Samuel Lincoln Woodward was formally charged Wednesday with murdering Blaze Bernstein — as questions continued to swirl around the senseless stabbing of the California college student. Woodward, a high-school classmate of Bernstein, was shackled and did not enter a plea during a brief appearance in an Orange County court. A judge ordered him held without bail…
Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. To access the series, click here. The victim Dan Markel was a respected legal academic who wrote about crime and punishment in law journals, in essays for Slate and The…
Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. To access the series, click here. Aliza Sherman stayed in what was by many accounts a failed marriage. Her children later spoke of constant fighting between her and her husband….
A high school friend has been arrested in the murder of Blaze Bernstein, the Ivy League student killed near his home in southern California. Police identified the suspect as Samuel Woodward, 20, of nearby Newport Beach, the Orange County Register reported. They say DNA evidence links Woodward, who was the last person known to have…
Despite six days of feverish searching by family, friends and the police, it was the rain that finally uncovered the body of Blaze Bernstein. Around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department found the 19-year-old in the brush that surrounds the sports fields of Borrego Park, in Orange County, California. Police…
Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. To access the series, click here. The victim Ira Tobolowsky was a respected civil lawyer who lived and worked in Dallas. The Tobolowsky family is well-known in the city, which…
Welcome to the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. Click here to access the rest of the series. The police department of Bloomington, Indiana — home to Indiana University — has received hundreds of tips every year from citizens…
This is the Forward’s series on unsolved Jewish murders. The cases run across continents and class divides, and have rocked Jewish communities around the world. Click here to access the rest of the series. Bernard “Barry” Sherman went from prodigy rocket scientist to billionaire pharmaceutical executive over the course of his life. After earning a…
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