Hello everyone..like all of you I am heartbroken, shattered, devastated and shocked at how everything has transpired. I was praying that Blaze needed a break from his life and had escaped for some personal R&R and would return home when he was ready. Rest in peace sweet boy.
Quick recap of who I am: I am a newbie to WS and I live in the Foothill Ranch neighborhood and I have met the Bernsteins on a few occasions. My kids and husband were playing toddler friendly basketball at the park on Sunday and my husband said that the ball rolled numerous times in the area that Blake was found a few days later. The mere thought that he was there this whole time makes me sick!
I have tried to keep up with the thread but it moves so fast that I apologize if whatever I state below has already been written.
From all the news articles, living in the neighborhood and just my own personal sleuthing..here are my thoughts (local residents/those familiar with the area please feel free to correct me).
1) For someone new visiting the neighborhood, the Borrego Park is not easy to find. There is no signage on the main two streets that indicates there is a park tucked next to the library. There is a sign for the Foothill Ranch Library that I dont even think is illuminated in the night. My guess is that they were there already doing something or the friend had to have googled it/driven around to find it. My guess would be that they were already there.
2) I went to the vigil last night to pay my respects. At 6:30pm it was already dark, even with a full moon I would imagine the area would be pretty dark AND very far from the closest parking spot. Blaze was either running and got trapped over there, they were doing something intimate and were already there, or friend carried him to the spot (with or without help). Since I attended the vigil after work, I was a bit late and wanted to get a better view of the memorial, I climbed up some stairs near where he was found to connect into the elementary school (the gate was open). I am not familiar with the elementary school just yet but I wonder if you can drive a car on the elementary school side of the fence and the friend could have climbed down carrying Blaze. It would explain why there werent any clear tracks/scent/clues closer to the main part of the park.
3) From the affidavit, the friend said he was part of a fight club. We all know this is probably a bunch of wacka-doodle but that could also give us a clue that this friend is bigger and stronger than Blake to possibly be even able to carry/over-power Blake.
4) If I travel to Newport Beach from Foothill Ranch, I always take the toll road (241 to 133). I bet if the toll road records are pulled, you will see the exact times friend left and came back to Foothill Ranch with his rental car (or another car once OCSD has all the information). Which would clue us into his whereabouts that night and for the remainder of the week.
