Blaze Bernstein was home for winter break, reconnecting with old friends and preparing for a new semester at the University of Pennsylvania. But on a cool January night in 2018, he vanished. What began as a missing person’s case soon spiralled into something far darker – uncovering secrets, ideology, and violence that would haunt a community and captivate a nation.
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Sources:
Associated Press, 5 January, 2018 – “Penn Student Missing”
The Orange County Register, 5 January, 2018 – “Search Underway”
The Daily Pennsylvanian, 5 January, 2018 – “A Penn Sophomore Has Been Reported Missing”
The Daily Pennsylvanian, 7 January, 2018 – “Efforts”
Akron Beacon Journal, 10 Janaury, 2018 – “Body of Missing College Student”
The Daily Pennsylvanian, 9 January, 2018 – “Authorities Affirm”
CBS – 11 KHOU, 10 January, 2018 – “Missing Calif. Student”
The Mercury News, 10 January, 2018 – “Blaze Bernstein’s Fight Club Friend”
The Forward, 11 Janaury, 2018 – “Loved Ones Mourn”
The Daily Pennsylvanian, 12 January, 2018 – “New Details Emerge”
Philadelphia Daily News, 12 Janaury, 2018 – “He Was Writing His Own Future”
International Business Times, 14 Janaury, 2018 – “Blaze Bernstein Update”
The Mercury News, 15 Janaury, 2018 – “Blaze Bernstein killing”
The Orange County Register, 15 January, 2018 – “Hundreds Attend Memorial Service”
The Orange County Register, 16 Janaury, 2018 – “Blaze Bernstein”
New York Post, 21 January, 2018 – “His Twisted Stamp Act”
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 January, 2018 – “Slain Penn Student Stood Up”
The Daily Pennsylvanian, 27 January, 2018 – “Suspect Charged”
Philadelphia Daily News, 29 January, 2018 – “Accused Killer an Avowed Neo Nazi”
Associated Press, 2 February, 2018 – “California Man Pleads Not Guilty”
OC Weekly, 2 February, 2018 – “Blaze Bernstein Murder Prompts Call”
The Jerusalem Post, 25 February, 2018 – “US Neo-Nazi”
WFIN – 1330 AM, 26 February, 2018 – “Hundreds Attend Tribute”
Associated Press, 2 March, 2018 – “Suspect in College”
Pasadena Star News, 22 August, 2018 – “Blaze Bernstein Murder Case”
Associated Press, 4 September, 2018 – “Anti Gay Content Found”
Associated Press, 5 September, 2018 – “California Man to Stand Trial”
The Orange County Register, 15 July, 2022 – “Samuel Woodward”
Associated Press, 9 April, 2024 – “Years After”
MailOnline, 9 April, 2024 – “California Man”
The Orange County Register, 10 April, 2024 – “Murder Trial”
East Bay Times, 11 April, 2024 – “Defence Attorney”
The Forward, 11 April, 2024 – “Blaze Bernstein’s Cryptic Final Texts”
The Forward, 12 April, 2024 – “I Want to Find Blaze”
The Orange County Register, 12 April, 2024 – “Lake Forest Killing”
The Orange County Register, 19 April, 2024 – “Former Member”
The Orange County Register, 9 May, 2024 – “Ex Classmate”
East Bay Times, 17 May, 2024 – “How California Police”
The Forward, 5 June, 2024 – “In Blaze Bernstein Trial”
The Orange County Register, 18 June, 2024- “Blaze Bernstein Killing”
The Orange County Register, 19 June, 2024 – “Courts”
Associated Press, 21 June, 2024 – “California Man Recounts”
Daily News of Los Angeles, 21 June, 2024 – “Courts”
The Orange County Register, 28 June, 2024 – “Courts”
The Orange County Register, 2 July, 2024 – “Jury to Determine”
The Orange County Register, 3 July, 2024 – “Samuel Woodward”
CBS – 7 WHIO, 15 November, 2024 – “Former Classmate”


