SANTA ANA, Calif. — A murder charge has been filed against a suspect in the death of a University of Pennsylvania student whose body was found buried and stabbed in a Southern California park. A complaint filed in Orange County Superior Court Wednesday morning alleges 20-year-old Samuel Woodward used a knife to kill 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein.
District Attorney Tony Rackauckus has scheduled a news conference to discuss the case.
Authorities say Bernstein was visiting his parents during his college’s winter break when he went to a park with Woodward, a high school friend, Jan. 2. His body was found in a shallow grave there a week later. Woodward was arrested soon after.
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