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Samuel Woodward, now 26, a reported member of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, is accused of stabbing Bernstein to death and burying his body in a park early in January 2018. Bernstein, a 19-year-old student at UPenn, was home on holiday visiting family in Lake Forest when he was killed. His body was found the following week on January 9 buried in a shallow grave in Borrego Park in the Foothill Ranch neighborhood. An autopsy revealed he had been stabbed about 20 times.
Woodward identified as a member of the neo-Nazi online group Atomwaffen Division as early as 2016, according to Pro Publica. He reportedly traveled to Texas to attend a three-day training program in hand-to-hand combat, firearms, outdoor survival tactics, and more. His social media was reportedly littered with anti-LGBTQ+, racist, and anti-Semitic posts.
Bernstein, reconnected with his Orange County School of the Arts classmates through Snapchat.
Bernstein and Woodward allegedly communicated online prior to meeting in person on January 2. Despite his extremist views, rumors had swirled at OCSA about Woodward’s sexual identity, with many suspecting he was gay and in the closet. Bernstein found his profile on a dating app, “superliked” Woodward’s photo, and the pair soon started chatting.
Bernstein told friends of the conversation in real-time, according to a report in 2019 from Mother Jones, coaxing Woodward into revealing his gay sexual identity. Text messages from show Bernstein telling friends that Woodward "hit on me" and "he made me promise not to tell anyone ... but I have texted every one, uh oh."
In the Tinder chat Woodward initially said that he was on Tinder looking for Black women to hook up with and guys to go deer hunting with, and that he had only matched with Bernstein because he wanted to catch up. Yet after Bernstein called him cute, Woodward said “you’re not too shabby looking yourself.”
Woodward, of Newport Beach, Calif., picked up the queer teen from his parents’ house in the nearby town of Lake Forest when Bernstein was home for winter break in January 2018. Then the two went to Borrego Park in Lake Forest, near Irvine.
Bernstein's body was discovered buried in the park after a seven-day search. Blood matching Bernstein’s DNA was found on the knife.
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Woodward identified as a member of the neo-Nazi online group Atomwaffen Division as early as 2016, according to Pro Publica. He reportedly traveled to Texas to attend a three-day training program in hand-to-hand combat, firearms, outdoor survival tactics, and more. His social media was reportedly littered with anti-LGBTQ+, racist, and anti-Semitic posts.
Bernstein, reconnected with his Orange County School of the Arts classmates through Snapchat.
Bernstein and Woodward allegedly communicated online prior to meeting in person on January 2. Despite his extremist views, rumors had swirled at OCSA about Woodward’s sexual identity, with many suspecting he was gay and in the closet. Bernstein found his profile on a dating app, “superliked” Woodward’s photo, and the pair soon started chatting.
Bernstein told friends of the conversation in real-time, according to a report in 2019 from Mother Jones, coaxing Woodward into revealing his gay sexual identity. Text messages from show Bernstein telling friends that Woodward "hit on me" and "he made me promise not to tell anyone ... but I have texted every one, uh oh."
In the Tinder chat Woodward initially said that he was on Tinder looking for Black women to hook up with and guys to go deer hunting with, and that he had only matched with Bernstein because he wanted to catch up. Yet after Bernstein called him cute, Woodward said “you’re not too shabby looking yourself.”
Woodward, of Newport Beach, Calif., picked up the queer teen from his parents’ house in the nearby town of Lake Forest when Bernstein was home for winter break in January 2018. Then the two went to Borrego Park in Lake Forest, near Irvine.
Bernstein's body was discovered buried in the park after a seven-day search. Blood matching Bernstein’s DNA was found on the knife.
Accused neo-Nazi's trial begins in connection to killing of gay Jewish college student Blaze Bernstein
The trial was delayed in February after the accused neo-Nazi killer threw water at the judge.
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Gay Jewish teen met up with his accused neo-Nazi killer because he thought having sex with him would be ‘legendary’: court docs
Blaze Bernstein was stabbed 28 times in the face and neck.
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