She may of been misunderstood. Kirsten was well liked and cared. We dont care how mean she was,:sure you werent so much a Saint yourself at Miramonte. Still wasnt right. On the other hand, no one suspected that the perpetrator was a local of Northern California who made their home in an Orinda suburb. I read a lot of these Articles,and her BFF said the exact same thing on one interview. I heard they ran Several girls out not just them, they Demonized one to where she had to Leave portraying her as a Tramp over some guys. She is still remembered for her heinous crime- murdering a young girl named Kirsten Marina Costas in 1984. I would suggest that you should be able to distinguish between a fictional depiction and reality, but judging from your comments it is clearly beyond your capacity to do so. So this murderer just gets off free after 8 years and gets to live her life because (somebody picked on her)????? To the point that she knew she could . Kirsten always showed off her cheers, she was proud. None of those Orinda kids are even around from that time frame, as some of them are dead. I guess Bullying Justifies Murder, the way youre putting it, Kirsten is the real Vicitm, not Bernadette. Kirsten didnt like some of those people cause they rubbed her the wrong way and acted Stupid around her, she definately wasnt down with Stupidity. We all have someone we dont like, and we wont be liked by everybody. RELATED: Red Dead Redemption 2 & 9 Other Video Games That Make You Feel Like A Frontiersman Details About His Custody, Dust Bunny: Who Is It? Landscape Suicide 1986 is the closest after Bernadettes interview with the Police it shows it. I dont see how Kirsten was worse than any teenage girl. Kirsten Marina Costas (July 23, 1968 June 23, 1984) was an American high school student who was murdered by her classmate Bernadette Protti in June 1984. If Bernadette hadnt of lied under false pretense she wouldnt of been so mad at her. No, it is about love, people. I think Bernadettes Youtube is fake now. Bernadette then appears to have confessed her feelings of admiration for Kirsten in the empty car-park at night. So she didnt like everybody who does? Age Wiki & More Information On We Met In Virtual Reality Cast, Joe Lycett Sister Beth Lycett Make Clothes For His TV Appearances, Nany Gonzalez Before And After Veneers Transformation Is Astonishing, What Is Bling Empires Blake Abbie Family Net Worth 2023, Michael Chernus And Wife Emily Simoness Made Their Best Decisions In 2015. There is no evidence of Kirsten being mercilessly cruel to anyone. No one really cares why. [citation needed]. She had plenty of friends like in the film who loved her, but she cared only about superficial things, and people. Kirsten was described mostly Vibrant and friendly by others, and so was Bernadette. Everybody who knew her just loved her well most everybody. Is it respectful to perpetuate lies about a murdered teenage girl due to a fictional depiction? Kirsten is the true victim in this case. The school was a freak show. Bern want the poor girl Deployed in the movie. Kirsten May of been just like that, I couldnt tell you thats true. Tell me someone who is nice to every single person in the world and likes every single person in the world, if they do let me meet them. Randall admitted that he felt no sympathy for Kirsten and that is clearly evident in the movie as he deliberately portrayed Kirstens character as an insufferable, unlikable bully bitch in order for Bernadettes character to come across as sympathetic as possible because he identified with her. Bernadette was snotty to. 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? Its not about them, its all about Kirsten who,was,robbed of her life, and robbed from her family. But to say Bernadette was a Sweet girl. A few more saying they didnt fit in and refuses to come to Reunions, I say you dont want to come then dont. (The misfits) we really didnt see them as Misfits. Plenty of Italians are natural blondes. I attended school in New York City and there are nothing but cliques. The film is not a documentary but a fictional account of what happened, therefore the creators (writer Dan Bronson and director William A. Graham), although keeping the California setting, changed Kirsten Costas's name to Stacy Lockwood, played by Tori Spelling, and changed Bernadette Protti's name to Angela Delvecchio, who was played by Kellie Martin. When a car honked outside the house on Orchard Road around eight-thirty, Kirsten left the TV on, walked out to a mustard-colored Pinto and got in. What are you talking about?? If it was your child that was murdered for some idiotic reasonsIm sure your perspective would change. Firstly, Bernadette is an insentient and abhorrent human being. Poor bernadette seemed very vulnerable and in need of help. 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. from what I have read on different blogs from kids that actually went to school with both these girls they have said that this movie did not accurately portray either one of the girls and thats very frustrating for people who watch the movie and find themselves empathizing with the wrong person. I could call you out but I wont. 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. It is done and over and over 3 decades. I saw an interview with one of her classmates who described her as mean. Here are some less-known facts about the show and actual crime. That dont Justify Murder. How was the judge stupid when first of all the evidence didnt show or prove 1st degree murder then secondly that was the law at the time? She had a Childhood friend who was Popular, wonder she didnt go after her, and kill her, like Karen Severson. I never wished for Kirsten to die like she did, that was horrible. How do you know she was mean? So whoever said Kirsten was mean, and was a B I cant picture that, I didnt know her very well either, we all have a mean side, I never seen it in her. She and her BFF were both Odd. Apparently the owner of the other blogs havent gave up, just busy. I just didnt bother with them. She is still recognised for the horrific crime that she committed in 1984, which was the murder of a young girl whose name was Kirsten Marina Costas. She just didnt think at the time and it cost a lot of people lots of problems. She wont tell where shes at, cause to many people have it out for her cause of her past. It gave me the creeps. Killing is still not an excuse but Id have to say the real losers out of this situation are Bernadettes parents. Kirsten told her she embarrassed her, and, she didnt want to be around her. I also noticed, in both movies, Bridget/Angela kept staring at Kelly/Stacy. Unless any of these people commenting knew these girls personally and their families, they dont have a place to judge either one of these girls who lived this tragic event. Read the posts from August 2019. You guys are kidding yourselves. 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. Wish someone who knew facts would tell us about the real events leading up to Kirstens death. She was young and like any teen finding her way around. Sad. Every Murdered person was once someones child, parent, sibling or spouse. Not a plaine jane.get real. Ive heard she was Bubbly and funny. If you werent Popular she looked down on you just as bad as Kirsten did. Even if Kirsten was mean, it still doesnt justify killing her. Thats a win win. I know beauty is all a matter of perception, not that it matters but in no universe would Bernadette be considered better looking. Kirsten loved playing Nancy Drew, she and her friends were crazy, I would tell them, I got to put up with you guys today. I was even accused of being (Stuck up) We were all just Misunderstood. I had an English class with Kirsten and her friends, we were all put in pairs in order to read off as part of a project, Kirsten and them just acted as though I was invisible and everyone in our group (but me) got to read a part. The boys at Miramonte liked Bernadettes childhood friend and Kirsten, none were interested in Bernadette. Kirsten in no way deserved to die. And the color pictures of the school are photographs I took. . Bernadette/Jeanette has paid her dues. with this Virus going around. I dont believe she deserved to die, but she should have received a serious reality check. Most Cheerleaders are friendly, but kind of Stuck up as well, and picky about thier friends. From the author who also runs this site: The yearbooks ARE in my private collection, as is the huge picture of us in Washington DC. At the time, sheriffs deputies were searching for the cheerleader who stabbed Kirsten Costas. Kirsten was very Popular, but there were a few a little more Popular, why didnt Bern go after them and befriend them, the girls on Homecoming Court, and in the Atlantis Club. Bernadette was just as nice as we were on swim team together growing up. You are disturbing and evil by stating that death was too good for Kirsten, an innocent victim of a brutal murder. Nickname: Sugar Pop. Gripping, sad, and just plain scary, A Friend to Die For premiered in September and was the highest-rated TV movie of 1994 (10 years after the actual murder.) Maria The movie hinted at Bernadette being gay but only a hint. They hung out together, Bernadette couldnt face up Kirsten was more Popular than she was, and better at everything. She slaughtered the girl. Actress: Rocky Mountain Oysters. I dont agree with the Miramonte comments. I believe she made a fool out of herself begging and crying to Kirsten about how she feels no one likes her ( which wasnt the true case then) and was kept repeatedly begging to Kirsten to be her (friend) and made a complete fool out of herself and it just freaked Kirsten out and scared her. She had moments, and she told her feelings about people. Dont matter if those 2 were mean and Bullies, no right to murder them, that went to far. Bernadette was far out of line I agree. She was a young girl, a funny, silly girl who could also be obnoxious. She has Mental issues and always will. She looks like she would have lit up a room. You have no one to blame but yourselves for being unnattractive, fat, disliked, broke loserswhatever your issues are. Shes still a Murderer and will never be anything but, as long as shes Alive, I wont forgive her for it, and neither will Kirstens family and friends. If the ones acting like Hoes were demonized while everyone lived happily ever after, why were they demonized. She comes back to see her mom her dad passed. I think she wanted to be part of the elite click. They are Cat Mean. Hostile people do. They were weird and odd mostly, I didnt like them myself. She may have tried to point the blame towards Nancy and Joanna but it backfired on her, Joanna comes to Reunions, as Bernadette cant cause it will never ever be forgotten. Kristen was a bitch (sorry, fact), who would roll her eyes at randoms and point and laugh at people. I believe that the real number was held by the cops. It was more harmful teasing that she meant nothing by. I forgive her to a degree, but wont accept what she did to Kirsten, she will live with that the rest of her life. We all are mental ill and could snap in a minute, so be good for yourself and others. After she married, her name changed again to Jeanette Tomanka and she and her husband, as well as their child, moved to Oregon. There was no jury in the trial. There are 20+ professionals named "Angela Delvecchio", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Nurturers dont kill people. I think both girls were good girls, and I think one just got frustrated over a fake invitation, and I do believe Bernadette made a (butt) of herself to Kirsten, and it was all Kirsten could take. Bernadette shoukd of just acknowledged Kirsten was around and spoke Civil to her, without forging the friendship. Its best not to post comments at all on Bernadette anymore. Read about the real story instead of talking crap. I instantly knew it had to be a true-life story. Doesnt it seem weird that Bernadettes sister would have an 18-inch knife for cutting tomatoes? That Movie had Tori Spelling kind of a Bully. If they want it known they will come forth themselves and tell it or contact you. Kirsten wont grow out of hers, Bernadette took that chance from her. John even if Kirsten was as mean as Tori Spelling (which BTW she wasnt) that is still no right to Murder her. I isolate now due to the fact women have betrayed me so badly. Born Today Most Popular Celebs Most Popular Celebs Celebrity News. Who can walk a straight line and never say one un kind word ever, w all make mistakes, and most teen girls do get Caddy at times thats just Normal, but we outgrow it. Everyone has an Opinion guess we will never know unless we truly knew them, and not Berns friends or Sisters who Comment bad stuff about Kirsten, of course they wont tell the true facts. RELATED: 90210's Tori Spelling Can't Be on Real Housewives Because She's 'Too Nice'. Kirsten wasnt a Bully. You are full of it. So people got the wrong view of her saying she was a Bully. Killed a girl because you were jealous? Why isnt anyone talking about the incompetency of the police here? On the day after the murder that took place in June of 1984, rumours were prevalent in many locations. After attempting to confirm Protti's alibi, police suspected that she had lied. Her self esteem was riding on Kirstens approval! I was wondering why she was so pro-Bernadette. I never seen her bully. She was Bubbly and Gregarious, loved to have a great time. Executive Director @ Non-Profit Agency. She was given a sentence of nine years in jail before she could begin her life on her own, but she was granted parole after serving only seven of those years. Bernadette was furious and resentful that Cause Bernadette was stuck up to, or thats how Bernadette appeared. Kirsten was the energy of the house, says her mother. Girls, women at any age can be so horrible. You cant force somebody to be friends with you. The costas still have to deal with pain and grief and it doesnt matter if she was angry nobody thought about kirsten or her family by letting bernadette get a slap on the wrist! Self Absorbed yes. Bernadette had jealousy issues. Google It, it sure will tell you. There were several bullied as I said before. The characters are Catholic,as evidenced by Stacey's funeral mass, the mention of prior attendance at St. Joseph's Catholic School, and Angela's confession to her priest when the guilt gets to be too much - not to mention Angela's post-murder Christian service as a peer counselor and candy striper. In more conservative societes in the world(its not USA) the educators and family see these things in the early stages and try to prevent them. Additionally, the Bernadette character was portrayed as sweet and innocent, while a sexy twenty-something Tori Spelling played the part of the 15 year old Kirsten. Kirsten was SelfAbsorbed not mean and bullish. She and one of her good friends practiced all the time. It seemed like Bernadette needed intense psychotherapy for her issues. Bunch of Bernadettes lurking around everywhere. Maybe you need (a Life of your own). I hardly knew this girl. Shes older also. You the one telling about the Bullied girls who were accused of the Crime. She doesnt leave her house hardly at all anymore. Thats different, and usually those were the ones that were irritating and annoying. Would you say the same if Bernadette did suicide? We all have a breaking point. She didnt have time to (bully). The case is extremely old now. Thats teens for you, its tough being a teen, most of them are smart alecky at some time or another, but we outgrow it. I just dont understand cant people just be happy with what god has made them. I think a lot of people would have found Bernadettes plan to lure them out of their house under false pretences very disconcerting and would be angered over it like Kirsten appears to have been. Kirsten was more popular she was up there high She had it all, and some were jealous of her popularity. I wasnt Popular and Kirsten liked me and was nice to me. Some still get together. Who cant see that part? So she was a Bully, she is not here to defend herself any longer, so youre the Bully now. She talked to most people. Guys can be, girls are Worse. She let it be known. Just hearsay. That didnt happen that way. She is a Sociopath. One was transferred there because of problems with boys. Angela Delvecchio is a married woman who resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband and their child at the present time. An example that shows that Bernadette didnt have respect for Kirstens family and shows how detached Bernadette was from killing Kirsten was that she appeared to have no inhibitions about attending Kirstens funeral. Did you ever stop and think that Bernadette was a fragile human being? View Angela Delvecchio results in New York (NY) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Was Bernadette fragile when she watched as two innocent girls were accused of Kirstens murder by the Orinda community? We had honor students who were kind of poor, but we loved them, and learned from them. Bernadette rang Kirstens mother to invite Kirsten to a non existent sorority dinner. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. To begin life anew without the stigma of murderer attached to her, the parolee legally changed her name to Jeannette Butler and moved from California to Oklahoma and became a nurse. So I would say to any bully, we all have our weaknesses,. Was Bernadette fragile when she took Catechism classes with one of the accused girls and would have no doubt seen the emotional toll being falsely accused of murder would have taken on the girl, yet she acted like nothing was amiss. Wish someone would come back on here and tell us more about it. Bernadette concocted a plan to get Kirsten out of her house and it appears that Kirsten got annoyed when she discovered that Bernadette lied to get her out of her house alone. 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. Associate Professor Emerita. Either way, it doesnt matter because Bernadette is a bitch, which is more important any day than looks. Angela DelVecchio Managing Editor Philly Sports Digest, Award Winning Broadcast Journalist, News Director, Writer, Public Speaker. She is rumored to have "two left feet". you werent there so shut up I agree with Karen Karen get your pretty face back on here Is this the same Karen I grew up with?. I still cant help from thinking that, but largely I think B killed K because K was blocking B from her rise in popularity. I dont understand why you sympathize with a murderer and perpetuate lies about her murder victim under different aliases. She wanted in with Kirsten and she was afraid Kirsten would discuss the conversation, she held her captive till Kirsten escaped. Probally Berns Relatives saying all that, or, very close friends. Bernadette then stalked Kirsten all the way to her house, ambushed her from behind with a 15/18 inch knife, inflicted Kirsten with two two foot wounds down her back and continued to stab Kirsten when she was suffering on the ground with her wounds. As for the girls who got blamed, so sorry if your lives were miserable at the time, but remember Bernadette was scared herself and did t know what to do, she didnt aim for all that to come down. Word around town was that K was stabbed 18 times. Stuck up she was, no Bully. She watched 2 girls take the blame and did absolutely nothing about it. Not true, you said you knew Bernadette and Kirsten both! Even religion, which is supposed to be about mostly how you treat others. People who grew up in Orinda and say its snobs were mostly people who werent socially accepted growing up, and they made choices that others didnt make and cussed and talked dirty and skipped school and always in trouble, and hung out with outcasts, and they became outcasts by association. WOW MIRANDA, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A TRIGGER TOO. Select this result to view Angela E Delvecchio's phone number, address, and more. They just had their own group of girls. But I do know that two families had to move out of town because the girls wore all black and kept to them selves.. Again, in real life, Bernadette Prottie was released from prison in 1992 at the young age 23 withthe rest of herlife ahead of her, unlike her victim, the deceased Kirsten Costas.
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