With a recent airing of the CBS series 48 hours that revisited the case of Samuel Woodward who was found guilty of homicide of Blaze Bernstein in the early 2024, netizens appears to be in shock with the curiosity that what makes him to commit such a huge crime.
Well, it was his hatred for the people of LGBTQ community that led him to slaughter his highschool classmate who was homosexual.
As the reporter Louis Keene reported to CBS, it was especially the negative outlook that parents of Samuel Woodward had, afftected Samuel Woodward psyhologically that he ended up taking the life of one innocent.
Meanwhile, Louis stated, “Sam grew up in an ultra-conservative Catholic household. He had parents who believed homosexuality was a sin, but Sam also seemed to have really conflicted feelings about his own sexuality…“
Samuel Woodward, 26, was found guilty of murdering 19 year-old Blaze Bernstein, a former classmate of his in Orange County, by jury today in Los Angeles.
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) July 4, 2024
Blaze Bernstein was visiting family in California on his winter vacation when he went out with Woodward and then disappeared.… pic.twitter.com/tV9vp4LOc1
During trial, it was further proven that Samuel really was desperate to prove his parents, especially to his father Blake that he is straight, by slaughtering his friend who was homosexual.
When public defender Ken Morrison asked Samuel if he is afraid of anyone, Samuel Woodward started by saying that he loves his parents more than he can imagine and later stated, “My father though… just even thinking about the look on his face if he saw something like that… that got out somehow, I couldn’t fathom that.”
Likewise, his father Blake also once admitted in the court in 2019 that he always thought that Homosexuality is a sin and this all belief appears to have affected Samuel’s psychology that led him to take such a huge step slaughtering his own friend out of hatred.
Michele Woodward, Samuel’s mother, said that she and her husband used to communicate to their son through letters
During testimony in the Orange County courtroom, Samuel’s mom Michele Woodward provided a vivid details of her son’s upbringing saying that her son was very outgoing, intelligent and energetic in his early years.
But, as the years gone by, he started having anger issues that led him to have less friend and getting more fixated to things like car, airplanes, and then history, especially World War II.
Samuel Woodward was found guilty of a hate crime in the killing of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein. https://t.co/Nfcc9tXAkv
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She further revealed that when Samuel hit teen, he never had an open conversation with his family.
Michele and Blake started talking to their son througn letter, and the reason as conveyed by Michele was “Letter was the only way we could cover multiple topics without getting “negative feedback.” He was spending more time locked in his room or in the bathroom.”
Additional Information
- Samuel Woodward slaughterd his then 19-years old Blaze Bernstein, a sophomore of the University of Pennsylvania, in January, 2018.
- In January 12, 2018, police arrested Samual Woodward as a suspect of Blaze’s homicide, and his charges had a hate crime enhancement.
- At the time when he came under the law, Samule was 20 years old. He is originally from Newport beach, California.
