Found Deceased CA - Blaze Bernstein, 19, Lake Forest, 2 Jan 2018 #8 *Arrest*

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dalsglen said:
Like @solomons said this reporter for jdforward is in court covering it.

https://twitter.com/thislouis?

Need to be logged in to see the tweets (I'm not on this device so can't copy any over). There's one just a few down that explains the court outburst.
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I can get in but not seeing any posts on the trial. The stuff coming up is from 2023, 2018... ??
 
I am disturbed by how this is playing out in court. Blaze is seemingly portrayed as someone who egged on the defendant. Blaze’s last text message to a friend is being quoted in articles cryptically, as if that has something to do with what happened ultimately. Blaze is being tried in the court of public opinion.
 
DizzyB said:
I am disturbed by how this is playing out in court. Blaze is seemingly portrayed as someone who egged on the defendant. Blaze’s last text message to a friend is being quoted in articles cryptically, as if that has something to do with what happened ultimately. Blaze is being tried in the court of public opinion.
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So his defense is to drag the victim through the mud???
 
found an article on Thursday's trial date

www.ocregister.com

Blaze Bernstein’s disappearance was ‘beginning of hell,’ father testifies in murder trial

Bernstein’s parents testified Thursday in the trial of Samuel Woodward, their sons’ former high school classmate.
www.ocregister.com www.ocregister.com

April 11, 2024

“It was the beginning of hell,” the father of Blaze Bernstein recalled during testimony Thursday about learning in January 2018 that his son was missing, leading to a massive search that ended nearly a week later with the discovery of the young man’s body in a makeshift grave at the edge of a Lake Forest park.

Bernstein’s mother and father took the stand Thursday in a Santa Ana courtroom in the midst of the Orange County Superior Court trial of Sam Woodward, a former Orange County School of the Arts classmate accused of stabbing Bernstein to death because Bernstein was gay.
 
More in details on Blaze's mother's testimony from Thursday.

mynewsla.com

Blaze Bernstein's Parents Continue Testimony in Trial of Son's Accused Killer - MyNewsLA.com

The mother of a 19-year-old man fatally stabbed to death six years ago in Foothill Ranch testified Thursday how she grew suspicious of her son’s accused killer when she and her husband reached out to him for help finding the victim. Jeanne Pepper, the first witness in the trial of 26-year-old...
mynewsla.com mynewsla.com
 
Monday, April 15th:
*Trial continues (Day 4) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walke; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-2 (4/9-4/10/24) reference post #276 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-14
4/11/24 Thursday, Trial Day 3: State witnesses: Jeanne Pepper Bernstein, Blaze’s mother. Gideon Bernstein, Blaze’s father.
For more info see post #284 (article) here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-15
Trial continues on Monday, 4/15/24.
 
His hair is filthy. I’m surprised that his attorney hasn’t told him to bathe and to wear anything BUT what closely resembles his look so far. This has me very curious about what the defense strategy is. IMG_1852.jpeg
 
Well - only coming up with articles that are 6 days old... sees no reporters are reporting on this...

Tuesday, April 16th:
*Trial continues (Day 5) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walke; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-3 (4/9-4/11/24) reference post #288 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-15
4/15/24 Monday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 4/16/24.
 
Still only getting articles from 6 days ago.... :( So no new info o witnesses on my notes.

Wednesday, April 17th:
*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walke; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-3 (4/9-4/11/24) reference post #288 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-15
4/15/24 Monday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 4/16/24.
4/16/24 Tuesday, Trial Day 5: No info available. Trial continues on Wednesday, 4/17/24.
 
Niner said:
Still only getting articles from 6 days ago.... :( So no new info o witnesses on my notes.

Wednesday, April 17th:
*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walke; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-3 (4/9-4/11/24) reference post #288 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-15
4/15/24 Monday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: No info available. Trial continues on Tuesday, 4/16/24.
4/16/24 Tuesday, Trial Day 5: No info available. Trial continues on Wednesday, 4/17/24.
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The reporter who had been tweeting (www.twitter.com/thislouis) is not able to attend the trial for awhile but based on his previous tweets covering the first four days of trial, the witnesses were as follows:

Day 1 - Opening arguments.

Day 2 - Defense opening arguments (continued). Jeanne Pepper (BB's mother).

Day 3 - Jeanne Pepper (continued). Gideon Bernstein (BB's father).

Day 4 - Sgt. Patrick White of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (responded to the missing person’s report). Sgt. Kim of the OCSD homicide unit (lived in the same neighborhood as the Bernsteins & their daughters were friends; reviewed video from the park). Joseph Saddler, Reserve Deputy (volunteer position; Search and Rescue experience; found BB's phone near where his body was found). Sgt. Travis Arbura (surveilled SW's car outside his family's house in Newport Beach and observed him cleaning it).
 
jash said:
The reporter who had been tweeting (www.twitter.com/thislouis) is not able to attend the trial for awhile but based on his previous tweets covering the first four days of trial, the witnesses were as follows:

Day 1 - Opening arguments.

Day 2 - Defense opening arguments (continued). Jeanne Pepper (BB's mother).

Day 3 - Jeanne Pepper (continued). Gideon Bernstein (BB's father).

Day 4 - Sgt. Patrick White of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (responded to the missing person’s report). Sgt. Kim of the OCSD homicide unit (lived in the same neighborhood as the Bernsteins & their daughters were friends; reviewed video from the park). Joseph Saddler, Reserve Deputy (volunteer position; Search and Rescue experience; found BB's phone near where his body was found). Sgt. Travis Arbura (surveilled SW's car outside his family's house in Newport Beach and observed him cleaning it).
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THANK YOU!!!! :)
 
Thursday, April 18th:
*Trial continues (Day 7) (@ 9:30am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walke; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-3 (4/9-4/11/24) reference post #288 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-15
4/15/24 Monday, Trial Day 4: State witnesses: Sgt. Patrick White of the Orange County Sheriff’s Dept. (responded to the missing person’s report). Sgt. Kim of the OCSD homicide unit (lived in the same neighborhood as the Bernsteins & their daughters were friends; reviewed video from the park). Joseph Saddler, Reserve Deputy (volunteer position; Search & Rescue experience; found BB's phone near where his body was found). Sgt. Travis Arbura (surveilled SW's car outside his family's house in Newport Beach & observed him cleaning it). Trial continues on Tuesday, 4/16/24.
4/16/24 Tuesday, Trial Day 5: No info available. Trial continues on Wednesday, 4/17/24.
4/17/24 Wednesday, Trial Day 6: No info available. Trial continues on Thursday, 4/18/24.
 
www.ocregister.com/2024/04/18/former-member-of-neo-nazi-group-testifies-in-samuel-woodward-murder-trial/

A former member of Atomwaffen — who identified himself in court as Brian Murphy — spent most of the last three days on the stand describing his first-hand experience in the group, which he left shortly after Bernstein’s death. Murphy said he cooperated with detectives investigating Woodward’s killing out of a desire to “see justice for Blaze.”
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Testimony in the trial resumes on Monday, and is expected to last for weeks.
 
Monday, April 22nd:
*Trial continues (Day 8) (@ 9:30am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 26) arrested (1/15/18) & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial began on 4/9/24. Court DARK on Fridays.
Judge Kimberly K. Menninger presiding. Prosecutor DA Todd Spitzer & Senior Deputy DA Jennifer Walke; Defense attorney assistant public defender Kenneth S. Morrison (from the Orange County Public Defender’s Office).
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-14 (3/6 thru 4/4/24) & Trial Day 1-4 (4/9-4/15/24) reference post #297 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-15
4/16/24 Tuesday, Trial Day 5: State witness: Brian Murphy, former member of Atomwaffen Division. Trial continues on Wednesday, 4/17/24.
4/17/24 Wednesday, Trial Day 6: State witness: Brian Murphy, former member of Atomwaffen Division continues on stand. Trial continues on Thursday, 4/18/24.
4/18/24 Thursday, Trial Day 7: State witness: Brian Murphy, former member of Atomwaffen Division continues on stand. Trial continues on Monday, 4/22/24.
For more info see post #299 (article) here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-15
4/19/24 Friday – NOT a trial day – hearing held. No info on hearing.
 
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