A “closet” neo-Nazi has been convicted of the hate crime murder of his gay former schoolmate.
Samuel Woodward, 26, was found guilty of murdering 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein by jurors in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Woodward and Bernstein met over Christmas 2018 after Bernstein, who was also Jewish, saw his former classmate on Tinder and struck up a conversation.
Bernstein was visiting family in California over the winter break when she went out with Woodward and disappeared.
His body was found days later buried in a shallow grave in Borrego Park in Lake Forest, having been repeatedly stabbed in the face and neck.
According NBC Los AngelesCheers could be heard in the courtroom after Woodward was also found to have committed a hate crime.
Samuel Woodward, pictured here last month, was found guilty of killing 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein by jurors in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Bernstein, seen here, was visiting family in California over the winter break when she went out with Woodward and disappeared.
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