Therein lies the problem. LE & the DA have a responsibility to preserve the integrity of the investigation. Think about this for a moment.... how livid would the public, and most importantly the Berstein family, be if the leaked information the O.C. Reg. is sensationalizing affects the charges or final outcome of this case in a negative way?
Let that sink in for a moment.
How would it have any bearing on the trial or the case? All of that information is going to be introduced to a jury at trial anyway or in a public PH unless SW waives it. It will be interesting to see if he and his attorneys decide to waive a speedy trial which of course is his constitutional right to waive it or demand a speedy trial.
I am sure the attorneys know how to weed out those who may already have biases. I truly think the jury will go by the evidence entered in a courtroom and set aside anything they have read about the case.
Many cases are high profile nowadays and have leaks to the media about them but it is a different matter imo when jurors swear to uphold the law and go strictly by the evidence heard from the witness stand only.
I think by the time this goes to trial the DA/LE will have an overwhelming amount of evidence amassed against the accused murderer.
I am not worried about Blaze or his family not seeing justice done in this case.
I think most logical and reasonable people already know a person cant murder someone just because they may have said something they didn't like or tried to kiss them.
SW knew without a doubt Blaze was a gay man. He was not forced to pick him up. All he had to do is say no and he wasn't interested and that would have been that. He had a choice and he made that choice.
Imo, the reason he did he had premeditated a plan to murder Blaze all along. That is why he went, and that is why he had a lethal knife in his possession at the time that he used to stab Blaze over 20 times. He had probably fantasized about murdering Blaze for a long time.
I want to know how the contacts were made and when it started and by whom. Did he catfish Blaze into believing he was meeting someone else and SW had the knife when he picked Blaze up and forced him into his vehicle by using a threatening deadly weapon?
SW knew Blaze would be no match for him with him being such a small non-violent passive person. I think SW targeted Blaze for the purpose of killing him all along. He chose Blaze because he saw him as gentle and non-threatening.
I believe before its all over this will become a hate crime and a premeditated one at that. IMO
IMO