This killing, to me, sounds very very personal. Even planned and thought out a bit. Some type of revenge.
Things I would like to know:
1. when was the last time before the two had contact face to face, before that night? Throughout Blaze's winter break? Summer?
2. Were they still in contact with each other when Blaze was away at college?
3. Did they hang out with mutual friends?
4. During an interview in the very beginning when Blaze was missing and the parents were lead to believe he might have taken off on his own, his mother made a plea for him to please come home. While not a direct quote, she did ask him to please come home, no matter where he was was, who he was with, and no matter who he was talking to. I've wondered since then, the part of "no matter who you've been talking to"- who were they referring to? Could it have been Sam, but because his physical appearance changed a bit since high school, that they didn't recognize him at first? Did they meet the junior high/ high school Sam once or twice before, didn't like him, and perhaps banned Blaze from hanging out with him? The last time that they might have seen him in person could have been when Sam was 16. He's drastically changed since then (lots of boys get taller and fill out, grow beards, etc)
5. According to LE, Blaze contacted Sam first that night on social media. He gave Sam his address. So he planned to go out with Sam that night. Yet, he didn't bring anything with him other than a borrowed cell phone from a relative. What were their actual plans? Was it ever established that Blaze actually knew that they were going to go to Borrego Park, or did Sam tell the cops this? Did Blaze know for a fact they were heading there after?
6. Who rented the rental car for Sam, was that car used that night of the murder?
7. Does Sam have a car of his own? If so, where was it during the investigation?
I've been going back and forth in my mind with these thoughts. This case is tough for me, because they're both so young, both had their entire lives ahead of them, yet for some reason, Sam went off the deep end over something.
If Sam wanted to kill a gay person for being gay, he had plenty of other gays he could have picked from in that area or he could have used any one of those gay pick up sites to kill a gay person.
I just don't buy that this is over Blaze being gay. There is a personal element to this, something deep, and I just don't feel it had anything to do with sex or religious beliefs. I could be wrong, feel free to tear my thoughts apart, but their just my opinions and have been right from the start of this case. I always knew that the "driver friend" killed him. What I didn't know, is if he acted alone. So far, it appears Sam did do this alone, or he would have sung like a canary if someone else was involved.
