Classes are out for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, but the Miramonte wellness center opened Monday so students could come together and grieve, make cards for Luca and talk about her tragic passing. Yes. i dont want to hear poor bernadette was bullied no she had mental issues. I hear Bernadette dont want anything to do with anyone from her past at all now. Others are not so lucky. Over, if Kirsten bullied B why didnt B use it to Strenghten her Case. 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. My god you women are something else. Bernadettes parents were devout Christians (Catholics). 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. I am 59 years old and I remember it like it was yesterday. Kirsten was Cute and funny from my Standpoint. So Bernadette helped her out to gain acceptance. Protti set up a trap to lure Costas into spending more time with her. Now, instead of celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday, the young fire victim's family is in mourning. Now that you know, have fun looking around! "Her smile; you couldn't miss her smile. She was home with a friend and an adult man who was watching them, classmates say. As for Bernadette, I didnt know her well, but said hello to her a few times in passing at school, and when she came to get the attendance slips. Move on. Lisa Thorner: 5 interesting facts about Damon Wayans' ex-wife. I hear she isnt a nurse any longer and just stays home mostly. Dylan and Eriks parents were loaded. Man you all just know Kirsten a small World. Hard to comprehend how this Bernadette flew into a rage and savagely murdered her classmate. Everyone knew the killer had been apprehended, but no one knew who it was. However, Bernadette's babysitting alibi went unverified. You dont know whether or not Kirsten had to go without anything. 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. You are full of it. What was the most heart wrenching about this was a classmate girl was blamed and attacked by certain people for killing Kirsten, obviously she didnt. Some are quick, rich, own the finest and the most expensive of anything. Its all coming back to haunt her for what she did. People can get really nasty at this school, says one junior, standing with a group of classmates on the lawn surrounding Miramonte. 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. Who are you to tell the judge what to say or do at that time? 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. B was a Psycho and always will be. lol Dylans mother saying We werent rich. Frequently considered a cult-classic, the 1-hour and 31-minute-long film offers a chilling depiction of the horrific murder story. As with the earlier movie, it's a loose fictionalization of the 1984 murder of high school sophomore Kirsten Costas . That leaves only the knife and whether its true or not a witness corroborated the girls account. Everyone says this school is so boring, so they start doing things for entertainment. As for Nancy Kane she was the best in that group cause she was real, and they couldnt deal with that. As for Bernadette, dont you think she paid for it, she cant show her face in fear of someone bringing up her past, it will always be there forever, so she got caught, and got hers I case you think she didnt. Kirsten wasnt like whoever (Not True) above article said she had to be snobby at the School there. Although Bernadette was also well off, like most people in Orinda, she was not happy with her family. In that moment, becoming a social outcast in a place like Miramonte High School was a fate worse than death. Look inwards and think with consideration before you speak. Even if Kirsten was stuck up and a Bully! Upon her release, she reportedly changed her name. That was all taken from her, so unfair. She killed once. Kirsten was a Bully, I had heard she was,, and heard she wasnt and it was hard to picture her as a Bully. Her friends got to where they avoided her if possible. You will think positive then allow being moved by what ppl say or do. What bad behaviour? If every teen girl was to be murdered due to bullying and being Stuck up, and also Loose with boys then we wouldnt have any teen,girls at all. GG was the mutual friend of Kirsten and Bernadette, GG doesnt want anything to do with Bernadette again ever. She wasnt a fan of stupidity or annoyance, or someone rubbed her the wrong way, she let them know. We all have someone we dont like. Me! Bernadette made a horrible decision by ending a girls life, if she left her alone, B wouldnt be in the mess she got herself in, she kept pushing for her friendship. Maybe it wasnt a big national story at the time, and was more of a California Bay area story (Im from Illinois). And the sister projected her crappy life onto her younger sister because she was unhappy. These stories chronicle the immediate news reports that detailed the crime, the communitys shock, the victims funeral, and discusses some of the police work that was involved in the effort to find the killer and to understand her motive. I wasnt a cheerleader at all, I was in some clubs at school,( not Bobbies or Atlantis) but Spanish. We have got you covered in that regard. Seems like alot of a holes justifying others that are a holes sorry no justification theres no reason to act like an a hole young or old, you treat all ppl with respect and the way you yourself would like to be treated dont need parents or Bible school to learn morality, any person who trust to justify any bad behavior has no morality or class in my opinion, and theres a post somewhere that says girls went along with bullying so they werent the ones being bullied lol, what a sad excuse thats called being a coward and a follower and has nothing to do with popularity depending on what ones warped definition is of popularity its not how a person looks or what they have or how they act but how they are perceived by what they do by inspiring ppl its being admirable and nothing is admirable about acting like trash talking scans that need to put others down to feel better about themselves thats just lowlives that probably pick on the handicaps as well real big of them, thats no one by definition that I popular some ppl must have thier definition all messed up and who says theyre popular anyway them lol Im sure every group thought they were the special ones, but by lowering ones level to picking on other ppl harassing demeaning and taunting them eventually theyre going to come across the wrong ppl who dont take that bs, and Im not justifying murder but it takes more than a bad comment on a pair of boots to push someone to that point, Im sure she didnt share all of the abuse she was subjected to, but I definitely compare scum that target other ppl to feel better about themselves like the leader of the holocaust and if thousands or plausibly millions werent followers of some psycho with an inflated ego than millions of ppl would have never been tortured or murdered all because scum bags like the ones that come up with excuses for bad behavior cant stand up for whats right because theyre pathetic loosers that are too afraid to stand up for whats right and they ate no better those ppl who did nothing and followed hitler were all conspirators and complicit and there are a multitude of cases just like that which is why ppl need to stop with there warped sense of wanting to belong to some misfit group that is the furthered thing from what is popular is really all about. But those others today are still a lot of fun. In order to get into the Bobbies you had to have money. Just some girls on interviews said she was just self absorbed but no bully. You can also get our free newsletter, follow us on Facebook & Pinterest. Cause Kirsten was friends with most people who were (popular) and Bernadette wanted to be included in that so badly.. Good luck dear. Bernadette is Sick. One of the most popular girls attending the Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif., Costas was envied for her beautiful looks and privileged background. It has her sister cutting vegetables with a ridiculously long knife too, and Kirstens parents were right who cuts up vegetables with a knife that long that they keep in the car? The news flew through the town. Who knows what was true or not. I was a 1985 highschool graduate.i had skipped a grade so my classmates were more mature physically and socially. I live minutes from Columbine Highschool and you have absolutely no clue. As for the Shoes one time comment. If the ones acting like Hoes were demonized while everyone lived happily ever after, why were they demonized. Bernadettes family lived in a more expensive area than Kirsten, so what does that tell you? Bernadette was and most likely still is a highly disturbed individual. According to People, Protti attended her funeral just like everyone else in her school. No excuse for what she did, BTW she was not the poor White trash the Movie deployed her to be, she had a nice home, and was just as well off as Kirstens family, lived on the better side of town. So dont feel Sorry for her. Tori spelling who actually played Kristen Costas was so incredibly unlikable on screen that she almost felt as though she deserved what she got. Bernadette Protti is believed to have changed her name, gotten married (causing her last name to change again), and became a nurse and medical journal author in suburban Dallas (Grapevine TX). Can you give examples of Kirsten degrading others and thinking she is better than everyone? I also believe Nancy and Joanna were nice girls that had thier moments also. Next to Orinda. Kirsten was full of energy and life. I knew there were girls who didnt like Kirsten not sure why, we all cant get along with everybody. I didnt know Kirsten very well. Even a Mother of one of her friends said, Kirsten was like a Puppy and hugged people,,not exclusive and liked everyone. Its always so sad when a murder happens to anyone especially a young girl who has her whole life ahead of her. From a standpoint Kirsten was Adorable and fun person. You could see if from down the hallway," said one Miramonte student who went to school with Luca. She was not in a popular group, just a group. So those who say she was a real mean girl, dont know, cause I heard differently. I think its time to move forward and put this whole horrible deal behind you cause life is way to short. Bernadette and Kirsten were friends supposedly. Nothing should move a person to kill another. I think she confessed to Kirsten how she loved her and wanted to be her and it freaked Kirsten out. She just got irritated cause Bernadette lied to her and lured her out under false Circumstances, Id be annoyed and Angry to. Luca's friend and the man got out but, despite firefighters' best efforts, Luca didn't. I have to agree some, I was there, Kirsten was Cocky at times, no means a Bully just self absorbed. Nothing exotic on the photos Ive seen. and the one who was ran out of School for getting drunk at a Party and messing with ajocks? She had taken Kirsten out in her car, where the latter felt that Bernadette had gone weird. So this murderer just gets off free after 8 years and gets to live her life because (somebody picked on her)? Bernadettes own parents turned her in. Put God first. Finally, after being initiated by the Larks, Angela and the other girls go off driving looking for guys to kiss. You that said Kirsten was mean, dont know her, or anything about her. She was a young girl, a funny, silly girl who could also be obnoxious. The juvenile code dictates a sentence of confinement to the age of 25. Why are you contradicting yourself? It wont bring Kirsten back. Is it respectful to perpetuate lies about a murdered teenage girl due to a fictional depiction? Bernadette is no more and she doesnt exist anymore, so why keep bringing up the past, my goodness look at the times the World is in now. Who cares about that, that is no reason to be lured from your own home and murdered by a psycho. Bernadette had devised an ingenious plan to win over Kirsten. I remember the day every girl attended school when the killer had been caught but we had no name; if they had to fly back, leave the hospital, watever, no girl wanted to be accused for even 24 hours even if they would be exonerated the next day or week. You claim you know Kirsten, are you the one who told about the Bullied Girls who were ran out and Demonized. Shame on you. However, internet sleuths have long been fixated with uncovering Bernadettes latest location, and identity. People are going by that. Both were members of the swim team, but Costas was reportedly much more popular than Protti, according to the Associated Press in 1984. Sheriffs aide Michael Bachman searches for murder weapon, San Francisco Examiner Tuesday, June 26, 1984. 15-year-old Kirsten Costas was ruthlessly murdered on June 23, 1984, by one of her schoolmates. Some girls considered all those girls Stuck up they considered Bernadette as well. Are you bullied in school? She runs a Facebook and Twitter account under the same name. Knowing you though youll never have the character or the balls to do this and that was the reason you arent in whatever popular grip you killed to try to get into. Donnah Winger murder case: What happened to convict Mark Winger? I didnt kill anyone, I went to college, had a successful career, a loving family and am happily retired with my husband who I met right after I graduated college in 1983. Are you suggesting by your comment Kirsten had is well deserved that Kirsten deserved to be murdered because she understandably didnt take kindly to being lured out of her house under false pretences to a bobbie (sorority) dinner that didnt exist by someone she wasnt friends or even acquaintances with and was then driven to an empty car-park at night. Ms Bunch and McDonald (proving I knew them) were not mean like that just self absorbed. Bernadette was better looking then Kirsten. But I will feel honored at the same timebut I still would have been weirded out. Very few that arent. I think Kristen called Bernadette out on being a lesbian. I cant bring her back, but Im sorry. I know a person who knew her, she was a snob, so to speak, but she didnt deserve to die. Where are you these days? No other word. Knowing that the Protti family is no longer poor, I hope they didnt benefit financially from this film! Shes no better than you. She had moments, and she told her feelings about people. The officers all ran unopposed save for the position of junior class Treasurer. There are speculations that Bernadette has changed her name to Jeannette Tomanka. 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. 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. I feel for the Costas family. Kirsten May of been Stuck up and Caddy, most teen girls are, but she got along with almost everyone, she got along with Bernadette at first, till Bernadette kept trying to be her friend. Regardless no one deserves to die like that. Hostile people do. 'Death of a Cheerleader' follows the story of two girls in Hollybrook High, in the fictional town of Colina, California. I hear she was Caddy and Stuck up, I dont even know if thats true, but she wasnt a Bully. You have no idea what you are talking about with Columbine. Interesting. Nicolle Devenish Wallace, former White House Communications Director and spokesperson for John McCain for President. lmao. Kirsten May of been just like that, I couldnt tell you thats true. So, I dont know, I just felt bad., She said that Kirsten, Just sort of put me down I remembered one time on the ski trip we were on together. 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? Also, Kirsten was upper middle class and lived in a less expensive area than Bernadette. Read the facts of the case instead of perpetuating lies that Kirsten pushed Bernadette or that she bullied Bernadette. Bernadette planned everything down to the last detail, even telling Kirstens Mum to ask Kirsten not to tell anyone about the supposed dinner that night. Then you wouldnt be worrying g about these people being the Life of the Party. Theres a reason why they changed the names for the movie because it was a fictionalized version and seemed entirely based on Bernadettes version of events and not anyone elses. I know a gal who knew someone who knew Kirsten. Snotty people blamed her publicly and without mercy.. shame on them, you know who you are. Bernadette was Shady then, shady now. She lived big. Setting up a fake meeting and lying about a Party is Strange and Weird. As Kirsten headed towards her house from Alex's car, she spotted Bernadette on the street and headed towards her. She looked like Kirsten with her curly hair, and the Life of the Party like Kirsten. Theres usually a reason why. I dont think she was, just a teen girl who was like the rest in competition. No right to murder. Word was that girls were safe because raping a girl is irresponsible and could get them fired because girls could get pregnant and priest need to bring money in, not pay out for 18 years. Ok, I agree with you that Kirsten was better-looking, but you realize that Bernadette was part Italian, right? I mean she stabbed another girl to death because she was afraid to get made fun of at school or be outed or whatever. I also noticed, in both movies, Bridget/Angela kept staring at Kelly/Stacy. First, she never made it to the cheerleading team and did not make it to the yearbook staff. Death of a Cheerleader is a 2019 Lifetime Made-for-TV Movie. Youre no better than Bernadette haters as well. The film explores the events that lead up to, and play out, after the murder, shocking the community to its core. Unfortunately, she faced numerous obstacles at becoming as cool as her idol. She was just as mean and snooty as the rest and stuck up to. Kirsten loved to joke and tell funny jokes to. Every School has kids people dont like! "I lost for cheerleader and I didnt get the club I wanted and I didnt get (on the) yearbook (staff)," Costas' murderer explained in a taped confession cited by Los Angeles Times. Bernadette really should have left her alone. So Mats Bernadette was Sweet. They might not win but they can make a case for smearing the name of their daughter if indeed she was not a bully. Not boring (ugly, maybe, not boring), and also thus not a natural blonde. You need to stop defending yourself and own up to the damage you did. You act dumb you wont fit in (anywhere). Sorry about that. As for LF aka LP she just disappeared off the map somehow. She has a right to Privacy. She was friendly, but kind of Arrogant as well. It seemed like Bernadette needed intense psychotherapy for her issues. It put a huge impact on our lives, first dealing with the loss of Kirsten, then finding out a girl we all trusted was the one responsible, that is something g that scattered our lives. After her mother read it, she picked her up from school and went to the police station to record the confession. I must further observe that we have a kind of "Alice in Wonderland" situation here. Just because there was bullying in a fictional movie, doesnt mean the Bernadette was bullied by Kirsten in real life. 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Otherwise, her new identity would have surfaced as well. Until something happens. She didnt like their ways mostly. It took investigators some time to conclude the case, which is quite baffling when looking back at the circumstances leading to the murder. I knew both gals. I saw an interview with one of her classmates who described her as mean. I hardly knew this girl. Dont let that sweet innocent act fool you. Bernadette joined the Bobbies, a volunteer group created to organize fundraisers and other charitable events. Not to mention all over the world. So Vanessa I answer your questions. Oh youre so pretty and popular and amazing I think thats what Kirsten meant by her friend getting weird Then she killed her rather than have Kirsten tell everyone she was a lesbian. I was told she had no known enemies. That night, Bernadette told her mother they needed to talk, but Elaine Protti said she was tired. 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. Orinda was not Beverly Hills. Bernadette is in her fifties and may have changed her name to Jannette Tomanka. Firstly, Bernadette failed to get in the coveted cheerleading team, and secondly, she did not make it to the yearbook staff. 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 watched 2 girls take the blame and did absolutely nothing about it. Anyway, the past cannot be erased, rather we can learn from every instance and scenario. There were a lot of girls at Miramonte they didnt like or fit in, they ran them all out, not just Nancy, she wasnt alone, neither was Joanna, but they act like they were the only victims there. To them maybe. But you are not making her case by behaving like a bully yourself. I dont see how Kirsten was worse than any teenage girl. The reporter had misunderstood. But first, let us briefly tell you what its about. She was mercilessly cruel to anyone who was nothing like her although death in my opinion was far too good for her or any other bully. Firstly, Bernadette is an insentient and abhorrent human being. Not saying its you, but a lot of Similarities. In the beginning, the investigators had suspected Nancy Kane, a girl that happened to be bullied by Kirsten a lot. (Bernadettes sister, Virginia, a bank examiner who took the witness stand, said she left foot-and-a-half-long knives in the car to slice tomatoes at lunchtime.). Most teen girls are smart alecky and mean. She kissed the popular girls butt in order to be popular. This whole story is just disgusting. Is the actor married or in a long term relationship? What a bizarre story. I lost for cheerleader. LP even if she doesnt get around to much to see people, Im sure theres a purpose in her life to. That Mats Chick dont know her head from her Butt. Was Kirsten and her friends a lot of fun to hang with, and did they party? Calling her a B and saying she dressed nice in an interview. LP was a lot like Kirsten. Several girls in Interviews said they didnt want to be found cause there years at Miramonte wasnt the best. 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. This is when the case went to the FBI. 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. She hasnt been there in awhile that I know of. Melissa Womer: children, Jim Carrey, net worth, latest updates. After her sentencing, Bernadette was sent to California Youth Authority in Ventura, where she completed high school and received her GED. So the Mats either youre Berns Sisters, Berns BFF, or even Bern herself. Kirstens friendship meant so much to her, she would go on and on about it. And back then Bernadette was never going to admit that. Im sure at Reunions they are. Maria Its about time on other sites told all about Kirsten and how much fun loving she was. We dont care how mean she was,:sure you werent so much a Saint yourself at Miramonte. Like I said, I wasnt there, but if she was Bullying Bernadette, why didnt Bernadette just beat her up and whip on her good? "Our community is devastated. She wont be going back to Orinda its highly likely she wont. READ MORE: The real death of a cheerleader story (1985).