To the fellow classmates of 1986 Miramonte, so sorry if your World crumbled cause it wasnt meant to be that way, but you got to know that it was t any picnic for Bernadette as well, and if she could set time back and do all over, she would of left the situation with Kirsten alone to start with. 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. RELATED: 10 Best High School Movies Of All Time (Ranked By Rotten Tomatoes). And she still got a second chance at life. I feel sorry for Bernadette. The girls quarreled and Costas fled to the home of Alex and Mary Jane Arnold, telling them that her friend had gone "weird. That girl on Deadly Women who portrayed Kirsten was almost perfect, watch Landscape Suicide and they show a girl portraying Kirsten talking on the phone and laughing listening to Music, that is the closest to Kirsten Costas that can be described the best. Protti legally changed her name and departed to another location to start a new family following the traumatic incident. She was also shown to be a self-centered and cruel bully, with her main target for harassment being Goth student Monica Whitley. Arnold followed her for about a quarter of a mile before giving up the chase. No, it is about love, people. Bernadette may not of paid her dues in the Justice system, shes paid for it online with her haters harassing her and outing her constantly, and her hometown community hated her and still does. When it came to Bernadette. You know whats really sad? She cared about people and if she thought she hurt someones feelings she would try and talk to them, we all make mistakes. I dont understand what is wrong with people. To anyone that wishes to support Kirstens memory, and believes Kirsten didnt deserve what happened to her, please have a look at, and join her Facebook Memorial Page. Kirsten was nice, yeah, she and a few she didnt like, but they were the kids no one liked. She fit in and was as popular as Kirstens 2 close friends (Diane and Stacy), Bernadette wanted more. I just heard that Kirsten was full of energy and life. I was the daughter of a single mom who was a teacher. That dont Justify Murder. I had known Kirsten since first grade, and had one class with Bernadette at the time of her arrest. 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! I believe Bernadette tried to friend her, and as I read and I do believe she acted on impulse, I believe she was just so enraged she snapped and did the (unthinkable). 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? Hard to comprehend how this Bernadette flew into a rage and savagely murdered her classmate. Was Bernadette fragile when she watched as two innocent girls were accused of Kirstens murder by the Orinda community? I just felt like I didnt fit in at Miramonte or Orinda. I never understood why Bernadette killed Kirsten. There are 20+ professionals named "Angela Delvecchio", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. with this Virus going around. She did well in school academically, had plenty of friends, her close friends genuinely cared about her, she was described as popular in her own wayand she was invited to join an exclusive sorority club. I cant picture Kirsten being Mean or Rude, so hard to picture that one. Stuck up she was, no Bully. Theres other Measures to take other than Murder. So they had a clique, what School or job doesnt? Asking a butt of yourself getting it. I think Kirsten probably threatened to tell everybody their bizarre conversation in the car that night. For you to even fix your fingers to type a reference that this was some sort of fault of the victims speaks volumes about you as a person. It wont bring Kirsten back. This is Berns BFF Ill bet. Please explain how Bernadette was pushed to the brink? The dinner took place at the schools cafeteria. Although the story below was published in, Newspaper headlines from the real-life Death of a Cheerleader story: The Kirsten Costas murder (1984). Apparently the owner of the other blogs havent gave up, just busy. So she didnt like everybody who does? I think Kristen called Bernadette out on being a lesbian. I got cut off before I had a chance to say anything else. You named all of Kirstens friends. We had lonely girls who were bullied and goth girls and loose girls. Kirstens future was right there in front of her staring her in the face, like the prom, graduation and deciding what College she would of been going to and getting married and having Children. Not to mention all over the world. Very few that arent. I just read on You tube on her recipe Video where she is sick now. She is still remembered for her heinous crime- murdering a young girl named Kirsten Marina Costas in 1984. No one wanted to believe that the killer came from Orinda, the lush Northern California suburb where Kirsten lived. Kirsten in no way deserved to die. You get on here and write comments all day long, repeating yourself over and over and over again. School is what you make of it, bullying goes on all the time no reason to Murder over that, Kirsten would of grown out of it by now even if she was a bully. Beauty and the Beast and D are still the Life of a Party at times, esp Reunions. This type of case just proves what can happen when bullies go too far. Bernadette was snotty to. There is no justification for murder, and I am not siding with the criminals, but you can push someone so far. >> Whoever wrote this article is not being honest All of the pictures featured here are photos taken from newspapers, not the authors private collection. They also laughed at you in the halls when you passed them, Bernadette to and Kirsten, I wasnt in the (wonderful in crowd) so I didnt fit in their world. Rupaul You are one OBSESSED weirdo. However, she did not deserve to die. Not true, analyzes yourself if they were snobs to you, probably embarrassed yourself by trying to hard to be accepted, or you were a troublemaker and a bully yourself. Yes the guys should of paid for it, but the Judicial System is funny that way, unfortunately the girls paid for it. It stayed with me for many years, not as bad as it did, but it did for a long time. Sometimes she could come off the wrong way, but if someone rubbed her the wrong way, she would let them know. Only talked to her once or twice ever. Bernadette was better looking then Kirsten. I feel very sad for both sides. Did you ever think that she would not want to try to defend herself in court with letting out the terrible things Kristen said to her and how she berated her and others because she was sorry and she felt as though that would only add insult to injury to Kristens family?. Kirsten was almost identical to that, no like Tori Spelling. You are lying. I dealt with it so I know. A popular and pretty cheerleader, Kirsten Costas, was dead, and sheriffs deputies were searching for the girl who stabbed her. I know there were problems beteewn she and Nancy Kane, and that other blamed girl. Kirsten was angry for her lying to get her out under false pretenses, and she knew something was off. They were stuck up I didnt hate them, maybe they were misunderstood. She was so cute and funny, and loved to be around friends have so much fun. You didnt read that. I think you take things way to personal like Bernadette did, I believe MissKiwi Bernadette took things so serious that it became serious and a fatal obsession. The sad thing is that adults act the same way. Bernadette had plenty of other friends, she was in that group, Kirsten didnt have anything against Bernadette, if she would of left her alone, eventually they may of became friends, no she couldnt wait, wanted it all right now and pushed and forced her way into it. I know some fragile ppl, and theyd kill themselves before someone else. I was called ugly, to my face by a group of senior boys on my first day. [1][2], The daughter of affluent parents Arthur and Berit Costas, Kirsten Costas and her brother Peter grew up in the small suburban town of Orinda, California. You never give examples of what Kirsten did. You will think positive then allow being moved by what ppl say or do. Miramonte sounds like it had its share of Bullying. I didnt hate either one, maybe they were Misunderstood, as for being Stuckup. Plenty of facts support that view. Bernadette never said it in her testimony, from what I can tell. She wont tell where shes at, cause to many people have it out for her cause of her past. Remember teen girls will be teen girls, and they grow out of caddiness when they get older, but Kirsten never got that chance so so horrible. 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.) She had plenty of friends like in the film who loved her, but she cared only about superficial things, and people. Missy was more toughish than Kirsten that took no crap. Now thats just sad. Former Receptionist Telephone Operator at Lane Insurance, Inc. Former ENTREPRUNEUR at DYNAMAXX International. 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. She was happy go lucky mostly, she only had a couple (she didnt like), we all have someone we do t get long with. : Were you a perfect teen who got along with everyone and never said anything unkind to anyone ever? That would disturb most people. I think the outcast girls there would say Kirsten was a (bully) chaise no one liked them, and they would say that. Protti was sentenced to a maximum of nine years, but was released seven years later in 1992 on parole at the age of 23. Kirsten was so adorable. If Bernadette hadnt of lied under false pretense she wouldnt of been so mad at her. Orinda, with a population of about 17,500, lies just thirty-three minutes from downtown San Francisco by Bay Area Rapid Transit. And she killed her because she was jealous and that she would have been humiliuated if Kirsten told people at school that she was admiring her. We all have moved on, and went on with our Lives since that tragic episode. WOW MIRANDA, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A TRIGGER TOO. Not when she was bullied and pushed to her limit!! 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Kirsten was always joking around. God would want you to forgive, Kirsten would as well. Theyre not up with Morbid fascinations due to all the stuff that is going on Worldwide today. Even her childhood BFF cant forgive her for such a Horrible Act, if it was drugs or Alcohol she was I. Do I believe Kirsten was a Mean girl (bully) not at all, I believe she had those she didnt like and may of been Snooty towards that got on her nerves. Me! But would a real student please come forward and reveal yourself. Paris Mahone did you know Kirsten? You cant try a 15yr old as an adult now. Kirsten, and D and Ms Stuff were the Life of a Party. I agree bullying is so terrible but there wasnt much evidence that Kirsten was a bully apart from Bernadette saying Kirsten once mentioned that her ski boots looked cheap, I think Kirsten was a lesbian with a crush on Kirsten but was taking that secret to her grave. 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?. She is evil and a Monster (with a very dark Soul). She looks like she would have lit up a room. 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. Bernadette had jealousy issues. She wanted to, but decided not to go through with it. Besides if Kirsten was going to out her, she would of told Alex Arnold all about it on the drive home. justice was nwot served and the costas have shed tears and felt grief for over 30 years and i think bernadette shouldnt have been given the privelege to go to college, get her high school diploma, have a boyfriend, and then have kids and get married no she should have been locked in a brick cell staring at walls all day so that she could focus on what she did but no she is scott free now to go out and kill again if she wants. Kirsten had a good heart though. Landscape Suicide 1986 is the closest after Bernadettes interview with the Police it shows it. I was there too. Im sure Kirsten had her moments and faults and good qualities as well. The future is right around the corner, its a waste to go after someone cause the law didnt do their job. I never seen her bully. This Virus is killing all the World over, esp. Later, Protti stated in her testimony that she had planned to bring Costas to the party so that the two of them might become friends, but she changed her mind after learning that there would be no meal supplied for the new Bobbies. [Case in point:]. Teenage years are hard on all of us. Costas was a cheerleader at the school and a popular girl known for her many talents and interests. Why are you victim shaming ? But it wasnt a big fallout, just words between them.. Karen, where are you? Firstly, Bernadette is an insentient and abhorrent human being. She was Bubbly and Gregarious, loved to have a great time. 5.0 Provides follow-up as needed. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? I didnt kill them. You appear to be making up scenarios in your head about Bernadettes life and have difficulty differentiating fact from fiction. LP even if she doesnt get around to much to see people, Im sure theres a purpose in her life to. She wasnt a fan of stupidity or annoyance, or someone rubbed her the wrong way, she let them know. As for Nancy Kane she was the best in that group cause she was real, and they couldnt deal with that. For murder! Star!! Even religion, which is supposed to be about mostly how you treat others. Im sure today Ms. Stuff, D and Beauty and the Beast could still be the life of the Party if they wanted to be. Believe me it was a 6 month witch hunt. She didnt Bully Bernadette, Just was irritated cause she lied to her, and her mom about the Party, and all. They just had their own group of girls. Kirsten was in the class of 1986, We bought a do up property. Upper middle class at least. I always noticed Bernadette would give Kirsten stares and mean looks at times. That part of LPs life is over with I guess. Protti lured Costas from her home with a false story about a party, to which the wanna-be would give her pretty friend a ride. Lifetime should be ashamed. Killing her just because you were jealous? It was full of middle class and upper- middle class families. Also, Kirsten was upper middle class and lived in a less expensive area than Bernadette. She was given birth in a luxurious home by her parents, Arthur and Berit Costas, and she had a brother named Peter who was raised in the unremarkable suburb of Orinda in the state of California. You are bullying a dead teenage girl by deliberately and knowingly perpetuating lies about her because you appear to identify with Angela Delvecchio in Death of a Cheerleader ( a character that doesnt exist and is not a real representation of what Bernadette Protti was like). Kirsten told her she embarrassed her, and, she didnt want to be around her. Kirsten was adorable. Former Case Manager at The Neighborhood Center of West Volusia. I just didnt bother with them. Im sure Kirsten had her moments, no right to be Savagely Murdered. Sorry but the parents are to blame. Kirsten didnt like (stupidity). As Kirsten walked away from Arnolds car, the other girl swooped out from behind a tall hedge and ran forward with her arm raised. It is done and over and over 3 decades. The only freak in this tragic story is Bernadette. If Kirsten was going to out Bernadette she would of told Alex Arnold all about her. To much at stake in the World than to be worrying about something that happened decades ago. Kirsten always showed off her cheers, she was proud. So she had a different view of Kirsten, Bern wasnt nice to of murdered. A few left our school, one who went out with a lot of football players getting wasted, she was demonized badly also. 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. How did you talk and act around those girls, ask yourself that! Commuting time shrinks to twenty-five minutes in a BMW, the most popular car at Miramonte High School, where students scores are consistently among the highest on Californias state achievement tests. It shows what a shallow, loser, she was. Bernadette was described as homely. She has Kirstens demeanor. There was no justification for murder even if the victim was a bully, which it seems she was, at worst, catty. I was born with common sense. What teen isnt? So this murderer just gets off free after 8 years and gets to live her life because (somebody picked on her)? I do remember she was very insecure and would pick on B clearly an attempt to boost her confidence. What about its about time, the one who knew Kirsten? The Costas family is doing well and went on with life. But most important to Kirsten was becoming a cheerleader. Im not arguing with and dont mean to appear hostile and wouldnt have bothered replying until I read that you are suggesting that you all (which I suppose includes me) sound like the people you are gossiping about. Well based on the movie Yeah, thats your problem. I wasnt a cheerleader at all, I was in some clubs at school,( not Bobbies or Atlantis) but Spanish. When they opened the door, they saw Kirsten and, behind her, another girl, who looked about fifteen, lurking out the path.. Basically ,she liked everybody. I even was smart alecky as a teen, its just something that takes over your mind and body. In USA is more important to be popular, not smart, no matter how you treat others you become popular just because you say some joke or anything else to molest the person.