attorney's office filed one felony count of murder against 20-year-old newport beach resident samuel woodwarde county d.a.'s office. for a time, i was one of the prosecutors skulling on this case. sam woodward was taken into custody ten days after blaze went missing and three days after his body was found. >> there was the victim's dna on property that was in control of the defendant. >> well, i remember that moment well. i was sitting in my room, i was watching it on television, and i just thought to myself, "it's finally happened. now what?" >> with the knowledge of how blaze was murdered now an excruciating reality for the bernsteins, the focus turned to why. >> blaze was stabbed nearly 20 times in the neck. using a knife to kill is particularly violent, because you have to be up so close. that many wounds says this was likely a crime of rage or passion, more personal than a typical murder. so as a prosecutor, my next question would be, "who is sam woodward and what was his relationship with blaze?" >> i had no clue why blaze would be meeting with sam, you know. they were never really frie