The killing of Blaze Bernstein by former classmate Samuel Woodward was not driven by hate, a defense attorney suggested Wednesday as he detailed for jurors the complex interactions between the two young men on a dating app leading up to Bernstein’s violent slaying in January 2018. Bernstein directed Woodward to the Lake Forest park where he was killed, and shortly before his death sent a text message that left another friend worried about his safety, Assistant Public Defender Ken Morrison told an Orange County Superior Court jury late Wednesday during a second day of opening statements in Woodward’s murder trial....
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