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   Three days after the body of a missing teenager was found buried   
   in a shallow grave in an Orange County park, detectives   
   announced Friday that they had arrested a former high school   
   classmate in the slaying.   
      
   Nineteen-year-old Blaze Bernstein was reported missing Jan. 3 by   
   his family, who became concerned after he didn't show up for a   
   dental appointment and they found his wallet and glasses in his   
   room. He was on winter break from the University of Pennsylvania   
   and visiting his parents in Lake Forest when he disappeared.   
      
   Detectives used his Snapchat account to identify a friend who   
   had picked him up the night before, said Orange County   
   Undersheriff Don Barnes. That friend told investigators that he   
   had left Bernstein after he walked off by himself in Borrego   
   Park, Barnes said.   
      
   But Barnes said investigators found inconsistencies in what   
   Samuel Lincoln Woodward said.   
      
   A search warrant affidavit, obtained by the Orange County   
   Register, said that Woodward had scratches and abrasions on his   
   hands and dirty fingernails, and that he said he could not   
   recall the last name or address of a girlfriend he visited after   
   dropping off Bernstein.   
      
   When asked about the abrasions by detectives, Woodward said that   
   they were from a "fight club" he participated in and that his   
   fingernails were dirty because he fell into a "dirt puddle"   
   during sparring.   
      
   Barnes said DNA results led to the arrest of Woodward, 20, on   
   suspicion of homicide. He was under surveillance and was taken   
   into custody after leaving his house about 1:15 p.m. Friday.   
      
   Barnes said both Bernstein and Woodward had attended the same   
   high school, identified in the warrant as the Orange County   
   School of the Arts. Barnes said the motive in the case was   
   unknown and declined to discuss the condition of Bernstein's   
   body, which was found after rain runoff exposed part of the   
   remains.   
      
   Jeanne Pepper Bernstein, mother of the deceased student,   
   tweeted, "Finally," after hearing of the arrest. She told The   
   Times, "I would just say that we are grateful for the fine men   
   and women in the [Sheriff's Department] who have worked   
   tirelessly to get answers for our family, our community and the   
   world.   
      
   "Nothing will bring back my son, so we ask the world to please   
   honor Blaze's memory by doing an act of kindness today. Don't   
   wait, do it now. Celebrate the goodness that still exists in   
   this world in spite of these acts of senseless evil. People are   
   good and Blaze knew that," she said. "Honor yourselves and him."   
      
   In an earlier interview, Bernstein said that her 14-year-old   
   daughter, Beaue, was heartbroken over her brother's death.   
      
   "They were very close this past year," she said. "He really   
   started to enjoy her and her antics. She looked up to him."   
      
   A woman who spoke from behind the door Thursday at Woodward's   
   home in Newport Beach said she had no comment.   
      
   "I would appreciate it if you would respect my privacy," she   
   said.   
      
   Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas called the killing a   
   "very tragic case," adding that "by all accounts, both of these   
   families are good people whose lives have been turned upside   
   down in a terrible way."   
      
   "They are both in grieving situations," Rackauckas said.   
      
   Woodward won't be in court until Tuesday, the district attorney   
   said, adding that he was not at this point ready to say what   
   charges will be filed against him.   
      
   richard.winton@latimes.com   
      
   cindy.carcamo@latimes.com   
      
   christopher.goffard@latimes.com   
      
   emily.alpert@latimes.com   
      
   UPDATES:   
      
   7:40 p.m.: This article was updated throughout with additional   
   information and comments from a press briefing.   
      
   3:47 p.m. This article was updated to add quotes from   
   Bernstein's mother.   
      
   2:50 p.m.: This article was updated to add that an L.A. Times   
   reporter went to Samuel Woodward's residence in Newport Beach on   
   Thursday.   
      
   This article was originally published at 2:45 p.m.   
                
      
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