The FBI kept interviewing her and got suspicious and she realized they were closing in on her, Palmer said. setTimeout( 30 years ago, 15-year-old Costas waslured by a fake invitation for the Bob-O-Links service group dinner. I wish I could tell the Costas family how sorry I am, especially her brother who is probably still alive. Another girl, Nancy Kane, had also attended. So, she confessed to her parents who called the police., Palmer attended the trail. Miss Costas had been stabbed five times with a kitchen knife. May she rest in peace. according to the Associated Press in1984. according to a 1985 Los Angeles Times article. Bernadette wanted to befriend her, and Kirstin was not interested. Thats why there is no memorial this year, said Palmer. 2023 Campolindo High School along with the Acalanes Union High School District is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. Mar 19, 2019 at 2:42 pm. Bridget Moretti Histoire Vraie; Le 23 juillet 1968, la lycenne amricaine Kirsten Marina Costas dcde. While Costas made the cheerleading team, Protti didn't. Kirsten went up to a door and asked for a ride home. During the trial Bernadettes confession was played in full, in which Bernadette retold her version indicating she had made an attempt to become a closer friend to Kirsten. Her mother also refused to allow Nancy to take the lie detector test. Jeanette Tomanka Aka Bernadette Protti Age And Parents Now Jeanette Tomanka, Kirsten Costas' killer is 53 years of age in 2022. The Prottis couldn't afford the lifestyle the Costas family could and that was the lifestyle Bernadette wanted. I thought after 30 years you people who were her age would have matured already. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Nancy fit the stereotype, and Orindas residents were comfortable with this. The speculation on whether or not this had anything to do with homosexuality, is asinine to say the least. Anonymous Jan 2, 2019 at 5:20 pm. 2 Innocent girls got the blame, and Bernadette sat and watched them knowing she was Responsible for it. Bernadettes family did not have the kind of money that Kirstens family did, so her ski equipment was mostly second hand or borrowed from family and friends for her to use. Protti was tried as a juvenile. Bernadette followed in her Pinto, dejected and angry that her plan to win over Kirsten one last time had failed. Miramonte was the only high school in the town, and a microcosm of the social world to the kids of Orinda. Im glad that Bernadette is living her life and having a family. BARC shelter in Brooklyn founder Vinny Spinola,, He was one of the six shelters 25 years ago at the first Broadway Barks even helping setting up the tables,, a great loss we will miss you,, love you so Vinny . Her friends still keep in Contact, but do not discuss her Murder. Along with Kirsten, Bernadette Protti went to Miramonte High School. Her reasons for doing it are just not normal behavior. [Protti] felt if Kirsten had told what she had done that it would be the end of her life.. Kirsten would of Outgrown her ways and probaly she and Bernadette would of been Civil to one another today. Sharon Palmers daughter was a lot like Kirsten a funny person and Confident, and likeable. Consequence: Incarceration in a juvenile facility. I sat in class with them both, and I cant figure it out, though the gay angle has been the one that always made the most sense to me. Meanwhile, Costas' parents vehemently opposed Protti's release. She has since reportedly changed her name. [3] The FBI man thinks I did it. She cant now cause she stole a friend from a lot of people and a Daughter and sister to her family. Now that she had her foot in the door, surely all she had to do now was simply put her hand out. They are so insecure, and pissed and low in their own lives they have to pass judgment on something that happened 30 years ago! Bernadette Protti IS Jeannette Tomanka Saturday, December 6, 2014 Bernadette Protti found! But, had she not been such a bitch hurting people who she believed were less then her, she would not have been buried. According to Los Angeles Times, the 16-year-old created a false invitation to trick Costas into attending a Bob-O-Links dinner, a volunteer group at the Miramonte High School. Please dont say how could you or why because I don t understand this and I dont know why. Later, she married her husband and is now officially known to the world as Jeannette Tomanka. She called Raymond and all three met at the police station where Bernadettes confession was recorded. Looking at the pictures, it is shocking to see that Kirsten Costas is the face of an innocent little girl. 30 years ago, 15-year-old Costas was lured by a fake invitation for the Bob-O-Links service group dinner. Bernadette Protti of Orinda wept as she was escorted in handcuffs to juvenile hall Wednesday, minutes after she was convicted of second-degree murder. The daughter of affluent parents, Arthur and Berit Costas, Kirsten and her brother, Peter, grew up in the small suburban town of Orinda, California. Bernadette Protti is an Italian American teenager born on September 20, 1968, changes her name often, who killed Kirsten Costas with a butcher knife out of jealously. She wouldnt of been so popular. Yes it is ridiculous making excuses for Bernadette. And besides that, shed passed a polygraph. On 21 June 1984, Bernadette called Kirstens house via a pay phone. But Bernadette did all of this lying to impress Kirsten, the girl whom she simultaneously hated and admired. Housewife and DIY mommy blogger! Coupled with the witness account from Alexander Arnold of the killer with the blonde hair and casual attire driving the Pinto, a scenario was beginning to form in the minds of investigators. Me Mar 14, 2016 at 9:14 am. Kir. Why are people so dumbfounded that Bernadette got 9 years. She was 16 not 6. Sure Bernadette had fit the description, right down to the Pinto. Bernadette Protti aka Angela Delvecchio is in Portland, Oregon with her husband and child. She was born in a wealthy house to her parents, Arthur and Berit Costas, and she had a brother named Peter, who grew up in the unassuming Californian suburb of Orinda. Our new series "With Friends Like These" I detail cases where friends turn upon friends - and become deadly. ' Palmer said. D.M. Palmer did not think that the 16 year old yearbook editor could have done such a thing. People change and grow up, get jobs,families and have Children to raise and even Grandkids, so we dont have the time for the High School Drama anymore. It starred Tori Spelling and Kellie Martin, along with several other actors who will have you saying, Where have I see that person before? and typing furiously into Google. I dont care if Kirsten was the meanest toughest girl Bully ever, no excuse for Murder. [3] . (function( timeout ) { Kirsten was a judgemental girl who stupidly believed money and designer clothes were important. And the bullying and harassment from fellow students at Miramonte continues to this day. What was running through their minds and thoughts. Especially when you served the punishment that the courts deemed appropriate for you. The rolling stone article was a complete fabrication. I can't live if it is known. She was self absorbed and full of Confidence. if ( notice ) The knife just like the car itself was her sisters, and her sister often cut vegetable for lunch during work. Under the circumstances, such a plea would seem like a fairly reasonable thing to do: due to Bernadettes age at the time of the murder, the sentence handed down would have been the same length regardless of whether the guilty verdict was for first or second degree murder. They made up garbage, and opinions about her too, and chased her out of the school, and city. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! But despite how much the comments hurt, they only served to deepen Bernadettes resolve to make Kirsten like her. They were both accepted into the Bob-O-Links, a volunteer group with a core purpose of fundraising for a local rehabilitation unit. It sounds like the premise of a Lifetime movie (and, well, it is!) Theres a reason why we treat minors as such I dont mean to ignore or lessen the pain of the Costas family, but I can forgive her. but its also a story so shocking that it has to be truemostly. What a horrible person. Reality Apr 6, 2019 at 1:45 am. We only have opinions. She said she would collect Kirsten from the house at 6 pm. Time limit is exhausted. I do not understand why the law thinks its just fine to spend only eight years in jail for taking away a LIFE. Bernadette Protti was sentenced to a maximum of 9-years, but was released 7-years later on parole. Costas, a Miramonte cheerleader, was murdered by fellow student Bernadette Protti in June of 1984. Kirsten was like a puppy. No one except for Kristen, Bernadette and God himself were there and knows what happened. Nancy started dressing in an alternative style, and was generally unconventional. Too bad there were not alternative/charter schools.A testament to not being a privileged little bitch in an affluent high school. Kirsten would of outgrown it long before now if she would of lived if she was a Bully or just a plain Snob. In response, Bernadette started stabbing. A Killer Among Friends. literally. Its never too late for Jeanette to say, I killed someone and I have to live with that the rest of my life. All claiming they were sorry, they didnt know. That night, Bernadette told her mother they needed to talk, but Elaine Protti said she was tired. 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. I do not think anything has changed but perhaps more [competition] and stress, Palmer said. Trivia. viewed 15 April 2017, Los Angeles Times Girl, 16, Convicted in Classmates Slaying : Teen-ager Feared Victim Was Going to Tell People I Was Weird published 14 March 1985 If Bernadette is truly unforgivable, then thats a judgement for either the courts or God. It was a crime of passion!!!! She needs mental help! The only people who defended her actions about belittling people were people who were in her social, mean club! I have often wondered what has happened to Bernadette, did she ever have children and if she did had she told them what she had done? I personally would ignore the 2 comments above me which are obviously written by two tarts who probably themselves seem to be going daft, According to many, Kirstin was not exactly a sweet, cuddly bear. She stabbed to death a popular girl in her high school, Kirsten Costas, who refused to be friends with her and had made fun of her. Bernadette wasnt poor at all. Please reload CAPTCHA. I doubt she was any worse than any other teen girl, I guarantee you she wouldnt of done what Bernadette did. Bernadette was a minor and the judge gave a sentence that he/she, at the time, saw fit for a minor who just made a bad decision on that horrible night. It seems somewhat appropriate for the sentence to be handed down on April Fools Day: given that Bernadette had tried to plead guilty to the lesser charge, this meant the Contra Costa County had forked out tens of thousands of dollars to find out an answer they already knew. Bernadette is the victim here, not Kristen. Bernadette has gone on with her life. Even if so, no right to take her life. As the 30th anniversary of the murder of Miramonte student Kirsten Costas passes this year, Sharon Palmer, the mother of a friend to Costas as well as the girl convicted of the murder, considered the tragedys relevance to todays Lamorinda community. Once the timer went off, she put the bible down, opened the letter and read: I have been trying to tell you this all day but I love you so much its too hard so Im taking the easy way out. Similar to Kristen, Arthur and Berit Costas were well-off parents. I hope they keep up on the memory of Kirsten because if Bernadette really was jealous then in the back of her mind its still there. Costas was banging her fists on the door as Protti jumped out of the bushes and stabbed her with a butcher knife in a downward angle several times, puncturing her lungs. If you lived in Orinda, there was competition to be the best. Not that it matters, but Jeannette doesnt have several children as the poster above has written. I could never forgive her because I dont think she is a good person. Again, her attire told Kirsten otherwise. No matter if she changed, no matter how sorry she is, Kirsten is gone forever, and till the remaining days of Bernadettes life, people will always hold that against her. You people are as sick as ever. He thought that he was seeing a fist fight, but in fact Protti stabbed Costas five times with a butcher knife and fled. Performance & security by Cloudflare. She was a popular, and a bitch to many. If you were to read the Rolling Stones, People Magazine or Ladies Home Journal articles about the story you will find many of the flaws in your story and with what Sharon Palmer stated. Bernadette was jealous of Kirsten especially after Kirsten got into the cheerleading squad and a spot on the yearbook committee (Mrs. Palmer was wrong on that. Part 2: https://clickamericana.com/topics/featured/the-real-death-of-a-cheerleader-1985/2 The police department hires any moron that like to go after under age females Miramonte Class of 9?
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