After the murder of their son by a neo-Nazi, a California family's extraordinary journey turning grief into hope
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The silent stones tell both sides of an epic story, the life and death of Timeline: The Blaze Bernstein murder caseBlaze Bernstein. They are a marker of a violent murder, but also a promise in the belief of a better future. A monument to the best of humanity, and the very worst of human behavior.
You can find the stones in a tranquil corner of Borrego Park, in suburban Orange County, California. There are hundreds of them, hand-painted, with messages of tolerance, love and peace. "And they're getting sent to us from all around the world," says Gideon Bernstein. "It's great to see the messaging. It's always positive," adds Gideon's wife Jeanne Pepper.
Jeanne and Gideon are the parents of Blaze Bernstein. On Jan. 2, 2018, then-19-year-old Blaze left his house. Sometime later that night, he was murdered in Borrego Park, stabbed 28 times; his body buried there in a shallow, muddy grave.
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