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3 days ago · SANTA ANA, Calif. – Samuel Woodward was found guilty of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday, condemning the Orange County man who killed gay and Jewish college student Blaze Bernstein ...
2 days ago · Samuel Woodward, 26, was found guilty of first-degree murder plus the enhancement in the killing of Blaze Bernstein, a gay, Jewish college sophomore who was home visiting his family in Southern ...
3 days ago · Bernstein, 19, was stabbed to death in a park in 2018. Samuel Woodward, a California man accused of murdering his former classmate in 2018, has been found guilty in the hate crime case. Blaze ...
3 days ago · Woodward pleaded with Bernstein not to tell anyone about their online conversation, the defense noted, but Bernstein had already notified several friends about Woodward’s Tinder profile. About six months later, in January 2018, Woodward reached out to both Bernstein and another former Orange County School of the Arts classmate who is gay.
2 days ago · Samuel Woodward, right, talks to Assistant Public Defender Ken Morrison, after a jury convicted Woodward first-degree murder for the stabbing death of his former classmate, Blaze Bernstein.
Jun 19, 2024 · Woodward is charged with murder with an enhancement for a hate crime in the death of Bernstein, a 19-year-old gay Jewish college sophomore who was home visiting family in Southern California on winter break when he disappeared in 2018. Bernstein’s body was found days later buried in a shallow grave in a nearby park.
2 days ago · Woodward's attorneys conceded during the trial that he killed Bernstein, but denied it was a hate crime or a premeditated act, saying at worst he should be convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
