Bernstein was Jewish, gay, quick-witted and smart, and with a large circle of friends. The sentencing hearing was held ...

Samuel Woodward, then 21, was driven by 'pure hate and rage' over his victim's sexual orientation and religious beliefs, the ...

A 27-year-old man faces life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday for the hate-crime killing of a gay former ...

A 27-year-old man was sentenced to life without possibility of parole Friday in an Orange County court for the 2018 ...

Prosecutors said Samuel Woodward killed Blaze Bernstein, 19, after reconnecting with him on a dating app for men seeking men in 2018.

Samuel Woodward, who espoused anti-gay rhetoric and had ties to Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi group, stabbed his victim 28 times in ...

A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced ...

Samuel Woodward, who admitted to killing former ... the Jan. 2018 slaying of 19-year-old Bernstein, who also attended Orange County School of the Arts. The search for Bernstein — ending with ...

Samuel Woodward testifies in Orange County Superior Court, June 13, 2024, in Santa Ana, Calif. Leonard Orti/The Orange County Register via AP, FILE The judge said the case is a "true tragedy." ...

Blaze Bernstein -- a 19-year-old gay, Jewish student at the University of Pennsylvania -- was found buried in a park stabbed to death.