pulling most of LE's comments, because I'm only focusing on their comments and not what the family or the female lawyer friend have had to say:
Sheriffs officials said Blaze Bernstein, a pre-med student at the University of Pennsylvania, never returned to his parents home in Foothill Ranch late Tuesday night after visiting the park with a friend. The friend told investigators that he went into a restroom at the park and when he came out, Blaze Bernstein was gone, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Sheriffs Department. The friend last saw him about 11 p.m. Officials dont believe foul play was involved and said the friend is not a suspect in the disappearance.
Before leaving home, Blaze Bernstein had been in lengthy communication with his friend on social media apps that do not leave a permanent record, authorities said.
Blaze Bernstein was described as white, 5 feet 8, 130 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a dark-colored jacket, a dark-gray long-sleeved top and white Adidas sneakers when he disappeared, authorities said.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bernstein-search-20180108-story.html
Authorities have ended their search for a missing 19-year-old college student in a large wilderness area in Southern California after a search and rescue team found no clues there, an Orange County Sheriffs Department spokeswoman said Monday. The spokeswoman, Carrie Braun, said the search for University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein, who vanished on the night of Jan. 2, included two-dozen reserve deputies and lasted three days in Whiting Ranch Wilderness, a 2,500 acre park roughly an hour south of Los Angeles. They felt like they did an extensive search, she said. They didnt find anything.
Braun said investigators would continue to pursue leads into Bernsteins disappearance, though she declined to discuss details.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...upenn-student-who-vanished-california-n835916
The friend who was with Bernstein said he was using a park bathroom when the teen walked off and never came back, a sheriff's department told the Los Angeles Times. "We do not believe foul play was involved at this point, and the friend is only a witness, not a suspect or person of concern," Braun told the Times.
http://www.phillyvoice.com/drones-search-missing-penn-student-california-park/
Blaze Bernstein, a sophomore from California studying at the University of Pennsylvania, met his pal and went to Borrego Park in Orange County while he was home for winter break, the Orange County Sheriffs department said in a press release Friday.
The friend told investigators that he used a bathroom in the park at around 11 p.m. and when he came out, Bernstein was no longer there, Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Sheriffs Department said, The Los Angeles Times reported.
We do not believe foul play was involved at this point, and the friend is only a witness, not a suspect or person of concern, Braun said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ft-parents-home-meet-friend-article-1.3741871
