I watched the movie again (both versions) and I have to agree with Miss Kiwi. She needed friends, more encouragement from teachers, not teasing and ostracisation. I agree with Karen, you cant prove Kirsten bullied Bernadette. Yes Kirsten May of been Snooty, but she was also adorable to those who knew her. That way she would of learned and been afraid, no she took the Coward Way out and Murdered, and Bernadette was chasing after Kirsten. Does it make you feel good to knowingly lie about a dead murdered girl? I knew both gals. Kirstens friends who said she was nice, well they were all in some (Clique) and stuck together and helped one another out. Im disgusted. Associate Professor Emerita. I saw an interview with one of her classmates who described her as mean. View Angela Delvecchio results in New York (NY) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. When Berit said yes, the caller replied that someone would pick Kirsten up by car, and that no one else should know of the plans. Her family was not the same. What teen isnt? Shes older also. She still is as far as Im concerned. The latest Tweets from Angela Del Vecchio (@angidelvecchio1) That leaves only the knife and whether its true or not a witness corroborated the girls account. However, the narrative eventually expands into a number of different dimensions. Like I said, Im sure theres a purpose somewhere to where she can make a difference in someones life today, she was a lot like Kirsten Costas. While she lacked the blond good looks of many of her friends, she had beautiful olive skin, and when she pulled her curly hair brown with golden highlights back from her forehead, her mother thought Kirsten looked like a Vogue model. And whenever she went to that parking lot to say that she admired Kirsten, thats probably the reason why she said her friend Got weird. I would have gotten weirded out too if my friend addmitted that she thought that I was perfect, pretty, and good at everything. Probably was, she allowed 2:girls to take the blame. Kirsten was Cute and so funny and bouncy and full of energy and Life. She was good at that. I didnt know her, but had a friend whos Facebook friend did. She has Kirstens demeanor. It has changed a bit in Backyard Hockey because in the older games, her outfit looks like overalls. She was then driven to an empty car- park at night and was justifiably angry with Bernadette over it. It'snot too hard to believe that the "it" actors in young Hollywood - especially those who worked the TV movie-of-the-week circuit - were friendly or had been co-workers previously. So she had money, her family did. Everybody who knew her just loved her well most everybody. She is still remembered for her heinous crime- murdering a young girl named Kirsten Marina Costas in 1984. Kirsten from my Understanding was Self Absorbed and a Snob, but not a Bully. She's the only backyard kid with a pitching rating of 10, and she does not disappoint. Living in orinda back in the 80s&90s was no easy task if you indidnt wear the right clothes or drive the nice brand new car you wernt shit . A couple of them did, Bern just looked the other way. About seventeen years ago, Arthur and Berit Costas moved from Oakland to Orinda seeking a beautiful, safe community with good schools. I so disagree with some of the posters. She didnt Bully Bernadette, Just was irritated cause she lied to her, and her mom about the Party, and all. Girls are graded by twenty judges, and are told their fate at an Academy Awards-type ceremony where outgoing cheerleaders pluck names from envelopes, giving the winners kisses and flowers. I instantly knew it had to be a true-life story. I wasnt Popular and Kirsten liked me and was nice to me. So I can tell you kids in these upper class schools are not angels and theyre raised not to be by their parents, who were the same way when they were in school. Put God first. A sane or fragile person would not have been able to endure being confronted with so much pain that they were responsible for, yet Bernadette could and did. Still wasnt right. If Kirsten was mercilessly cruel to Bernadette, it would have been brought up at Bernadettes trial which would have strengthened her case, but it wasnt brought up because it didnt happen. Thank God Im out of high school now and dont have to deal with all that social crap. How do you know she was mean? 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. I bet she finally became an outcast fro supporting Bernadette. She wasnt the Lonely girl with one friend, had Plenty of friends, was about as Popular as Kirsten was, just didnt see it. Being disgusted that the murderer allowed two innocent girls to be accused of the murder? Kirsten didnt like people who acted (Dumb) or got into trouble and cause trouble. Kirsten never gave Bernadette any thought. I still cant help from thinking that, but largely I think B killed K because K was blocking B from her rise in popularity. Thats a much more obvious motive. How did you talk and act around those girls, ask yourself that! Kirsten was SelfAbsorbed not mean and bullish. Even if she was, no right to murder her. She was young and like any teen finding her way around. I can see Kirsten not wanting to be bothered with her. Lot of weirdos on this thread. Kirstens friends arent either (not one bit). [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. Not when she robbed a girl in the Spring of her life, and robbed her of a Family, graduating from High School, and Marrying a nice man, and whatever she planned to become in the future, Bernadette took it all from her. 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? Stuck up she was, no Bully. Bernadette Protti, a fellow student at Miramonte High School in California, was the one who took the life of Kirsten Costas in 1984. (The misfits) we really didnt see them as Misfits. Were not sympathizing with you, (grow up and get over it) Theyre not going to beg you to come, and if you dont want to be found cause your life was miserable, were not really interested in finding you and apologizing. So RuPaul,Kelly and Sarah, you all need to get facts before you say Kirsten got what she deserved. I was told she had no known enemies. 5.0 Provides follow-up as needed. Kristen was adorable. If we have the fear of God n understand the importance of Gods creation. So no she is a Psychopath. Several on the site say Kirsten was Sweet Cute and Funny. I guess Bullying Justifies Murder, the way youre putting it, Kirsten is the real Vicitm, not Bernadette. Death of a Cheerleader/A Friend to Die For, Baby Ruth candy bars & chocolates, the way they used to be years ago. 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? Kirsten had exotic features from her full volumes curly locks to her tan skinnot to mention her eyes were also sky blue. She didnt like Nancy and a few others. 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. Just because the Costas had millions of dollars and Are socialites Of the upper class community Does not give their family the right to treat others like dirt. Kirsten liked almost everybody. Bernadette is still a Pathetic Loser, and always will be. But it is a very old case and Bernadette is no where to be found,(or cares to be)by other than family. The school was no more competitive than any other school around anywhere. Bern want the poor girl Deployed in the movie. 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:]. She had an issue, and if what Kirstens friends say are right about her and being so bold to outspoken maybe she recognized that the girl wasnt wrapped too tight but being young didnt know the term, hence calling her weird. Harold Henthorn: Where Is He Now? Get yourself checked out! They are Cat Mean. [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. Be honest with yourselves. Plenty of facts support that view. 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. Im sure she dont really like Bernadette, and she wouldnt go out to dinner with her, or have her over for dinner or go places with her, and welcome her with open arms. She only had Certain friends. Until something happens. 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. The release of Protti was met with vehement opposition from Costass parents. ( Some did) I did cause it was getting ridiculous. Changing your name does not change your being, by the way. Repeats itself, repeats itself, repeats itself, ugh. I hope shes not sick esp. Neither does a lot of former classmates. Did you know Bernadettes bff? Love your integrity on all this. We all had enemies and faults and all teen girls are Caddy and mean at some point, no reason to die, they outgrow it in adulthood, most do anyways, some never do. Maybe they were misunderstood, I didnt hate any of them, I just got the feeling they looked down on me, and didnt feel as though I belonged. 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. By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man; body, mind and spirit. ~ Mahatma Gandhi. So start the story there. After the awful occurrence, Protti changed her name officially and moved to a different location so that she might begin a new family there. She could have gotten all of her 9 years. Mandy, No sense talking about it now, its done and over with. Youve got to be kidding right?! Read the posts from August 2019. her friends portray her as an Angel of course they do, but she did make snide remarks to people who werent like her. Bernadette was sweet, cant imagine her even capable of something like Murder, but she was. I got the impression they were both Stuckup ( Bernadette and Kirsten) they were friends to. Help Center Contributor Zone Polls. It just became a War between the 2 which one was better, and Kirsten was, and Bernadette wanted to be, and Kirsten was in her way. You guys are kidding yourselves. Bernadette was snotty to. If not, I doubt she worries about the past. Required fields are marked *. Feeling bad for Bernadette bc was a pathetic, weak, emotionally unstable girl, fragile or whatever doesnt change the fact that shes also a murderer. She may live a Quiet life, but she is still a Killer. Kirsten was, and classmates mostly said she was a free fun spirit with a big heart and love for life. 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. Leave a review . She didnt like their ways mostly. Some girls considered all those girls Stuck up they considered Bernadette as well. She just got irritated cause Bernadette lied to her and lured her out under false Circumstances, Id be annoyed and Angry to. Kristen was a bitch (sorry, fact), who would roll her eyes at randoms and point and laugh at people. lifetime Death of a Cheerleader - What Happened to Angela Delvecchio? Every Murdered person was once someones child, parent, sibling or spouse. Honestly! Costas was the victim of the assault. And she still got a second chance at life. Dont trust someone like that. No, it is about love, people. is it really about wealth, splendour etc? You and your hotshot friends don't take jobs like this because you're like great humanitarians. No one deserves to be murdered. 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. The affluent residents of Orinda cite good schools and a crime-free environment as the main reasons they moved to the town. Man you all just know Kirsten a small World. Nobody was all that nice to each other because that was the culture parents included even more so than the kids. A lot of girls are Conceited, dont mean they deserved to be Murdered. Also people dont want to be around someone who makes a butt out of themselves and acts like an idiot, its to embarrassing. 99.7 percent of teen girls are Smart alecks. People who are spouting off on Kirsten are either Rejects, or friends or family of (Bernadette). Between 10-15 years ago bullying came into the news. Why cant people leave this case alone. There is no need to BULLY someone who is poor which is what Kristen did!!! Believe me it was a 6 month witch hunt. 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. Never wished Kirstens unfortunate death, she may of been misunderstood, but she never talked to me, neither did Bernadette. Angela Delvecchio currently lives a married life with her husband and child in Portland, Oregon. I dont see how Kirsten was worse than any teenage girl. 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?. It seemed like Bernadette needed intense psychotherapy for her issues. She fit it fine and was considered to be popular in her own way. She is rumored to have "two left feet". She's got a crafty slowball, a nasty right hook, and a . 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. Dont matter if Kirsten was a bully or the meanest girl ever, you haters on her leave her alone and let her Rest In Peace. Really? Bernadette was not only bitter and resentful that she was not selected for cheerleading or the yearbook committee, but she was also envious of Kirstens well-known life and the success she had achieved. I even was smart alecky as a teen, its just something that takes over your mind and body. Shes pretty much out of the picture, her YouTube gets messages from (Kirsten from Heaven) thats sick whoevers doing that. Interesting. 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. As for me, Im the same age as the girls involved in the case. To bad she did cause Im sure she would of grown out of her ways and be a positive influence in someones life today even. Even if her friend was bullying dont give right to take life. Wish someone would come back on here and tell us more about it. I was a year behind those girls, Bernadette was mean to me, she was stuck up also. Cant blame Kirsten if you werent popular, maybe ask yourself why. Why are you victim shaming ? Wow all this bantering back and forth how sad. I was even accused of being (Stuck up) We were all just Misunderstood. Google it and Season 1 thru 3 Lindsey is on there. With this Virus, and now George Floyd, ( and the Riotings all over) Im deeply surprised people still are discussing Bernadette Protti on here, and other sites. Same for Karen Severson and Laura Doyle theyre cold blooded killers to, Missy was Kirstens age, this happened not long after Kirsten was Murdered. i feel sorry.for any poor sap who has to live in her neighborhood because like the investigator wisehart said she has a hidden trigger that anyone can pull just by not giving her what she thinks she.should get in a relationship. Wish someone who knew facts would tell us about the real events leading up to Kirstens death. as bad as she wanted her friendship. Im betting youre some white chick who wouldnt know. The movie hinted at Bernadette being gay but only a hint. Bernadette what you did was disgusting period and the only tiny way you can have the smallest amount of self respect would be to publicly come out and admit to the world that you too were an asshole, and Kirsten did not deserve what you did. The 90210 star had also worked with Marley Shelton before, who played Jamie Hall in the 1996 movie,Scream. I know this because I was there in the same class of Kirsten and Bernadette. These 15 vintage Halloween cards for kids were super cute ways to say boo! As for Bernadette, do I believe she was a nice girl, yes I believe she was, but she became overly jealous that led her to rage and murder. Mats Above a girl is dead, as a result from the girl who had a Sweet Melancholy. You can also get our free newsletter, follow us on Facebook & Pinterest. The movie and rolling stone for both girls in a narrative to sell newspapers. Being disgusted with a murderer and defending a murder victim? This is Bern or her sister, or even BFF. Angela DelVecchio, APRN, FNP MDI Hospital 10 Wayman Lane Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207 288-5081 At Mount Desert Island Hospital, we provide comprehensive care for you and your family through our hospital in Bar Harbor and a network of health centers across Mount Desert Island. 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. We all have a breaking point. We had honor students who were kind of poor, but we loved them, and learned from them. 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 her husband knew all along about her. She called Bernadette on her bizarre behavior that night, and if Bernadette would of left Kirsten alone, it would of never reached that Point, and Kirsten would still be alive maybe even today. 2016 - 2020. I dont think she was, just a teen girl who was like the rest in competition. Im incandescent with rage. I was in the artsy and nerd group to. Thats different, and usually those were the ones that were irritating and annoying. You the one who told about the girls ran out of Miramonte as well. Kirsten was gorgeous! Your email address will not be published. Very, very mean. She clearly wasnt happy with them and their old, unfashionable selves either, adding that they didnt give her, their 6th child, the attention she so desperately wanted. It sounds like something Berns BFF called Kirsten, that or Virginia Protti, it is someone close to Bern. i remember always thinking that Bs case would had been much different today. She probably just told her off, like she did the others. Like Missy Availa saying she was roughish and wild and Loose, didnt give Karen Severson and Laura Doyle any right to murder her either. I been bullied to. I dealt with it so I know. If it was national news, I missed it. Im sorry but I disagree. Also McDonald I heard of her on these sites. Karen, its true, Bernadette was obsessed with Kirsten . When Angela cleans off the knife with which she stabbed Stacy, she does so by running it under water and wiping it with a towel, leaving both her and Stacy's DNA all over it, the towel and in the drain. Maybe things wouldve been different for her and she would still be here today. In PEOPLE, the article stated that Bernadette feared hurting her family by leaving them behind: If I kill myself, I will hurt people even more (my family). [13 May 1985, Arthur Lubow] I think its also safe to assume that her Catholic faith played a part in her decision. At the time, sheriffs deputies were searching for the cheerleader who stabbed Kirsten Costas. Kirsten wouldnt give you the time of day especially if you werent in her (group). To much detailed stuff if you ask me. That wasnt right, but when you run loose people think youre asking for it. Any more update regarding Bernadette and the family members of both girls? Your eyes are deceiving you. I clearly remember hearing about the shocking murder a frightening mystery that colored every day and night in Orinda until an arrest was made. Self Absorbed yes. Not when she was bullied and pushed to her limit!! Some she didnt like, Usually the ones no one else (liked). Her inadequacies were all created by her and in her own head and she murdered Kirsten as a result. 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. I read alot om her to. If Bernadette had considered Kirstens familys feelings at all, she wouldnt have stolen Kirsten from them by brutally murdering her. Regardless she didnt deserve to die, and she isnt the only one who laughed at people in High School. So yes it sucks to be bullied, but that is no excuse for any kind of physical action. Some by the time theyre 18 depends on the maturity level theyre at. How? I mean she stabbed another girl to death because she was afraid to get made fun of at school or be outed or whatever. Thanks for visiting and for supporting a small business! You that said Kirsten was mean, dont know her, or anything about her. Protti received the maximum possible punishment of nine years, although she was released on parole after only seven years at the age of 23. It is done and over and over 3 decades. I cant get to the point quickly. So bullies need to die. The sad thing is that adults act the same way. Not a plaine jane.get real. It doesnt sound as if Kirsten bullied Bernadette, other than the one comment about her ski gear. You said your Sister was a friend of both girls? NEXT: Netflix's Cheer: Where the Cheerleaders Are Now, 10 Awesome Facts You Need To Know About The Lifetime Film, A Friend To Die For, 90210's Tori Spelling Can't Be on Real Housewives Because She's 'Too Nice', 10 Best High School Movies Of All Time (Ranked By Rotten Tomatoes), Heroes: How Saving The Cheerleader Saved The World (It's Not What You Think, Netflix's Cheer: Where the Cheerleaders Are Now. I think Bernadettes Youtube is fake now. She isnt outgoing like she use to be, I can see why, she has to watch over her head. You call the pic of her double chin better looking? Shame on you calling a dead girl names. 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. I just hear she stays mostly to herself and dont see much of former classmates. True if no one liked you she didnt either she was nasty to some people. How was Bernadette a fragile human being? Why isnt anyone talking about the incompetency of the police here? Following a conversation with an FBI agent who informed her that her arrest was imminent and that they knew that she had killed Kirsten, Protti wrote her mother a letter in which she made a full confession. Its in a teen girls blood to be Caddy and mean its just normal, but that dont give anyone the right to take someone elses life. 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. 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. 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. Anyway, the past cannot be erased, rather we can learn from every instance and scenario. Even if Kirsten was a Snot, she would of grown out of it long before now. We are all different. Doesnt make her a killer, thats being a teenager but dont make it sound like she just said shut up thats unrealistic. I never wished for Kirsten to die like she did, that was horrible. She had friends to, some were Bernadettes, and they dont care to hear from or about Bernadette anymore. Im sure she does, look at her life, and where shes been, and how the media harasses her, not saying she dont deserve it, which she does, but if she is sick, then leave her alone. Growing up there for me was different, I got along with people, and didnt try so hard being popular. Angela DelVecchio - @Angel_Delvec Journalist, writer, mom, and animal lover Angela DelVecchio Goodson - @AngelaDelVecch6 Human Mom, Dog Mom. Well based on the movie Yeah, thats your problem. That could hurt much more than death.
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