Samuel Woodward was convicted of premeditated murder and a hate crime for killing Blaze Bernstein, a gay and Jewish college student, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In the Blaze Bernstein murder trial, the mother of the accused, Samuel Woodward, testified about his troubled childhood, detailing his struggles with fitting in, undiagnosed autism, and family dynamics.

In the trial for the murder of Blaze Bernstein, the alleged murderer, Samuel Woodward, made a chilling phone call to Bernsteins parents claiming he wanted to find Blaze as much as they did.