Prosecution: Ivy league student Blaze Bernstein’s killing was motivated by anti-gay hate
Murder
‘We have no room for this kind of hate in our society’
Court
February 3, 2018
Suspect tied to neo-Nazi group pleads not guilty to killing college student, Blaze Bernstein
A California man pleaded not guilty Friday to murdering a beloved Ivy League student, NBC Los Angeles reports. Prosecutors have charged 20-year-old Samuel Woodward with killing his former high school classmate, Blaze Bernstein, while he was home from college during winter break. Investigators say Bernstein met up with Woodward on Jan. 2 at a park …
Murder
January 21, 2018
Accused ‘Ivy League killer’ Samuel Woodward pretends to ‘curb stomp’ friend’s head in disturbing photo: Report
‘Anti-Semitism and homophobia were certainly aspects of his ideology’
Violent Crime
January 19, 2018
Blaze Bernstein’s alleged killer described as ‘quiet’ and ‘angsty’ with anti-gay views
More details are emerging about the man accused of killing 19-year-old college student Blaze Bernstein, who was found on Jan. 9 in Foothills Ranch, California, stabbed 20 times and dumped into a shallow grave. The Los Angeles Times reports that Samuel Woodward, who met Blaze when they both attended high school at the Orange County School …
Murder
January 16, 2018
Blaze Bernstein was stabbed at least 20 times in possible ‘rage killing’: Cops
A police report on Monday revealed that slain college student, Blaze Bernstein, was stabbed at least 20 times, in what authorities are calling a possible “act of rage.” The Orange County Register reports that a search warrant affidavit revealed that 19-year-old Blaze, a University of Pennsylvania student, was home for the holidays in Foothill Ranch, …
