Found Deceased CA - Blaze Bernstein, 19, Lake Forest, 2 Jan 2018 #1

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KooshBall said:
Why haven't they sent dogs out to try and track him? Or have they?
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I seem to recall someone posting an article from MSM further back that stated the OCSD sent dogs out to the park but the pups didn't pick up any scent.
 
DAnthrplgst said:
I'm not overly familiar with the specifics of how Snapchat works so I can't really answer your question. With that said, my understanding is that it is unrecoverable. As I understand how the process works Person A generates a video message through the Snapchat app, that message is then hosted on the Snapchat server, that server sends an alert to the recipient that he or she has a pending message, that person then clicks the message and views the video message which is then deleted from the Snapchat server. Think of it like Youtube, you're watching a video that is hosted by and being streamed to you by Youtube, once you close out the Youtube window you can't rewatch the video unless you go back to Youtube and look that video up again except in this case the video actually deletes so you can't rewatch it.




So far as I am aware Snapchat is the only app that allows you to do what is described in the article but even if they are other apps Snapchat is the one used by everyone.
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Oh, this sucks.

Okay, well...I have to have faith there will be more than enough elsewhere. Thanks for taking the time to respond to that, D.
 
I don't think it has been stated here (or in MSM) but I wonder (with his home in such close proximity to those hiking trails) if he had any experience hiking those trails in the past and if he was very familiar with them?

Another thought is that maybe his intention wasn't to flee or run or whatever but to simply (from the looks of the start of the hiking path in relation to his neighborhood) walk back to his house via the path and something happened along the way. It was a full moon that night and he would most likely have had a flashlight on his phone.
 
Nancy2441 said:
This person also disappeared in Whiting Ranch:

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/b/boone_david.html.

More on David Boone here. He was never found:

http://seniorgolfinsider.com/2017/03/28/dave-boone-gone-but-not-forgotten/.
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Thanks for this....too sad! His boys (4) must (even still) be devastated!!!

But, in David's case, dogs picked up his scent (tho it led nowhere)...

Where are you Blaze???

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Note: reading further they speculated he went hiking they really had no idea where this man had gone but the dogs told them fwiw

"...Boone left no note. His car, mountain bike and wallet were all in the house, leading the family to speculate that he may have gone hiking in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, a favorite spot. In the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, Boone's four sons, ages 17 to 27, got on their mountain bikes and combed the trails searching for him, Terrie Boone said.

Friday afternoon, about 10 deputies and reserve deputies searched Whiting Ranch on foot while a helicopter assisted from the air. Two bloodhounds tracked Boone's scent from his home to four miles into the park, Amormino said."

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/dec/09/local/me-hiker9

It says much :moo: the dogs searching for Blaze turned up nothing...or so it's been reported.
 
You are right! That’s the big difference between the two cases.
 
Strangeworld said:
So was this correct..I wonder if they only used cadaver dogs and not search and rescue? Anyone recall seeing this confirmed in MSM?
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I remember this quote from the mom but haven’t seen it reported by msm.
 
'Ailina said:
Question regarding Grindr: I read it's not uncommon for men to meet with no ID and be gone "for a few days??" Why/how is this common practice? I've been under the impression such encounters were by nature relatively brief.

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Also is there a way to view someone's profile without speaking to them? Like facebook or instagram? Or is it more like snapchat where you have to communicate to gather any information?

DAnthrplgst said:
Where are we getting that the phone had no actual service? I was under the impression, based on the media reports, that the phone couldn't get phone calls because it was turned-off after Blaze disappeared. It wouldn't make sense otherwise for Blaze to borrow a non-working phone that couldn't make or receive phone-calls.

On the angle that his parents were punishing him for something by taking away his phone. I don't see that happening, Blaze is an adult and based on his father's background, education, etc he doesn't strike me at the type to punish his adult son by taking away a phone or car. My suspicion is that if Blaze had a vehicle of his own it's more then likely in Philadelphia not Calif. The borrowed cell phone, who knows why that happened but I think it's a red herring in this case, trying to figure out the deal with the phone won't help us find Blaze.
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Yes, I think punishing a 19 year old while he is home visiting you sounds like a total jerk move for a parent. I just don't see most parents doing that. Also wouldn't really think they would have a ton of control at that age. Yes they might still be paying for things... but he is a legal adult.

Whiteorchids said:
His parents didn't even know he left the house that night. Blaze didn't want them to know perhaps he thought they would keep him from going. Call me overprotective but when my boys were that age when visiting me in OC while they attended UC Irvine or even when they lived with us were very good about saying bye, or taking off now so I would lock up after.
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kkdj said:
I have a family member living with me his same age. He goes out all the time at odd hours. So do his friends. If I were asleep he wouldn't bother to mention it to me. If I wake up and he's not here we just text to make sure he's ok. Men at this young age like to feel a sense of independence and trust. I don't find it all strange that BB left at that time and didn't mention it to anyone.
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It was also after 10pm. Do we know what time the parents went to bed? Maybe he didn't want to wake or disturb them. He is an adult, why does he need to tell them where he is going?
 
kdg411 said:
Parents interview
@ 2:18 the reporter states the parents located the friend he left with by accessing his Snapchat
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Auntisemantic said:
How do you know which app it was? Not being rude, just wondering.
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I brought forward the newsclip that may answer your question about the specific app his parents utilized to contact the friend to pick him up.

We don`t have (unless I`ve overlooked it) any MSM to confirm if there were addittional SM apps he was using.
 
someone advised the family on the the missing fb page yesterday to check Blaze's Grindr account. grindr is a dating type of app.
 
brookesmith said:
On this topic, I found some things in this article to be odd.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bernstein-search-20180108-story.html

He was to be driven to the dentist apt. by his mom, and when he didn't show up, she assumed that he would meet her at the dentist? She needed to go to the dentist with him?
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They word this funny, imo. First of all, his parents already thought he was missing and they couldn't get in touch with him. If you were in that situation and you knew your loved one had an appointment, I believe you'd show up there hoping it was all a misunderstanding and they'd be there too. Which is what I think the mom did.

Edited to add: By already I meant long before the dentist appointment. They thought he was home sleeping in, then discovered he was gone.

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"Pepper Bernstein felt something was off the next afternoon, when Blaze, the oldest of three children, didn’t show up for a dentist appointment. She’d hoped to have lunch with him before driving with him to the appointment. When Blaze didn’t come home, she and her husband assumed he would meet her at the dentist.

The teenager was scheduled to catch a flight back to Pennsylvania early Sunday, Pepper Bernstein said, though there’s no sign he returned on his own. She said her son was excited to return to school. Over the weekend, she found a note on his computer describing how important it was to be an optimist. Blaze, she said, managed his stress with school by cooking and writing."
 
Yes, I agree with that. She was planning on having lunch with him, and escorting / driving him to the dentist, however. Maybe he didn't have a car at home.

Anyway, I think the clues to his being missing are beneath the surface.
 
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