A man has pleaded not guilty in the hate crime killing of a University of Pennsylvania student.
In January, the body of Blaze Bernstein was found in a shallow grave in a park in Santa Ana, California.
According to police, Samuel Woodward killed the 21-year-old because he was gay and Jewish.
Prosecutors are treating the killing as a hate crime.
Woodward pleaded not guilty in court last week, but investigators said they have DNA evidence that links Woodward to the crime.
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