Blaze Bernstein was a pre-med student, back home in Southern California during a school break. On January 2nd, a boy he'd known from high school (who, text messages suggest, had been flirting with him) picked him up for a late-night visit.
Blaze didn't come home.
When the boy was questioned, he said Blaze had walked off on his own after being rejected. He'd waited around for an hour or so, then driven off to meet his girlfriend. No mention of the fight, the stabbing, or the fact he'd buried Blaze in the park.
At the time of his arrest, the killer still had dirt under his fingernails. He claimed it was from a clandestine fight club. Investigation would reveal that the killer was a member of a neo-Mansonite cult - the "National Socialist Order" (then called "Atomwaffen division").
Below: the leader of the National Socialist Order. This is a pre-covid shot, the skull masks on his followers are pure cowardice rather than a public health measure. Does this look like the sort of man who is stupid enough to think that renaming his group again will make the cops stop watching him?
Answer: Yes. Yes, it does.