Well as I said its like that in any School, I think high school is a setting where everyone is competing and wanting to race tot he top and cut down anyone who gets in thier way. I hear Bernadette was Snooty also as Snooty as Kirsten. So if she didnt like you, probably you did something to irritate her and she let you know it. When it came to Bernadette. If Bernadette respected Kirstens feelings, she would have left Kirsten alone when she fled Bernadettes car and wouldnt have stalked her to her house. Art and Berit were Wonderful people. Bernadette will loose it again if she lost it once. Yes we all feel that way, but nothing can be done about it, decision has already been made. After she married, her name changed again to Jeanette Tomanka and she and her husband, as well as their child, moved to Oregon. Kirsten was more popular she was up there high She had it all, and some were jealous of her popularity. The sad thing is that adults act the same way. Reading, Pennsylvania, United States Not saying Kirsten and Missy were Saints, but we all Bully and been Bullied. The girl who said Missy Availa was the meanest girl she ever knew and was her Worst Bulky, youre no better, let the dead rest. She wanted to, but decided not to go through with it. Maybe LP doesnt want to be the Life of the party. Kirsten was gorgeous! Kirsten would of changed to overtime. Not a plaine jane.get real. I dont believe she deserved to die, but she should have received a serious reality check. She's the only backyard kid with a pitching rating of 10, and she does not disappoint. Maybe you need to hear one of those shooters moms speak on YouTube on the Ted talks. By the time she reached Miramonte, Kirsten was in the clique that counted the loud crowd, some kids called it. To much at stake in the World than to be worrying about something that happened decades ago. Then she got out. If you want to know what is wrong with her get on her YouTube channel where she makes pies. Im sure at Reunions they are. Kirsten ran from Bernadettes car and wanted to be left alone, yet Bernadette stalked Kirsten to her house. Lifetime produced an updated version starring Aubrey Peeples and Sarah Dugdale, with an adult Kellie Martin playing Agent Murray, the police detective who cracks the case. Kirsten, and D and Ms Stuff were the Life of a Party. Kirsten had an Engaging type Personality, that Movie was off, and (Pro Bernadette). Bernadettes family lived in a more expensive area than Kirsten, so what does that tell you? Kirsten she had her moments there was a few she didnt like, as I said, it was ones that no one else liked. Still wasnt right. I agree with Miss Kiwi, I believe Bernadette was dangerously obsessed with Kirsten. Kirsten, who had just finished her sophomore year at Miramonte, had started to change social circles back in junior high, recalls her good friend Diane MacDonald. You dont know whether or not Kirsten had to go without anything. I just heard that Kirsten was full of energy and life. IN REALITY, Kristen was, at worst, sometimes catty to Bernadette. I also believe Nancy and Joanna were nice girls that had thier moments also. We had quite a few of them there. I always noticed Bernadette would give Kirsten stares and mean looks at times. Cause Bernadette was so obsessed with Kirsten liking her, she had some idea it was Bernadette, also Bernadette owned a Pinto same make as the car seen speeding away. Sensing something fishy, Kirsten escaped from the car, but Protti followed her home and attacked her there with a kitchen knife. first of all, the judge had to be stupid to find it second degree murder and it doesnt matter if she didnt plan to kill kirsten. And those others, D and them, they have lives of their own and probaly (jobs and families) so why would they care about being the Life of the Party? I admit that 7 years was a bit brief but thats how it is when youre underage. Kirsten was one of the winners. I got cut off before I had a chance to say anything else. My kid knows better than to bully others. She deserves it. Also Bernadette wasnt bullied or singled out, thats BS. Not just the 2 accussed. MSW Student @ Ohio University. But I do know that two families had to move out of town because the girls wore all black and kept to them selves.. So Vanessa I answer your questions. She is evil and a Monster (with a very dark Soul). If you liked this article, please share it! Why cant people leave this case alone. [citation needed]. The boys at Miramonte liked Bernadettes childhood friend and Kirsten, none were interested in Bernadette. Several Miramonte folks from the class of 1986 complained it was rough and if you werent accepted you were ran off and out of there. Youre talking about Tori Spelling in a movie being a minor bully not Kirsten whom you know next to nothing about. 5.0 Takes time to answer my questions. There were several bullied as I said before. That part of LPs life is over with I guess. Continue reading to find out more. Karen I believe on that fateful night In The car Bernadette was pushing a friendship was was adamant and persistent about it. You never give examples of what Kirsten did. Dont let that sweet innocent act fool you. Bernadette May of been misunderstood to, I thought she was Snooty to. She was outgoing even as a nurse, but now, I hear she dont really associate with anyone outside of family. If you were snubbed at Miramonte, maybe you caused your own reactions. My Son was Murders in a drug deal gone wrong. Bernadette was clearly very sick and disturbed, yet you appear to be minimizing or even excusing Kirstens murder by referring to Bernadette as a fragile human being, and writing Society in the richest places raise their children to be obnoxious and unbearable little freaks who will at some point push a normal person to the brink. I believe she made a clumsy pass at Kirsten, or said something weird, and Kirsten got all freaked. She had her whole life ahead of her, even if she was a smart aleck she would of grown out of it long before now. You know who you are to. Protti was sentenced to a maximum of nine years, but was released seven years later in 1992 on parole at the age of 23. Angela Delvecchio currently lives a married life with her husband and child in Portland, Oregon. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482. Angela Delvecchio is a married woman who resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband and their child at the present time. Some she didnt like, Usually the ones no one else (liked). You seem to have the mentality of a child. Kristen was a total bully, just horrible. She talked to most people. Trouble for or Stealing maybe we could look past that. Its patent that Bernadette had built-up animosity towards Kristen. But you are not making her case by behaving like a bully yourself. I didnt know either girl, but there are people who knew them both, they were both described as Sweet, Kirsten was more Outgoing, and Bernadette was more shyer. Karen I read your comments n I totally agreed with you. Even her childhood BFF cant forgive her for such a Horrible Act, if it was drugs or Alcohol she was I. [9], In 1994, the story was made into a television movie entitled A Friend to Die For (also known as Death of a Cheerleader), with Tori Spelling as Stacy Lockwood, a character based on Kirsten Costas and Kellie Martin as Angela Delvecchio, a character based on Bernadette Protti. In 1984, California's Miramonte High School cheerleader and all-around popularteen, Kirsten Costas, was murdered by her classmate Bernadette Protti, who was not only jealous of Kirsten's high-profile life but bitter and resentful that she took did not get picked for cheerleading or the yearbook committee. Google It, it sure will tell you. After being set free, Bernadette went through the legal process of changing her name to Jeannette Butler. She was a typical teenage girl who just wanted to have fun with her friends. She let it be known. She had friends to, some were Bernadettes, and they dont care to hear from or about Bernadette anymore. Kirsten has nothing to do with thier problems at Miramonte or any of her friends had anything to do with it, so where is it youre all getting Kirsten and her friends ran these girls out. You clearly are basing your opinions on a movie a fictional depiction. I agree Bernadette should of at least got 20 years like (Karen Severson and Laura Doyle) murder of Missy Availa, that happened a year after Kirstens like 5 hours South of us. She just got irritated cause Bernadette lied to her and lured her out under false Circumstances, Id be annoyed and Angry to. Even religion, which is supposed to be about mostly how you treat others. She doesnt even want any former BFFs knowing her location anymore. Her BFF I think is also real sick, shes down to nothing. She may of just wanted to scare Bernadette so she would leave her alone (Bernadette) Bernadette took things way to personal, and, it became Personal.. Joe Kosla hi. It would appear that kirsten marina costas was a spoilt rich kid who never had to go without any luxuries at all. Another lesson is parents should not have kids too late in life. I hear she disguised herself when she comes to Orinda wears shades over her eyes, and lives behind a long lane (mom does). Regardless no one deserves to die like that. She didnt give examples because she wasnt bullied by Kirsten. Born Today Most Popular Celebs Most Popular Celebs Celebrity News. Bernadette was to in a (round about way) She wasnt as popular as Kirsten, she desired to have the things Kirsten had. WOW MIRANDA, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A TRIGGER TOO. So sad her life was shortened. Shame on you. It was a strange time growing up around religious freaks. So youre justifying Murder due to bullying? So she had a different view of Kirsten, Bern wasnt nice to of murdered. They probably rubbed her the wrong way, or got on her nerves somehow. She was more Bubbly and down to Earth. I dont care if she was only 15, murder is murder and she should have been locked away for far longer. We dont see the others, dont mix with their lives, not care for them, stay away or just say Its better that something happens to others, not me, but we dont get the message to be just more polite. And yes Bernadette has enough problems, and theres Virus out there Worldwide that is killing people all over, and Rioters rioting in streets keeping the Virus alive, that is what the World needs to focus on today. Well it is best to not bother the girl anymore sick or not, cause she moved on and so did the Costas family, so why keep the fuel burning, its just best to let folks live their lives. The case is extremely old now. Judging by the comment you have written, you know nothing about love. What a bizarre story. She was so cute and funny, and loved to be around friends have so much fun. They dont even bother to investigate her alibi to see if she was telling the truth? Please explain how Bernadette was pushed to the brink? Whoever DD is of Kirsten and them didnt like her, its cause she probably acted (Weird) around them. She was, says one of the judges, a perfect cheerleader.. Kirsten was attending cheerleading camp, living in a dorm at St Marys College in nearby Moraga, when Berit Costas received a seemingly uneventful call on Thursday, June 21, 1984. I would love to hear Bernadette being interviewed now about that tragic night in suburban Oakland.