirl around the senseless stabbing of the California college student. Woodward, a high-school classmate of Bernstein, was shackled and did not enter a plea during a brief appearance in an Orange County court. A judge ordered him held without bail…
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Fast Forward Blaze Bernstein Suspect Charged With Murder In Brutal Stabbing
Prime suspect Samuel Woodward was charged with murder Wednesday in the killing of inspirational California college student Blaze Bernstein. The ex-high school classmate of Bernstein faces 26 years to life in prison if convicted in the brutal stabbing death, which took place after the two met near their homes in an affluent Los Angeles suburb…
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Fast Forward Blaze Bernstein Suspect Used Anti-Gay Slur — Fueling Hate Crime Suspicion
The accused killer of Blaze Bernstein reportedly used a common anti-gay slur about the slain college student in an interrogation with police. Samuel Woodward, 20, who was charged with murder at an arraignment Wednesday, used the ‘f-word’ when discussing his meeting with Bernstein on the night he disappeared, the Orange County Register reported. The heartbroken…
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Fast Forward Blaze Bernstein Tributes Spread As Family Launches #DoGoodForBlaze Movement
A makeshift memorial to Blaze Bernstein created out of rocks and pebbles has continued to grow as the family of the slain college student called on people to make something positive out of his murder. Collections of small rocks bearing Bernstein’s name and likeness sit alongside candles in Borrega Park near the spot where the…
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Fast Forward Blaze Bernstein Stabbed 20 Times In Rage Killing: Police
Blaze Bernstein was reportedly stabbed more than 20 times, and the prime suspect in the brutal slaying, an ex-high school classmate of Bernstein’s, told police that Bernstein kissed him the night of the murder. The Orange County Register reported that suspect Samuel Woodward claimed he pushed Bernstein away when they met on the night the…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Attend Blaze Bernstein Funeral As Parents Plead To ‘Repair Our World’
Hundreds of friends and relatives attended a private funeral service Monday for Blaze Bernstein, the California college student killed while home on winter break. Bernstein’s parents pleaded for their son’s death to serve as a wake-up call for his “dream” of bringing change to a broken world. “As we lay Blaze to rest, we ask…
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Fast Forward Blaze Bernstein’s High School Friend Arrested In Murder
A high school friend has been arrested in the murder of Blaze Bernstein, the Ivy League student killed near his home in southern California. Police identified the suspect as Samuel Woodward, 20, of nearby Newport Beach, the Orange County Register reported. They say DNA evidence links Woodward, who was the last person known to have…
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