Here is a quote from January 2016 on her Jeannette Tomanka blog:
"Don’t keep bringing up people’s mistakes, especially if they’ve paid the price. I don’t like to have my past mistakes thrown in my face, so I try very hard not to do that to others. Even people who make serious mistakes that may have resulted in the death of someone (like drunk driving) deserve a chance to rebuild their lives and move on, especially if they are truly repentant and served time. Every one of us has made mistakes, some worse than others, but we all should help each other move past them."
Here is a photo of the quote from her blog:
Wow. I completely missed this originally. What do y'all think?
I missed it also, until someone here pointed it out...I found it very cryptic and interesting. Thanks for putting it on here for others to see!
ReplyDeleteSounds like sensible and compassionate advice. Of course she is alluding to herself and the current online witch hunt. So what? Is this woman never again allowed to express an opinion about anything without being subjected to judgement from the mob? Good grief.
ReplyDeletePeople like you guys are the reason for the word BULLY. That woman has a life now. Leave her be! All you are proving is that all of you are nothing but spightful, monsterous, ugly trolls! Your hateful snobish friend got killed for that. Lord if any of you bitches have children I hope and pray their fathers have taught them better!! I pray they dont fall into someone who does them like you have that woman.
DeleteShe killed a young girl out of pitty an got 8 years. People like you^ are why some states don't have death penalties anymore, smh
DeleteWell of course she is going to have that stance on forgiveness - her entire existence depends on it. I personally don't take life advice from convicted murderers. She also needs to look up what the word feminist means, because she has no idea.
ReplyDeleteI noticed this and found it quite suspicious. She really just wants people to forget what she did, but we won't. And S. is correct. She really doesn't know what "feminist" means. She's very misguided.
ReplyDeleteOnline witch hunt? mob? How ridiculously dramatic. This blog and others are incredibly tame when referring to Bernadette.
ReplyDeleteA mistake is bumping into another car in the parking lot, forgetting your partner's birthday, or washing colors with whites. Referring to Kirsten's murder as a "mistake" attempts to diminish its seriousness. Kirsten's murder wasn't a "mistake". It appears to have been premeditated.
"Compassionate" indeed. She is so compassionate that she writes abhorrent comments about her murder victim and insults others who support her murder victim. What a shame Bernadette doesn't have the nerve to address people directly if she has an issue with them, rather than writing the same drivel under "anonymous".
Very true. I get some backlash from this blog but I know so much more. I know everything u think I could possibly know. Schools address photos ect. I do not put anything up about her husband and kids. I would never cross that line. When people post phone numbers and jobs I delete them. This is not for online harrassment. But people deserve to know where these released killers live sorry. It's no different then a sex offender. Do we want them released and just slip back into society as if nothing happened in the name of forgiveness?
DeleteAnd another thing, Jeannette is still concerned about what others think. Our forgiveness doesn't mean jack shit. The only people who's forgivness matters is God's and Kirsten's family. Stop caring about what "we" think. She cared so much about what Kisten thought she killed her.
Britt, I know quite a bit, too. Not from the past but what's going on now. I have s question, was the party (the one thrown by her friend's older brother) real? Is there any evidence of that party existing?
DeleteThis is extremely unfortunate for Kristen's family and friends!!! As for Bernadette or Janette or whatever her name is, it all boils down to PRIVILEGE, there are people who served WAY more time for Marijuana possession!!! And as far as her serving her time and paying the price, BIH please! People with DUIs dont endure their punishment and then start driving again... they serve time, pay heavy fines take classes and lose the privilege to drive ... she did her punke ass 7 years, got out, and is living a good life!! Fak her and her feelings, and anybody who thinks otherwise! I wonder if they feel the same way about other "less privileged" individuals who suffer the consequences of the despair of their environment? Or is your sympathy reserved for spoiled brats who don't have enough self love to not care about what others think of them, or which high school crowd they associate with?
DeleteYou are sooo right! Most insightful by far!
Delete"But people deserve to know where these released killers live sorry. It's no different then a sex offender"
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Don't apologize.
"Our forgiveness doesn't mean jack shit. The only people who's forgiveness matters is God's and Kirsten's family"
I agree. She didn't even apologize to Kirsten's family.
"Stop caring about what "we" think"
She has no control over what people think or write and she should accept the fact that some people are always going to think she is vile and despicable.
"She cared so much about what Kisten thought she killed her"
It's still so shocking and tragic. People should be informed about a person like that.
Completely agree people should know if a convicted murderer is living next door to them!
DeleteWhat kind of backlash do you get?
ReplyDeleteGod forgives the very worst of people, he sent his Son to doe for our sins, even Bernadette s.
ReplyDelete"he sent his Son to doe for our sins"
ReplyDeleteHe sent his son to deer for our sins?
Stop this crap, Stephanie.
Or at least stop relying on Autocorrect. Jeez, don't you read your own posts before you hit Publish?
ReplyDeleteYes I do I'm not Stephanie either ai keep tellin ya. My name is Susan you're half right starts with a S.
ReplyDeleteSusan I'm from Kentucky. Lexington area.
ReplyDeleteI think you're crazy
DeleteShe thinks she has done her time but she really hasn't. She needs to keep telling herself she has done her time so she can look at her family in the face everyday. Meanwhile inside she knows she is different, she knows she did wrong. This is what makes her dangerous, psychotic, emotionally detached, and straight up evil. It's unfortunate when she dies, she will still not have any feeling just left in between 2 dimensions never will have peace...
DeleteSusan I'm from Kentucky. Lexington area.
ReplyDeleteOh God, please just STFU.
ReplyDeleteLMAO :')
ReplyDelete"I'm from Kentucky. Lexington area"
ReplyDeleteSure you are, "Susan". I live on the moon with Jesus and Elvis.
Good GOD, Virginia Protti Varela: Do you ever STOP??!!! I can (and HAVE) read EVERY SINGLE remark on this entire site, and I can ALWAYS tell when it is YOU (of course, using MULTIPLE aliases) trying to DEFEND your murderer of a Sister. Your arrogance knows no bounds. PLEASE GO AWAY!!!
ReplyDeletePerson above: I think you're right that it's Virginia Protti Varela. She really isn't helping her sister at all. What an atrocious family.
ReplyDeleteI find it hard to believe and a little scary that a few days after I commented on this blog on another thread that this person above claims they are from the same area that I live in. Especially, when they're very obviously lying about who they are in the first place.
ReplyDeleteSeriously Elizabeth? Do you mean "get over the past"?
ReplyDeleteShe is writing under different handles for the purpose of pushing people's buttons. She's in Britain, so she can't get to you. I agree it is weird though.
Elizabeth, your comment on the "Beautiful photo of Kirsten" write-up has your full name. Ask the author of the blog to remove it. The name of the person pretending to be from you area is Stephanie Durney.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I will do that.
DeleteIf she is so remorseful why does Jeannette keep jokingly referring to herself as a life hacker. She must believe that she really put one over on the justice system.
ReplyDeleteExactly! It wouldn't surprise me if she looks back at it with great glee!
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ReplyDeleteBernadette was never bullied and why people support her is way beyond my imagination. So i am guessing it is ok that she killed kirsten and tarnished her reputation but kirsten was à sweet girl.
ReplyDeleteAll. Bernadette wanted was to be at the top and to be something she wasnt. Didnt have the good looksand sge wasnt near Kirstens group if she d laid off. Kirsten she wouldnt of been able to expose her weirdness and her rocky reputation would be tarnished forever well it is defonatelt now to whete she cant attend reunions or come back to. Miramonte if. Kirsten did expose her the lods would of matured by now eben. Kirsten and she may of been able to attend and not have to chang w hername. Was it wirth all that Bernie.Im
ReplyDeleteShe wouldnt of had a rocky reputation if sje just left. Kirsten alone and stop so hard trying to social clomb to the top and she ended up at the very bottom allowing 2 innocent girls to take the blame. Im glad she got publically humiliated and ridiculed at her trial they werent there for. Bernadette community wanted her to pay for what she did. Shes so messed up she probaly thought they were there on her honor shes tgat goofy.
DeletePlease, enough of the reunion nonsense. It's obvious she won't go.
ReplyDelete"Didnt have the good looksand sge wasnt near Kirstens group if she d laid off".
What????
Did she have "rocky reputation"?
" the lods would of matured by now eben"
?????
She has a rocky reputation now she felt ss she had one eay back then she was insecure she gad friends people liked her till she murdered and. Nancy Kane was pophlar once but she grew out of yhe.mode Bernadette wad popular in ger own wau she didnt think so may of been how her sisters wete yreated they were misfits the banker was for sure
ReplyDeleteShe wanted Kirsten to loke her so badly to be bffs cpuldnt accept. Kirsten thoight sje was alright as a person she had to dig deeper sje was alot more popilar than her sisters and they accepted it.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, I appreciate your opinions, but it's difficult to decipher your comments.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean the banker was for sure?
Where are you getting the info that Bernadette wanted badly to be bffs with Kirsten?
"Kirsten thoight sje was alright as a person she had to dig deeper sje"
What does that mean?
No disrespect to you, but It's best not to post when drunk.
Sorry Ill wait till sobber
ReplyDeleteYou're either drunk, or you type your comments with your feet.
ReplyDeleteThat's by far the funniest comment I've read on anything today!
DeleteIt is hard to take people seriously when you can't understand them.
ReplyDeleteWhy did she insist on going through with the trial? The sentence would be the same regardless of whether it was first or second degree. Unless she has a twisted desire for the spotlight why not just bypass the court trial. If she really wants the spotlight that might explain the FB page where she keeps calling herself a life hacker. I'd love to read the doctor's notes on her mental state.
ReplyDeleteI really don't know. I don't think she insisted on going through with the trial. I didn't think she had a choice in the matter. She deserved to be named and shamed at the trial.
ReplyDeleteTrial was a complete joke. She got off easily. Everyone was mad at the verdict. Mrs Costas had alot of supporters for her all through that difficult time Kirsten s friends classmates and parents and rhe Costas s friends were there the entire time those who want to know about. Bernadette s trial. Berit anf. Att had alot of supporters thete and they all hated Bernade5e and outed her. Theres ypur answer
ReplyDeleteWanna know about Bernadettes old high school guy she was seeing at first it went well after he found out she murdered Kirsten, he outed her and hated her to. Was a good friend ofv Kirstens boyfriend no. Kirstens boyfriend never liked Bernadette he didnt think she was cool or pretty enough to he a Bobbie, and told Kirstens boyfriend why her shecs not pretty but he said ugly. I told you all I lnow, want.mo info go to East Bay Slaying of Kirstem Costas alot of news articles ppp up tells about the 2 oringinal girl's blamed, stidents apologized to both girls and all Kirstens friends, family, classmates and family friends went to the trial, to publically humiliate Bernadettr so shed know they hated her. Kirstens friends and family planned that to make Bernadette pay for her crime and lies. Just gpogle tge site it will tell ypu all aboit Bernadette actual clippings.
ReplyDeleteTime to move on. HS was over 30 years ago for you
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ReplyDeleteIt was the guy he was Kirstens boyfriend s bff. He stopped seeing. Bernadette fir some reason other than the fact.his bff never liked. Bernadette or other reasons but hzted her after she murdered his bff s girlfriend hos. Bff and. Kirstens friends along with. Costas s and thier friends planned the trial for public humiliation Nancy was a strong girl who took her part if kids harrassed her she got them offvher back. Joanna did by.leaving had a.mouth and cussed but they would leave her alone and.they knew it d bother Bernadette thats why they humilated her knew it would upset her and she wasnt that strong.
ReplyDeleteIt was the guy he was Kirstens boyfriend s bff. He stopped seeing. Bernadette fir some reason other than the fact.his bff never liked. Bernadette or other reasons but hzted her after she murdered his bff s girlfriend hos. Bff and. Kirstens friends along with. Costas s and thier friends planned the trial for public humiliation Nancy was a strong girl who took her part if kids harrassed her she got them offvher back. Joanna did by.leaving had a.mouth and cussed but they would leave her alone and.they knew it d bother Bernadette thats why they humilated her knew it would upset her and she wasnt that strong.
ReplyDeleteTBH, your comments are difficult to read. I would appreciate if you made your points clearer so they are easier to read. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBernadette was just insecure, so some didnt like her like. Kirsten and her boyfriend and a few of. Kirstens friends no reason to kill a person. We all have someone who doesnt like us
ReplyDeleteShe was her own worst enemy. She outed herself not Orinda s fault she subjected herself to humiliation and self laughter. She wasnt treated as poorly as her sisters they played cootie tag games about them 2 girls. No one wanted to touch her sisters. The one girl feels badly they teased her sisters and made fun of them. Never drank after them in water fountains kids cam be very cruel the older Protti girls were less fortunate than others. It shouldnt of impacted Bernadette it wasnt her they teased. They may of teased her over her sisters then.
Virginia d a banker. I think she was one they played cootie tag games about. She and. Mary Ann Berns other plder sister. They called them Protti private wouldnt use toilets after them. Thats in a article and one girl who was there regrets teasing her realizing its wrong. The Protti family has been teased alot and all that. The banker said she keeps a knife on her car to cut veggies. I dont think so needs jail also for perjury.
ReplyDeleteThe incoherent posts by Anonymous sound like the fantasies of a mentally unhinged person who is obsessed with this case, wishes she had been a witness, and has now found a platform from which to spew her bizarre musings. Just my two cents.
ReplyDeleteThe case is focused on.Kirsten, not Bernadette. Try losing a child esp to.murder or suicide, see how it feels. Not Protti sisters or Bernadette, dont care a thing about them. Mrs. Costas its not in her past, she misses Kirsten everyday of her life esp the fact Kirsten was one month short of her 16th Birthday. Aint a day goes by she doesnt misx her and the Missy Availa case her mom has never gotten past it, those 2 girls got alot more time than Bernadette they needed life to. Losing a child you never get over it, a part of you literally goes with the child. You want to protect that child, and you feel you failed your duty as a parent. You also expect your children to be there when you grow old and take care of you and bury you not you bury them. Mrs Costas is in. Hawaii to get rid of memories, and Mrs Availa moved alot also, hdr health isnt well. I hear not sure if she s still alive at this ppint.
ReplyDeleteDont care about Bernadettes old boyfriend, and his bff who waa Kirstens boyfriend and how he hated Bernadette, and all about them huniliating her at the trial, or how her sister s were teased, its about Kirsten and if we discuss trials its about how justice wasnt served. Bernadette should of gotten life no parole. If itd been up to ne she d gotten the death penalty an eye for an eye. You lose a child as I mentioned uts the worst pain you can endure and it will always stick with you. Justice was far from unfair.
ReplyDeletePeople who side with Bernadette if you have children try putting yourself in the. Costas s place what if it happened to you. Would you feel sorry for Bernadete then, or would you hate her? Costas s have everyright to hate her. So you people feeling sorry for Bernadete either you have no kids, and if so youre another Susan. Smith ir. Andrea Yates, or trash that didnt take care of your kids, has them taken from you, or gave them away or let a man molest them that would be a person who d support Bernadette or even like her. Shes not fit to be in the human race and neither are people who support her. I lived by a lady who sold her kids for drugs she was scum of the earth, not fit to be in the human race, she d like Bern and Laura Doyle and. Karen Severson. Missy Availa was alot like Kirsten, tiny and pretty. Both popular girls with the guys, Missy was a senior about to graduate frlm high school only 17 life was shorten over jealousy. Laura and. Karen aren't fit in the human race Karen gets on talk shows goes around schools and all over LA like she didnt a thing wrong. Dr Phil told her off called her a liar. Least she isnt running and hiding from it like. Bernadette is though.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, unless you can provide links to what you have written, people will think you are lying and making stuff up for attention. Why do you continue to mention Karen Severson or the other murderer of Missy Avilla on a Kirsten Costas blog. It would be best if you wrote your thoughts about Karen, Laura, Andrea, Susan....etc in a diary to get it our of your system, rather than a Kirsten Costas blog.
ReplyDelete"The incoherent posts by Anonymous sound like the fantasies of a mentally unhinged person who is obsessed with this case, wishes she had been a witness, and has now found a platform from which to spew her bizarre musings. Just my two cents"
ReplyDeleteThat seems to be the case, unfortunately.
Sounds like Bernadette is a bit of a narcissist and that she can only feel the pain of her own suffering. If Kristin was mean to Bernadette or not, there is no justification for killing another person. Bernadette obviously was or maybe still is a very troubled person and unless she received therapy, behavior does not change.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago, when her identity was leaked and all of this began, I thought it was wrong and stalking for people to bother this woman after so many years. This was my gut reaction. I thought this was wrong. I also thought of how we are different people in our immature teens and how horrible mistakes are made at that age, such as drunk driving. Yes, I did feel sympathy for Bernadette.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, I don't feel the same way today. I have a three year daughter and an infant son. I think being a mother now, I see everything so differently. I look at my beautiful sweet little girl, the most perfect little girl I have ever seen, and my heart breaks for Kirsten's mother. This murder was so senseless and it never had to happen. It did not have to happen. There was no reason for it. A sick murderer chose to take her life.
I look back at the movie and how it sympathizes with the murderer. Someone's little girl was brutally stabbed and a movie has demonizing her and portrayed her killer as a sensitive soul.
This was not drunk driving. This was not spur of the moment. This was not an accident. It was premeditated and there was hardly any justice. I can get it now, why people feel outrage.
I get it now.
I can't feel any sympathy for someone who makes jokes about violently killing another being. Her use of "life hacker" reveals no remorse whatsoever. It's as though she's bragging about getting away with it. Kind of a middle finger to the family and supporters of her victim. Stabbing Kirsten to death is a joke to her.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe she is religious at all. She must be an atheist who doesn't believe in consequences.
Thanks so much for grouping an atheist with a killer! Obviously you've never met or known an atheist. Just so you know, I am an atheist and I do not believe it is OK to kill anyone! I still have morals, feelings, compassion and understand consequences just because I don't believe in a " higher power". Look what the " christian" did, she murdered an innocent girl. With that being said, I don't believe she takes any responsibility for the murder and definitely should have received more of a sentence than what she got. Who hasn't felt picked on or wanted to fit in, this is not a reason to murder another human being!
DeleteHi Anonymous,
ReplyDelete"I also thought of how we are different people in our immature teens and how horrible mistakes are made at that age, such as drunk driving"
Most people are different in their teens, but as I wrote elsewhere on the blog, this wasn't your typical teenage shenanigans. It was cold blooded murder.
It was a lot more serious than a "horrible mistake". Mistake isn't a sufficient word to describe Bernadette's horrific behaviour. Teenagers don't normally butcher another person because the person understandably didn't appreciate being lured out of their house to a fake sonority initiation dinner by someone they weren't friends or even acquaintances with. It appears that Bernadette confessed her feeling of admiration for Kirsten, which coupled with being lured out of her house with a lie, would anger and perturb most people.
" This murder was so senseless and it never had to happen. It did not have to happen"
I agree. It was preventable.
The movie "Death of a Cheerleader" was based on a highly biased one-sided rolling stone article. The author of the article openly stated that he felt no sympathy for Kirsten and that attitude is clearly evident in "Death of a cheerleader" as he portrayed the character loosely based on Kirsten as unsympathetic and insufferable as possible so others would share his view. He also made money from tarnishing a murdered teenager's reputation.
I don't think there was any justice at all.
Hi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI agree.
I have mentioned that on the blog. She knew how the unfortunate phrase "life hacker" would be interpreted, yet she used it anyway. She was asked about it on the visitor posts section of her FB page and her response suggests it has a nefarious double meaning with the winking smiley face.
Hi Unknown,
ReplyDelete"she can only feel the pain of her own suffering"
I agree.
The following are quotes from the trial:
“Not many words about the victim but she seemed very concerned what would happen to her”
The detective that interviewed her stated that she only felt remorse for herself and didn’t care that she brutally murdered Kirsten. “Oda (detective who interviewed Bernadette) said Protti was determined to kill Costas if Kirsten did not agree “to be her friend and get her into the in-crowd.”
“The detective called Protti’s confession to authorities ”self-serving” and said that she was without remorse until she realized her arrest was imminent.”
“Asked what Kirsten had done to make her angry, Bernadette said: “I have a lot of inferiority feelings — and I really have bad feelings about myself. I lost for cheerleader. I didn’t get into the club I wanted to. I didn’t get on yearbook. So, I don’t know, I just felt bad.”
Bernadette said "she was really good at blocking [what had happened] out of her mind, and I still am,” she said later. “That’s why I can live through every day, because it doesn’t seem real.”
"If Kristin was mean to Bernadette or not, there is no justification for killing another person"
There is no evidence of Kirsten bullying Bernadette. If there was, surely she would have mentioned examples at her trial which would have strengthened her case, but she didn't. All she could recount was one incident about skis.
"Bernadette obviously was or maybe still is a very troubled person and unless she received therapy, behavior does not change"
Can a person really be sufficiently rehabilitated after committed such a heinous, monstrous murder? I don't know.
You need to quit stalking this woman! Something is wrong with you! MOVE ON! You really need to seek counseling - this is a serious mental issue.
ReplyDeleteBbmokc, get lost, you are either. Bernadette, or one of her twisted sister s or insane friends. You are the one who needs serious help, defending a cold hearted murder, you realize how serious of a crime this is. She took a life away from her family, friends, neighbors,and, classmates, how dare you to get on here and baffle at us for stalking. Do you like. Terrorists and. Charles Manson? That s the same as. Bernadette, Susan. Smith, and, Andrea. Yates. She killed a girl in cold blood, allowed the blame to rest on 2 innocent girls, not batting one eye. only confessed cause the FBI were closing in on her, she had no where else to turn. You like people who murder?
ReplyDeleteBbmock, we mostly discuss. Kirsten here on these sites, her life, and memories, we arent stalking. Bernadette, we dont do cold blooded killers on here, so put that in your pipe and smoke it and stay off these sites.
ReplyDeleteBbmokc is a pathetic coward.
ReplyDeleteI missed the above "bbmokc" comment. I'm assuming it was addressed to me as my comment is above it and you also called me names elsewhere on the blog. I know you wrote the comment last month, but I have no doubt that you will read my response because you appear to follow this blog and continue to come back to it.
ReplyDelete"You need to quit stalking this woman! Something is wrong with you! MOVE ON! You really need to seek counseling - this is a serious mental issue"
How have I "stalked" Bernadette?
My opinions of her are generally confined to this small blog. I don't follow her online in order to "harass" her and bombard her with my opinions of her. Your behaviour on this blog is an example of "stalking" and "harassing". You have written to my comments under different sections of the blog (I got email notifications), called me names and suggested that I have a mental issue that requires counseling because I feel sympathy for Kirsten, I'm disgusted with Bernadette's murder of Kirsten, I'm disgusted with Bernadette's behaviour after she murdered Kirsten and I'm disgusted with Bernadette's treatment of other people after she murdered Kirsten.
It's amusing that you have suggested that I have a "mental disorder", yet you have stated that Kirsten played a role in her murder and stated elsewhere that Kirsten's parents were to blame for her murder. You vociferously defended a murderer throughout the blog, yet you suggest that those that sympathize with a murder victim are mentally ill? You don't have any modicum of sense or possesses any degree of self awareness, which I find perplexing, odd and humorous.
I'm sure you wouldn't be telling anyone to "move on" if this was a blog that criticized Kirsten.
Bernadette is continually putting herself out in the public eye. Just stop your pretend blogs on every social media outlet. You and your family stay off of here. Live your life and go away. Why continue deleting comments off of your blogs? Do you not get it?
ReplyDeleteWhat role does Bill Cosby and JonBenet Ramsey play in all of this?
ReplyDeleteHi Kmaham,
ReplyDeleteShe won't stop the blogs. If it is her that is running the FB page and the blog, she has given the impression that referring to herself as a "lifehacker" in reference to Kirsten's murder is amusing. Individual's like that (sociopaths) are suggested to get off on negative attention.
Anonymous,
ReplyDelete"What role does Bill Cosby and JonBenet Ramsey play in all of this?"
I'm not above trolling, but your trolling efforts are abysmal. Why bring up a dead child? That's so tasteless. Since you are writing stupid questions, I'm sure you were also the one that wrote about your "pussy". Sadly, I'm sure you laughed very hard at that and thought you were very funny. You are about as funny as a pickaxe in the eye.
"I don't believe she is religious at all. She must be an atheist who doesn't believe in consequences. " - Anonymous
ReplyDeleteHey, moron, I'm an atheist. We believe in consequences, you prejudiced idiot. Jeannette is a Christian. You CAN be a Christian and be a bad person. I see it all the time. Christians are not perfect people.
Hi Frankie,
ReplyDelete"Jeannette is a Christian"
Yes, her family were Catholics. If she really believed in the teachings of Catholicism, she wouldn't have killed Kirsten."Thou shalt not kill" is one of the commandments and is considered to be a mortal sin that condemns one to hell. However, in Catholicism (someone can correct me if I'm wrong) if one is truly remorseful the sin is apparently forgiven. If there really was a God (I'm not suggesting that there isn't or is) and if a person committed such a brutal murder for such pathetic selfish reasons like Bernadette did, there would surely be judgement of some sort and feeling remorse would not excuse that.
Feeling remorse for a heinous murder doesn't bring the person you killed back or take away the pain and suffering of your victim's loved ones, which for them can last a lifetime. If you are capable of feeling remorse, you knew better than to murder a person in the first place which makes it worse.
I know. It bothers me greatly when people suggest that anyone who isn't Christian isn't "right." Atheists believe in consequences. We know right from wrong. I'm just pointing out that there are bad people from all walks of life, Christians included (obviously, with the Holocaust, the Crusades, abortion clinic bombings, prejudice, etc.). I don't like it when certain Christians act like they're untouchable.
ReplyDeleteHi Frankie,
ReplyDeleteI've found that those who are devoutly religious tend to be the biggest hypocrites of all.
Hi Frankie,
ReplyDeleteI know you were looking for the borderline article a while back. I posted the whole thing a few months ago in the comments section under the article "sorry for the wait....." (June 4)
Hi Purple haze! I agree with you about religious hypocrites. Drives me mad.
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know about the article! You're the best.
No prob, Frankie.
ReplyDeleteAll the best.
The article is not all posted in one go and there are comments between them, but you will find the 18 parts of the article (thy are numbered) if you scroll past the comments between them. All the best.
ReplyDeleteI read it. Wow. Jeannette really was just insane. That article, to me, makes it even clearer that Kirsten wasn't a bully. Sheesh, even the skis comment was most likely said jokingly. Jeannette took everything way too personally.
ReplyDeleteHi Frankie,
ReplyDeleteI agree that Bernadette was very, very sensitive and deranged. She appears to have been the type of person that would think that anyone who laughs near her is laughing at her.
"even the skis comment was most likely said jokingly"
I've written this before but it's true. Self consciousness attracts negative attention like blood to a shark and if Bernadette was so self-conscious of her skis and worried someone was going to say something, she should have had a retort or two ready. Rather than internalising whatever joke Kirsten made, Bernadette should have said something back.
Kirsten was so damn harmless and didn't deserve to be killed. That is not a normal response. If Kirsten was hazing Bernadette too much (it appears that they didn't interact much at all), a more "normal" reaction for a teen would be to punch the person in the face, not butcher them.
Yeah, Jeannette just comes across as a big baby. Oh no, someone made a joke about her crappy skis!
ReplyDeleteKirsten was absolutely right; she was/is WEIRD. Seriously unbalanced.
Hi Frankie.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how those who were seriously bullied and know that Kirsten wasn't the bad bitch depicted in the movie "Death of a Cheerleader" feel about Bernadette feeling victimised over one silly comment, or that she killed Kirsten because she felt victimised by Kirsten not taking kindly to Bernadette lying to her in order to lure her out of her house alone?
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ReplyDeleteHi Purple haze,
ReplyDeleteI was severely bullied from seventh grade on up through the first couple years of high school. It was ACTUAL bullying, like being jumped, being threatened, being verbally/emotionally and physically abused.
To me, it just makes it extremely laughable that Bernadette thought ONE SARCASTIC comment about her shitty skis was so awful. She obviously had no idea at all what it was like to be truly bullied. She just wanted to make excuses for committing an unprovoked, grisly murder. The last thing I wanted to do with my bullies was spend time with them. Had Kirsten really bullied her, Bernadette would not have tried to become her friend. She wanted to use Kirsten to climb the social ladder, that's all. When Kirsten didn't give her her way, she brutally murdered her. Bernadette's "bullying" was a joke and a lie. As someone who really suffered from bullying, I am personally offended that she tried to pass what Kirsten did off as bullying.
Hi Frankie,
ReplyDeleteSorry you went through that.
I know we all have different levels of sensitivity, but Bernadette appears to have been over sensitive to a ridiculous degree. She reminds me of something that happened a few years ago: I came across an old friend of mine who was working at a hotel desk and we were reminiscing about the past and laughing (laughing a bit loud at times). We were then interrupted by a very pissed off looking woman who was standing nearby and she demanded to know why we were laughing at her!? She mistakenly thought she was the subject of our hysterics. Bernadette reminded me of that woman and it really doesn't take much to trigger such a self-conscious, paranoid uber sensitive person.
"She just wanted to make excuses for committing an unprovoked, grisly murder"
I agree. Kirsten's reaction was perfectly understandable and justified when she discovered Bernadette lied to get her out of her house alone. Most people would have reacted like Kirsten. I don't think many people would respond well to discovering that someone they barely knew concocted a plan to get them out of their house alone by using their sorority as a ruse.
" Had Kirsten really bullied her, Bernadette would not have tried to become her friend"
Exactly. Surely bully victims hate the sight of their bullies and do whatever they can to avoid crossing paths with them.
"She wanted to use Kirsten to climb the social ladder, that's all"
Yes, she was using her and Kirsten probably caught on to that.
"Bernadette's "bullying" was a joke and a lie"
I agree.
Thank you for sharing that about your past. I hope things are better for you now. Bernadette wan't a victim of Kirsten, she was a victim of herself. Her inadequacies were self created. What a shame Bernadette's parents didn't understand how dangerous she was. She might have benefited from spending time in a Psychiatric facility and Kristen's murder may not have occurred.
Hi Purple haze,
ReplyDeleteThank you! I just think it's terrible that Kirsten has been painted a "bully" because of ONE JOKING COMMENT. All because Bernadette wanted people to think she had some sick justification for murdering Kirsten in cold blood. It makes me ill to think of. People need to know that that is not the truth, and that Kirsten never bullied Bernadette.
Hi Frankie,
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
"ll because Bernadette wanted people to think she had some sick justification for murdering Kirsten in cold blood"
That's what appears to have happened. It is sickening, very sickening.
"People need to know that that is not the truth, and that Kirsten never bullied Bernadette"
Hopefully this website will help with that if people are patient enough to trawl through the "arguments".
I know bullying comes in different forms, but it appears that Kirsten didn't interact very much at all with Bernadette. Also, if there was evidence of Kirsten bullying Bernadette, she would have given examples at her trial which would have strengthened her case and possibly portrayed her as a sympathetic character, which might have resulted in a shorter sentence (They knew the maximum she could serve was nine years). Why deliberately refrain from giving examples if doing so could have lead to a first degree murder conviction? If Bernadette was charged with first degree murder, it's highly possible she would have had to serve her full nine year sentence, so it doesn't make sense that she would withhold information.
It’s farcical and asinine to attribute one comment about skis to bullying, or to suggest that Kirsten's reaction to Bernadette was bullying when she discovered that Bernadette deceived her in order to lure her out of her house alone, or to suggest that Kirsten's reaction to Bernadette was bullying when she understandably didn't take kindly to Bernadette stalking her all the way to her house.
I'll give an example of bullying. When I was a teen there was a horrible individual who was very stocky, tall and strong for his age and he was physically violent, either with his fists, a hammer or a bicycle chain. A "tame" example of his bullying was when he put a dog collar on a harmless guy and "walked" the harmless guy on his knees in the rain through deep, wet, rain sodden mud. He also threatened the harmless guy with a knife to bark like a dog while he was being walked. Have you ever read Stephen's King's "IT"? The bully was seriously eerily similar to Henry Bowers. He was big, angry, impulsive, moronic and unpredictable which scared people. It's disgraceful that Kirsten was portrayed as Bernadette's bully and vilified as a result.
Can Anissa Jones play too?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by this comment?
DeleteAnonymous, Get a life, hon.
ReplyDeleteFrankie,
ReplyDeleteHave you watched "Landscape suicide" (1986) on youtube?. It is a re-enactment of Bernadette's FBI interview that was played in court.
Hey Utah! Fuck off with your pathetic spam!
ReplyDeleteIf this is true, sick.
ReplyDeleteWell, it is an unfortunate situation. I grew up in the bay area and remember this case. Seems to me that having groups like the Bob-O-Links or whatever they were called and just knowing what the kids at Miramonte were like all contributed to this mess.
ReplyDeleteBob-o-links sounds like a sausage
DeleteI have no sympathy for new improved Bernadette Protti. She can change her name but it does not change who she is. I don't care about her new identity. We were all teens once upon a time and for many life was not easy. It is no excuse to kill. She plotted this, had the handy dandy 12' knife in the car, and arranged to meet Kristin. The poor girl almost got away. Now Bernadette gets to go on with her life and Kristin has none. She was old enough to know better. Both her parents were religious and must have imparted some sense of right and wrong to their daughter. She lied thru her teeth to the detectives and gave it her all believing she would get away with murder. Her excuses for doing this are lame beyond belief. A big thank you to the person who discovered her fake ID. Investigation/Discovery did a good job reminding us of what all happened back in the day. Anyone to young to not remember is getting a birds eye view of it now. You can run Bernadette, but you cannot hide.
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteAs I wrote to you elsewhere:
"This whole mess" (Bernadette murdering Kirsten) was not because "of the Miramonte and the Bob o links. Bernadette was dangerously sick with an inferiority complex and suffered from jealously issues, which must have been quit severe as she was receiving counselling for it. As I wrote elsewhere on the blog: "the pressure to "fit in", "look a certain way" and the pressure to succeed is universal and is/was not unique to Miramonte and Orinda, and it certainly should not be used as a scapegoat to explain away Bernadette's dangerous mental instability and inferiority complex.
I lived in two different countries when I was a teenager (one was literally on the other side of the world from the other -- southern hemisphere to northern hemisphere) and "fitting in" and "looking a certain way" was also something teenagers went through and do you know how many people murdered someone else as a result of it? 0!
"As someone who was in high school in the bay area at the time "
I don't believe you.
If you really felt so bad about your failures, why didn't you kill yourself instead? I don't believe you regret any of it. You only cared about yourself.
ReplyDeleteIf you take a life, you should not EVER be able to be free to live yours!
ReplyDeleteHi Unknown,
ReplyDelete"I am thinking that the parents forgave her"
Who are you to suggest that? Whether or not they have forgiven Bernadette is certainly not something you can assume, and it's very ignorant and arrogant to attempt to do so.
Yes, I do judge murderers. I will always judge those that kill in cold blood, especially someone like Bernadette who appears to have killed Kirsten because her odd behaviour to lure Kirsten out of her house under false pretences was called "weird". It was indeed weird .
"Get over it"
Get over what?
What comment?
ReplyDeleteThe comment asking if Anissa Jones can play too?
ReplyDeleteYou tell me.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure. When I was a teen, a girl by the name of Anissa Jones went to my rival school. My mom taught at that school and knew Anissa. In fact, Anissa was known city wide. The Jones was family, apparently,made their living by being litigious. Perhaps, that is why Anissa was a bully.
DeleteIf the school tried to expel her for behavioral issues, her parents might have come up with a way to sue.
If Anissa bruised her knuckles punching another student, her parents might have come up with a way to sue.
One day after school, Anissa was riding her bike in the middle of a Main Street. The theory is that she would allow herself to get hit by a car so her parents could sue. Anissa was indeed struck by a car. Unfortunately, she did not survive. Some saw this incident as a poetic justice of sorts. Her parents did try to sue but, the courts saw no case.
How Anissa Jones' story pertains to this thread, I have no idea. Thus, my reasoning for posing the question.
You have quite an imagination.
ReplyDeleteIn regard to what?
ReplyDeleteYou left out something in the Anissa Jones story. Every year on Halloween night at precisely 1/6th past 10 o'clock, it is stated that Anissa haunts the road she was knocked down on and those that dare to venture down that road feel an invisible presence twisting their nipples so hard that they actually come off, they feel ghoulish indian burns that leaves a permanent imprint of 666, and the malignant tyrant also subjects her victims to atomic wedgies that are so rough that it makes the victims balls retract into their body and pop out of their mouth. Ghost bullies are such bastards!
ReplyDeleteOh, hahaha!!! While your imagination is on par with Stephen King, my telling of Anissa Jones is purely non-fiction. However, it is not the same Anissa who played Buffy on Family Affair.
DeleteHaving cleared that up, I do have a question. The most recent airing of the story of Kirsten Costas gave the impression that she and Bernadette were part of the same group. You have made statements to the contrary. From where is your information coming?
She must be a glutton for punishment. Why didn't she plead to first degree murder and spare herself the trial. Similarly why put up a facebook and refer to herself as a life hacker. She is a nut and her husband Gary Tomanka must be a coward for allowing it especially since she has children (her daughter resembles Kirsten a lot--I guess Karma comes back at you like a nuclear bomb.)
ReplyDeleteHi Stef,
ReplyDeleteYou know what I have noticed about your comments?Your verbiage is too similar to others who have posted on this blog. It's almost like you are copying exact sentences or certain phrases from other people and stringing them together to write your comment.
It appears you have gone on the defensive. I genuinely found your addendum to my comment to be creative and witty. My question regarding your source of information was sincere. This tragic tale of mental health being overlooked has me gleaning information from as many sources as I can obtain.
DeleteAnonymous,
ReplyDeleteI think it's best not to mention Bernadette's daughter.
Hi Stef,
ReplyDeleteIt's also possible that you posted other comments in the past under a different name.
You know some of your phrases are very similar to a certain pro Bernadette supporter on this blog? I'm sure you're well aware of that.
Do you not realise how weird it was to just write "what do you mean by this comment" when it wasn't clear what comment you were referring to? It's like you deliberately wanted to draw attention to it because you were the one that wrote it.
FYI, before I asked that question, I had no knowledge of this blog. For such a savvy blogger, I would think you might have noticed my question was a reply to the comment I was questioning. Theorize all you want, my interest lies solely in the facts surrounding the preventable death of the young, beautiful Kirsten Costas.
DeleteHi Stef.
ReplyDeleteI'm not defensive at all. I just pointed out something I noticed. I don't care if you have posted on this blog under a different name, or if you are the pro Bernadette supporter that has commented elsewhere.
" I genuinely found your addendum to my comment to be creative and witty"
Golly gee whiz, Steff. Thank you ever so much.
"The most recent airing of the story of Kirsten Costas gave the impression that she and Bernadette were part of the same group. You have made statements to the contrary. From where is your information coming?"
By the same group, do you mean were they friends?
Different articles. However, I would also take them with a grain of salt. Comments from classmates suggested that Kirsten and Bernadette were not friends. However, it was also suggested that Bernadette wasn't the socially inept misfit portrayed in the movie.
One can come to the conclusion themselves how friendly Bernadette and Kirsten really were if they just think about what happened.
If Bernadette and Kirsten were friends, Bernadette surely wouldn't have felt the need to concoct a plan to lure Kirsten out of her house under false pretences. As you know, friends don't do that.
There hasn't been any mention of whether or not Bernadette was suffering from a Psychiatric disorder as I suppose jealously, feeling scorned after not making the cheerleading squad, and blaming Miramonte staff and students for the competitive climate at the school just makes for a juicer article. Bernadette was receiving counselling, which was apparently an unusual thing it the 80's. The girl clearly had problems which resulted in the brutal murder of Kirsten.
Hi Steff,
ReplyDelete"For such a savvy blogger"
Wow, another compliment. I am so flattered. You are sweeter than the dew on a honeysuckle vine.
"I would think you might have noticed my question was a reply to the comment I was questioning.
How? Writing "what is the meaning of this comment" suggests that you are referring to the comment directly above, not one that is about 12 comments above.
"Theorize all you want"
There is no malice behind my "theories". I was just pointing something out that I noticed.
"my interest lies solely in the facts surrounding the preventable death of the young, beautiful Kirsten Costas"
If you don't mind me asking, but how did you find out about this case?
Well, my question appears directly below the comment I was referencing - at least in the thread I am seeing.
DeleteThere is always a TV tuned to the ID channel in my house. A spot for the series The 80's: The Deadliest Decade came on. When a picture of Kirsten appeared, I immediately recognized her. Growing up during the 80's in SoCal, I heard about Kirsten's death. Hers was the one that forced us to realize that murder can happen to anyone; even in our own front yards (or our neighbors). Since watching the show on ID, there are questions for which I have been trying to find the answers.
Hi Stef,
ReplyDeleteAre you having a nice weekend? I'm having such a jolly good weekend. The rugby team I support clinched a tense, nail biting win at the death (just at the 80th min mark, which is the end of the match) against very tough opposition. It was an enthralling, fast paced game full of heart racing suspense! It was such a jolly good show, Stef, such a jolly good, smashing show! Have you ever watched a rugby match? (European or southern hemisphere). You should. It might be a nice change from American sports. As you are from beautiful California, what do you think of the San Francisco Giants? A friend of mine is crazy about them.
"Well, my question appears directly below the comment I was referencing - at least in the thread I am seeing"
It's 12 or 13 comments above your comment on the blog. Where else can this thread be read?
"There is always a TV tuned to the ID channel in my house"
Always? Well, Steff, I'm sure you keep a watchful eye on the TVs because if it is anything like ID Europe, it airs a lot of violent, distressing and intense documentaries that are much too mature for younger eyes.
"Hers was the one that forced us to realize that murder can happen to anyone; even in our own front yards (or our neighbors)"
Indeed. However, I think the general response would be "that would never happen to me" or "that could never happen to me". Death is like a disconcerting, formidable shadow that lurks in the recesses of a person's mind because contemplating it's inevitability evokes fear and discomfort.
Whilst death is unavoidable, I think dying at the hands of someone else must be one of the worst ways to die, especially being subjected to a frenzied knife attack like Kirsten was subjected to. Stabbing is so personal. Bernadette would have seen the pain and anguish in Kirsten's eyes and the fear and shock in Kirsten's face. She would have smelled Kirsten's blood. She continued to stab Kirsten when Kirsten was struggling on the ground with stab wounds to her stomach. Bernadette could then block such a horrific murder out of her mind.
Have you read any articles about this case?
Hi Anonymous, December 14, 2016.
ReplyDelete"why put up a facebook and refer to herself as a life hacker"
I have mentioned this many times on the blog, but she is an intelligent women and she must have realised how the unfortunate phrase "life hacker" would be interpreted, yet she used it anyway. She was asked about it on the visitor posts section of her FB page and her response suggests she is mocking Kirsten's murder.
I didn't mean to come across as telling you what to do when I wrote "it's best not to mention Bernadette's daughter" as your comment was fairly harmless. If what you wrote is true, I imagine it is probably difficult for Bernadette to block Kirsten's murder out of her mind like she could when she was a teenager.
Hi Tasha,
ReplyDeleteI'm not so sure they were friends. A friend wouldn't feel the need to fabricate a story about a sorority dinner in order lure the friend out of their house. I think they were acquaintances at best. I'm sure Bernadette's jail sentence was such a kick in the proverbials for Kirsten's loved ones.
I agree that Bernadette was never a victim.
"If that was my daughter I too would be guilty of same crime cause I would hunt your ass down"
It would be very difficult to not want to hurt the person that not only murdered your child, but also had the unbelievable gall to attend her funeral.
Hi Tasha,
ReplyDelete"I try to teach my girls to love everyone and always look at that person with open mind and with love"
They are great values to instil in children.
"There was no excuse in the world that can't justify her stabbing a girl in the chest many times with a butcher knife?"
No, there absolutely was not. Why did she do it? We can only speculate, but it appears that Kirsten was pissed off that Bernadette lured her out of her house under false pretences and it seems that she was put off by Bernadette's desperation to get to know her. Bernadette's desperation might have come across as something sexual and alarmed Kirsten.
Bernadette didn't just stab Kirsten, but she sliced her inflicting her with wounds that were two feet long.
"she blames for her self esteem."
Yes. Bernadette said that she had a lot of "inferiority feelings" and Kirsten represented what she failed to achieve. Bernadette failed to see the positives in her life and she appears to have had an unhealthy obsession with Kirsten.
" I remember high school it's brutal and hard"
High school is challenging for everyone. I'm sure Kirsten had her challenges too, but Bernadette appears to have looked at her in a "grass is always greener on the other side" kind of way.
"She sick able to act as she is torn about the murder and play along with it for months"
Bernadette was so detached from killing Kirsten that she was able to attend Kirsten's funeral and to be in the presence of and be able to look at Kirsten’s family. Bernadette was so detached from killing Kirsten that she was able to discuss Kirsten's murder in class with classmates, some of which included Kirsten's friends. Bernadette was so detached from killing Kirsten that she was able to watch as two innocent girls were blamed for Kirsten's murder. Bernadette was so detached from killing Kirsten that her behaviour was reported to not have changed after she killed Kirsten (She was described as her usual smiley self)
" As you see her social media accounts now it's confirmed what demon she truly is"
It looks like she is really trying to portray herself as a wholesome wife and mother.
I'm hoping for some info. I'm a bit confused. I, much like others, saw this story on ID. I am a curious individual and wanted to know what Bernadette looked like today. Upon googling her I stumbled onto this blog. Purple haze are you the blogger or is Brit the blogger? I apologize if these are stupid questions and am embarrassed to admit that in this day and age this is my first blog experience. Unfamiliar territory for me. Also, I'm wondering (not at all doubting) is Jeanette for sure Bernadette?
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteBritney is the owner of the blog. It's not a stupid question at all. I have commented a lot on this blog, so I can understand why you thought I might be the owner of the blog. It was never my intention to post as much as I did. When I first discovered this blog, I was more of an observer than a poster. However, when some people wrote egregious things about Kirsten, I addressed them and continue to address them.
There is a section on this blog that shows the name change (it's under October 2015). A name change is public record.
Sorry protti it doesn't work that way I will always remember how u butched a pretty outgoing full of life n on the road to success 15 year old because she was everything ur ugly ass wasn't n never will be. I was born in 89 n I always wonder what happened n that car that night that made Costas not wanna ride with you we will never know. I feel u should still be in jail right now instead of going on with your life because u made the decision to not allow Costas to have that chance.i don't care what anyone says it was premetidated the moment you followed her home u knew you where goimg to shut her up for good if not why did you bring a knife to a fist fight.And I don't buy the lifetime story death of a cheerleader either making it out like you where such a victem please u where a jealous insecure failure who threw a Tempur Tatum all because Costas didn't want to be ur friend. Costas barely even acknowledge you n paid you attention that's what was so weird about you to her wondering why would you lie about the Bob o links n pick her up from her house when she didn't even hang out with you you where weird as hell.thats the punshiment for the rest of ur life having everyone hate you n always bringing up ur past who cares how you feel can you bring Costas back nope so why should we forget what u did.i feel so sorry for her parents because justice was not served and now that movie has slot of people feeling like they daughter was so evil when she was just a teenager who did what every teenager did be mean to a person here or there we all grow up n learn from our mistakes but see u didn't give Costas that chance then maybe after she was married with kids at one of the school reunions you woulda got a different more mature Costas smh rest in heaven Kirsten I'm so sorry a person like this psycho stalked you down n killed you you did not deserve it
ReplyDeleteSomething clearly alarmed Kirsten enough to run to a stranger's house.
ReplyDelete" it was premetidated the moment you followed her home"
I agree with that.
She was reported to have been a good student that fit in fine, so I don't think she was a failure. It appears that she thought she was a failure, which is why Kirsten seems to have been the focus of her obsession. I agree that Bernadette appears to have been jealous and insecure.
I think most people would have been pissed of if an acquaintance concocted a ruse to lure them out of their house.
It's terrible that "Stacey Lockwood" was deliberately written to be so unlikable and insufferable, so the audience would feel sympathy for the "Angela Delvecchio" character loosely based on Bernadette. Randall Sullivan (who wrote the Rolling Stone article and script for "Death of a Cheerleader") stated he identified with Bernadette and didn't feel sorry for Kirsten. Bernadette did well in school academically, had plenty of friends, her close friends genuinely cared about her and she was described as ” popular in her own way, so what exactly did Randall identify with?? A teenage girl's jealousy issues and inferiority complex? That's quite an unusual revelation there, Mr Sullivan.
"at one of the school reunions you woulda got a different more mature Costas"
A lot of people grow up, so I think that was highly likely.
I still find it shocking that Bernadette murdered Kirsten over something so stupid.
There is no turning back for murder. Murder is not a mistake nor something done as an immature kid that doing time can erase. My kids at 5 knew murder was wrong. She should never have been released. Her family, Co- workers, neighbors, everyone should know what she did.
ReplyDeleteI agree unknown. Absolutely crazy ��
ReplyDeleteHi fellas,
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Hi Hristo Yaney,
ReplyDeleteIf your carpet cleaning business was that good you wouldn't be spamming a blog that discusses a teenage girl's murder. Spamming websites like this makes you look like a desperate sad bastard.
Yes Anonymous..........it's terribly bullyish of others to stick up for a teenage girl that was murdered. How deprave of them! You are sadder than Hristo Yancey.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think is that deliberating lying to get somebody to get in your car, having a knife at the ready (I don't believe she just "found" it) is not a "mistake," it is a decision that she made. I think she's saying "I committed a murder, but I don't want anyone to bring it up, because I don't want to have to think about how I killed a person."
ReplyDeleteNot to mention following Kirsten home and stabbing her in front of her own house. Bernadette definitely MEANT to do that. How do you ever refer to cold-blooded murder as a mistake? "I wanted to murder her, but when I got caught and had to face the consequences, I decided it was a mistake. Please don't think badly of me."
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteHer confession reeked of self-pity. Judging from
her behaviour after the murder: she was so detached from killing Kirsten that she was able to attend Kirsten's funeral, she was so detached from killing Kirsten that she was able to discuss Kirsten's murder in class with classmates, some of which included Kirsten's friends (can you imagine!), she was so detached from killing Kirsten that she was able to watch as two innocent girls were blamed for Kirsten's murder, she was so detached from killing Kirsten that her behaviour was reported to not have changed after she killed Kirsten (She was described as her usual smiley self). I don't think she gave/gives a fudge that she killed Kirsten.
If she was truly remorseful, why would she refer to herself as a "life hacker"? What does her answer to the question "lifehacker. What does that mean to you?" suggest about her? If someone close to her is running the FB page on her behalf, I don't believe they didn't realise how a murderer describing herself as a "life hacker" would come across, unless you mentally deficient.
Hi Anonymous, Feb 5,
ReplyDeleteI would appreciate if you could point out examples of people being "bullies".
"Leave her be! All you are proving is that all of you are nothing but spightful, monsterous, ugly trolls!"
Is it spiteful, monstrous and ugly to sympathise with a teenager murder victim? You have a very skewed perception of what's spiteful, monstrous and ugly.
It's spiteful, monstrous and ugly to kill a person because they understandably didn't appreciated being lured out of their house under false pretences and lied to. Adults would not respond well to being lured out of their house under false pretences, let alone a teenage girl.
It was monstrous that Bernadette stalked Kirsten to her house and subjected her to a frenzied knife attack, inflicting her with two wounds that were 2 feet long! Bernadette would have seen the pain and anguish in Kirsten's eyes and the fear and shock in Kirsten's face, yet she continued to stab Kirsten when Kirsten was struggling on the ground screaming from stab wounds to her stomach. Bernadette could then block such a horrific murder out of her mind.
"Lord if any of you bitches have children I hope and pray their fathers have taught them better!! I pray they dont fall into someone who does them like you have that woman"
Children have a better chance with parents who can feel and express empathy and can sympathise with murder victims, rather than individuals like you who supports a murderer, vilifies her innocent murder victim and hurls insults like a petulant woman-child.
* unless he/she is mentally deficient.
ReplyDeleteStef Campbell,
ReplyDeleteI'm only after realising that the layout of the blog is different on a cell phone from a computer. I can now see that the question you asked was directly below a comment, rather than 12 or 13 comments above it on a computer. I apologise.
Pardon my French Jeanette is full sh*t
ReplyDeleteMistakes are forgetting to buy a loaf of board not stalking your classing and lying to her parents and to her and then lure her to her death. What Jeanette did is a crime
I love a good loaf of board.
ReplyDelete7 years light sentence for Murder, I do feel it was pre mediated (phone call) Judgement Day is with Our Lord, I feel sorry for the victim and their family, I was raised in that area, I feel punishment should have been longer, I mean really if she was the victims family she would want the same this girl was senselessly MURDERED
ReplyDelete7 years is nothing for murder and I also believe the whole thing was premeditated.
ReplyDeleteBernadette was a selfish viscious bitch to kill Kirsten for such stupid trivial reasons.
I also agree that she thinks she has served her time by doing a piddly 7year sentence in a comfortable institute. I'm sure she lives with it all by deluding herself that she was the real victim even though there is no evidence of her being a victim of Kirsten.
She should have been thrown on adult jail when she became an adult at 18. A person who murders in cold blood is filth.
Does she still refer to herself as a life-hacker? I guess the few years in the government boarding school didn't give her a much mental health therapy.
ReplyDeleteShe still calls herself a life hacker even though she is well aware of how inappropriate it is.
ReplyDeleteVery sad circumstances...I do agree with the comment about 'allowing a murderer to vanish into the system' with federal help whilst a child molester is subject to almost a life of vilification and notification to the public at large ...... the woman's website fb or whatever using the term 'Life Hacker' is sickening ... I do believe in Karma but like most beliefs can't explain it ...if it is around I hope it does come back to bite this vain person called Jeanette / Bernadette ... and her equally repulsive siblings
ReplyDeletebig Brian
I believe in karma too, but it can be very slow to "come around"
ReplyDeleteVery interesting programme about the case: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x53xvse_the-deadliest-decade-the-cheerleader-murder_school
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. Was this Bernadette's friend that stuck by her during the trial: 18:25
ReplyDeleteI'm asking because the friend gave a couple of interviews and I thought that was her in the programme.
ReplyDeleteI only just found this story on the ID channel, and it seems like Kirsten was a Mean Girl who got the ultimate comeuppance. Not justifying, but other juveniles have done worse without any prococation who are free today.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, you are a woman in your 30's, yet you continue to troll bait and write lies about Kirsten so you can get a reaction. How unfortunate that a woman in her 30's has the maturity level of a 10 year old. But what else can be expected from a person who thinks it's acceptable to pretend to be Kirsten's mother and harass Bernadette on her Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteSorry but Kirsten seem to be a rude stuck up bitch one less bully on the streets
ReplyDeleteHi Deanna,
ReplyDeleteYou wrote a similar comment elsewhere and wrote that you believed the movie was true.
I'm just going to copy and paste what I wrote to you under another article.
You appear to be a teenage girl, so I’ll try not to be rude.
At the beginning of the movie (Death of a Cheerleader) it states: This story is inspired by true events and certain scenes and events were dramatized. That means the story isn’t factual. It’s a dramatized account of what happened. The characters in the movie loosely based on Kirsten and Bernadette are just movie characters.
If Kirsten did bully Bernadette, why didn’t Bernadette mention it at her trial and give examples? It might have strengthened her case, which would have affected her sentence, which would then affect her chances of parole. It wouldn’t make sense not to mention something important like that, so no, I don’t believe that Kirsten bullied Bernadette.
Do you think she should have been killed because she didn't want to befriend Bernadette? Everyone has a right to choose who they want to be friends with. Bernadette used the sorority (the bobbies) to get Kirsten out of her house under false pretences. A lot of people would not respond well to or want to be friends with someone who lied to them to get them out of their house alone. Bernadette then drove to a church car-park and whatever happened in that car park scared Kirsten so much that she ran to the house of a stranger and got a ride home by a stranger. Should Kirsten have been killed for running away from Bernadette’s car?
If you look into other sources other than a fictional movie, you will discover:
Kirsten wasn’t the Stacey Lockwood character in the movie, Death of a Cheerleader.
Bernadette wasn’t the Angela Delvecchio character in the movie, Death of a Cheerleader.
Kirsten and Bernadette barely interacted with each other.
Bernadette had plenty of positives in her life.
Bernadette had jealousy issues which she was getting counselling for.
Bernadette had an unhealthy obsession with Kirsten.
Bernadette had jealousy and rage issues and was denied parole twice because of her inability to deal with them.
It was stated by the FBI agent who interviewed Bernadette that she had no remorse for killing Kirsten. She only cared about herself.
Bernadette was so detached from killing Kirsten; she was able to talk about the murder in class with classmates, some of which included Kirsten’s friends.
Bernadette allowed two innocent girls were blamed for Kirsten’s murder.
Bernadette couldn’t give a straight answer as to why she killed Kirsten. If she was tormented by Kirsten, surely she would have said so. However, there is no evidence for that, which is why the motive for Kirsten’s murder still remains unanswered.
Bernadette planned to murder Kristen Because why else did she have the knife? She thought it through, pre-planned the whole charade & trick!! "Mistake?" That 1st Degree Capital, Pre-meditated MURDER!! Then let a innocent gal take all of the blame!! Bernadette/Jeanette, u can keep changing your name but the facts remain the same!!!
DeleteInteresting how this case still generates interest. It's mentioned in a psychology textbook and also a criminal justice text. It seems that Bernadette Jeannette can try to reinvent herself but it will always follow her. I'm sure at some point some tabloid will do a story on her.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure she doesn't care.
ReplyDeleteI am the kind that watches true story movies and then look up the real case. This one was one super sad. Yes the movie, Death of a Cheerleader, makes Bernadette look like the the poor girl being bullied. Then you read about Kristen's TWO, TWO FOOT LONG STAB WOUNDS IN HER BACK.. That is HATE. No matter what Bernadette/Jeannette says, she wanted her dead. I can see why this still draws attention today. You feel so much for what Kirsten didn't get . LIFE...and Jeannette did. That one should be in prison. I wonder if her Children know their mother is a Cold Blooded Murder. These Girls are only 6 years younger than me at the time. I paid no attention to girls like that. Did not matter. Bernadette had issues. Who the hell cares. right,. I mean, when you are done with High School, none of that crap matters. Being popular, blah blah, blah. This story really caught my attention because Kirsten looks like someone I know. or did know back then. Crazy. Bernadette's sister, the one at the trial, same thing. I lived in Arizona at the time, but had been to that area in high school. No one should ever forget. Forget the innocent 15yr old girl, murdered for nothing. So whoever writes , people are trolls and such for still talking about it, must be like Bernadette/Jeannette...Maybe they did the same thing. Murdered someone and didn't pay the price for it. Just my thoughts...Peace!
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DeleteMistake? Murder? Stabbing your classmate to death is beyond a "Mistake!" U get to live while she doesn't & her family destroyed from grief Because of you, not to mention the young lady who was BLAMED for what u did, her life was ruined all because of YOU!and if u think you've paid for it, you are Again "Mistaken"! Jeanette Tomeka! Everyone should know who you are!
ReplyDeleteBernadette used "drunk driving" - instead of MURDERER, She thinks 7 years "served her time"??? If she truly had wanted to "...help each other and move past them", (Bernadette clearly does not as proven by her actions and lack of them), why does she refer to it as a Mistake? Bernadette is always downplaying her heinous act against Kirsten. Bernadette has no remorse and is as evil and self centered as she ever was - if she really wanted to help/atone then why not set the record straight and own up to what she did? Why let that movie Death of A Cheerleader continue to spew out falsities? Why doesn't she go on national tv and tell the truth for Kirsten's family's sake??? Bernadette is still the evil, cold-hearted, selfish, insecure and manipulative, pity seeker whose whole life is a sham! Bernadette knows darn well that is she were ever to tell the truth of what she actually did to Kirsten and why - that everyone would indeed hate her and Bernadette thinks she lives in a safe, little bubble of denial - Wrong! Bernadette can't escape her own skin, she can't run away from herself! She blocks it out because she is dead inside and cares only about herself. It's not enough for Bernadette to have her life and her freedom - she lacks the courage to take responsibility for what she did and set the record straight as proven by that movie which is all based on Bernadette's lies and Bernadette does NOT have the courage or the decency to do the right thing because Kirsten was never the bully - Bernadette was always the Bully - a Stalker and became the MURDERER !! It is always about Bernadette - she even uses her own family! At least 1 person, if not more, in Bernadette's family knew what she did that night she slaughtered Kirsten and it wasn't just Bernadette who "feigned ignorance" those 6 long months until the gig was up!!
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DeleteWas Kirsten murdered out of jealously or did Bernadette make a pass at her and got rejected?
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteBernadette was jealous of Kirsten. Bernadette's father stated that Bernadette had issues with jealousy. It was reported that a reason Bernadette was denied parole twice was because of her inability to deal with jealousy and rage issues. Bernadette admitted that she had an inferiority complex. I think she killed Kirsten because Kirsten thought she was a lesbian and had a crush on her. However, I think Bernadette was going to kill Kirsten anyway if she didn't want to befriend her.
I think one of the two following scenarios happened:
Bernadette lured Kirsten out of her house under the pretence of going to a party (there really was a party that night). When Kirsten discovered it was Bernadette waiting in the car for her, she told Bernadette she knew there wasn’t a bobby initiation dinner (Bernadette said Kirsten knew there wasn’t an initiation dinner in her FBI interview). I think Bernadette told Kirsten she was going to the party and told her she would take her, but told her she wanted go the church car-park first. She drove to the church car-park and had weed in a futile attempt to impress Kirsten, but Kirsten wasn’t interested (It was reported that Bernadette did drugs in an attempt to befriend people). It then came out that Bernadette wasn’t invited to the party and maybe Kirsten thought Bernadette was attempting to use her in order to go to the party (It was a party Kirsten’s friends were at). Bernadette and Kirsten possibly argued (Bernadette said in the FBI interview that she argued with Kirsten, but quickly said they didn’t argue. It’s obvious they argued ) about how desperate and “weird” Bernadette was to go to the trouble of using the sorority as a ruse to lure Kirsten out of her house to ride Kirsten’s coat- tails at a party she wasn’t invited to. Bernadette said in her FBI interview that what she felt about Kirsten “came pouring out”. Bernadette was reported to have idolised Kirsten, so you can imagine the things she might have said, such as “I admire you”, “I want to be like you”…etc. Bernadette and Kirsten were acquaintances, so it’s highly unlikely that Kirsten was aware of how much Bernadette admired her. When Kirsten discovered how Bernadette felt about her and the ruse she concocted to get her out of her house, she might have understandably freaked out and thought Bernadette had a crush on her, which prompted Kirsten to flee from the car to the house of a stranger.
I think Bernadette had the knife ready in case something went wrong. There just isn’t a plausible reason to have such a large knife in the car.
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Bernadette had no intention of going to a party and told Kirsten that she drove her to the church car-park in an attempt “to get to know” her. Kirsten understandably would have found it weird that an acquaintance lied to get her out of her house just to drive her to an empty car-park at night to “get to know her”. Friendship is a two way street and Bernadette’s desperation and attempting to force a friendship obviously would not have endeared her to Kirsten. Kirsten was possibly angry and told Bernadette what she thought of her behaviour. Bernadette’s feelings about Kirsten came “pouring out”, which gave the impression she had a crush on Kirsten, and Kirsten fled from Bernadette’s car in upset and bewilderment to the house of a stranger.
Time to move on folks. HS was 30+ years ago and we're quickly moving into old age :) Nothing will bring back the dead and we all eventually answer for our actions. Rehashing a tragedy over and over serves no purpose. Hopefully, Kirsten's parents and family found some peace after losing their daughter.
ReplyDeleteKirsten was only going to tell their friends that Bernadette was weird...now we [the entire world] can all see that something was obviously wrong with the girl...she was more than weied! For those that feel that Kirsten's up-bringing or lack thereof was partly to blame for her death...remember that she was only a child too. And if given an opportunity to be raised through puberty..she may have grown to be a productive member of society...those of you who think Kirsten's up-bringing made her 'mean'...do you think that Bernadette's up bringing made her a murderer?
ReplyDeleteNO she was a selfish brat...acting in the moment...then she blended right back into society...blond hair...rich family...popular crowd...she functioned as if nothing happened for 6 months...pretended to grieve...THAT MY FRIENDS IS THE FRIGHTENING. Beenadette served 7 years of her 9 year sentence..almost one year of every month she lived a lie, pretending to grieve the loss of her 'friend'...
I went to highschool with Bernadette and Kirsten was a nasty mean girl. Obviously her fan club will always say different, but she was a very unkind girl. Did she deserve to die, no, but I myself wanted to die when she was rude to me in public and imagined how my life would be better off if Kirsten didnt exist. And I (along with many others from the class of 86') got their wish. Now move the hell on.
ReplyDeleteAll of the comments above written on the same day in close proximity to each other under the same article. You just can't stay away, Stephanie, can you? I don't have time right now to address your comments or why I know it's you, but I will soon.
ReplyDeleteHi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteYour grammar and punctuation has improved, but it’s unmistakably you. Why? Because you have a pattern of posting comments in close succession under the same article, under different aliases, continuously reiterating the same comments that a pro Bernadette supporter wrote in the past. You seem to have used his/her comments as some sort of script and you have repeated it ad nauseam under different aliases.
It's one thing attempting to berate others on this blog for supporting Kirsten, it's another thing entirely to pretend to be a former student and portray yourself as Kirsten’s victim. However, what else can one expect from someone who has lowered themselves to such depths that they pretended to be Kirsten's mother on Bernadette’s FB page. Phrases written under “Jay Leone” and “Steve B” have been written under your other aliases. Pretending to be different people and playing both sides is something you have done on different blogs and something you seem to take great pleasure in doing. Why would a woman in her 30’s spend so much time creating countless aliases and pretend to be Bernadette, Bernadette's family member, Bernadette's friend, Kirsten's friend, Kirsten's family member, a former Miramonte student, different nationalities...etc? You wrote in a past comment that this was all fun to you, so why would it be fun for a grown woman to create different aliases and criticise Bernadette under one alias /support Kirsten under another/criticise Kirsten under another alias/and support Bernadette under another? Why would a grown woman take pleasure in berating a dead teenager or pretend to be her mother on Bernadette's fb page? What kind of a person does that? I got my answer. Since you foolishly wrote your real name and posted a real picture on another blog, I looked you up. All I could see was you in pictures alone. No friends, no partner.....just you. It’s clear from your comments on this blog that you are unstable, but do you also spend time creating so many different aliases because you are lonely? Judging from your behaviour on this blog, I can see why you are lonely. Perhaps other people can pick up on the rot and poison that pervades your core. How unfortunate for you.
I've been thinking a lot of Kirsten today and have not been to this site in awhile. Hope all of you are doing well and wanted to say this Sunday, the 23rd Kirsten would have been 49 years old. Happy birthday in Heaven.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday in Heaven Kirsten.
ReplyDeleteYes, we ouught to practice forgiveness wholeheartedly & consistently. However, murder is intentional. It is not a mistake & to refer to it as such is inhumane, insensitive & inconsiderate. I understand she wants to be forgiven & wants to be seen in the light of who she currently is, but she also needs to take into account the longevity & negative affect of her actions. We all do dumb things as teens, it's a given. But those things are seldom ever murder! I'm not saying she shouldn't be forgiven, everyone deserves the grace extended to us. But expecting people to count it as a mistake is unrealistic & a bit selfish. It is God who we ultimately have to answer to, so if certain people are not in a place to forgive her or accept who she has become, she needs to accept that & continue to live her life. A life that Kirsten did not get the chance to live. Jealousy runs deep, amazing how it's the people closest to you or around you that are the most bitter/envious. My sister was killed last year after her 18th birthday & right before her Senior year. I'd had her since she was 15, & I never saw that coming. It's crazy because people lose their life for things that have nothing to do with them. I just pray God has mercy & shows her mercy she didn't show. God bless.
ReplyDelete7 years for 1st degree murder is not a real punishment ,unless you live in California
ReplyDeleteWhite are the ignorant ones!
ReplyDeleteMurderers come in all colors, so don't be a silly billy and blame this on color.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been interesting to see the sentence Jeannette/Bernadette would have gotten had Kirsten been blonde/blue eyed and her killer been Hispanic or African-American. Racism exists and it is always apparent in the justice system.
ReplyDeleteBeen reading for a while now...knew race had to come in somewhere. You are very shallow, doesn't belong in this conversation
DeleteKirsten was a white girl. The case was botched from the start and the prosecutor did a shitty job proving intent. IF this case was handled properly and motive was proved, Jeannette would have received the sentence she deserved.
ReplyDeleteJay Leone. You really go to school with these girls, are you for real? Did you know Nancy Kane and the other girl who was outed and blamed for Kirsten's murder, or is this a game you're playing with us? There was a girl named Carla H Brown on a documentary talking about the case from that school, did you know her also? Yes Kirsten may of been a snob and mean,but, it doesn't give anyone any right to murder her.
ReplyDeleteJay Leone. Tell me a typical teenage girl that can walk on water without sinking, if so, I want to meet her.
ReplyDeleteWell race isn't the issue on this topic, it's the murder were discussing here. Kirsten and Bernadette were friends, and in the same popular group, Bernadette lost for cheerleader, and didn't get on the yearbook staff, and, she snapped. Lots of girls from that school were not even in the end crowd, there was a document on deadliest decade, one girl tried to be friends with he popular girls, and they shunned her. That's how Bernadette was portrayed in Death of a Cheerleader, but that wasn't it how was. Randall Sullivan was pro Bernadette Protti all the way, so was the movie, it deplored Angela Delvecchio as a sweet wanna bee popular girl who struggled, in real life, Bernadette was almost, if not, as popular as a kirsten, jealousy took over some angle. So if you want to hear from a Miramonte student, you'd probaly have to listen to the ID channel, or, watch deadliest decades it tells it all. Randall Sullivan probaly interviewed girls and made his own theory of a Bernadette Protti based on what the true wanna bees told him.
ReplyDeleteJay Leone, how can you say you and the class of 1986 got your wish if Kirsten didn't exist. What kind of person are you? So she was rude to you in public, I said it before,and, I'll say it again, teenagers are a lot of times unkind and rude, you were once a teen, sure you didn't do every single thing right, and girls are catty and show off a lot. Doesn't matter, no one deserves to die. I read Kirsten was lovely and kind, I'm sure she had moments where she wasn't but who doesn't. Anyway I doubt the class of 1986 felt the same way you did she was highly popular, if you still have resentment you need to move on, cause Kirsten isn't here to defend herself, and a lot of students from that time phrase are adults with grown kids and grand kids. They moved on, even Bernadette has moved on.
ReplyDeleteAs for those 2 girls who got the blame, one only came forward, the other probaly doesn't want to be bothered with it, she may even want to forget all about it. Really can anyone blame her?
ReplyDeleteYou are a pest,Steph.
ReplyDeleteUm, Stephanie? Please just STFU.
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ReplyDeletekilling is never ok but neither is bullying
ReplyDeleteThis woman is a murderer. This will not change ever. No amount of change removes the fact that she ended a life. The only people who need to forgive her is the victim's family but I won't tell them to do that. Not my place at all. I didn't suffer the loss of a daughter or sister. I don't know this Bernadette/Jeanette woman but she's a murderer that will never change. The person she murdered will never get the life she gets. These are facts not vigilante activities. You can't sweep murder under the table. She will pay for her sins like all of us. I'm just sadden for Kristen and her family. This was a senseless crime committed by a coward. May God have mercy on Bernadette's soul. I can't imagine how it feels to know you've caused so much pain and ended a human life. All the moving on in the world world and or forgiveness can't change the facts of this case. Kristen could've been mean or anything but she didn't deserve death. Bernadette made a choice and she has to know there will be a lifetime of consequences for that choice. I also feel like what keeps people on top of her is she only got like 9 years and did 7. This is insane to me. I assumed she'd still be in jail for such a brutal murder. Stabbed her 5 or so times. I'm sorry but she should expect the world to still have opinions about her decision to take a life. In the end thank you to the blog owner for giving the curious info about what happened to Bernadette.
ReplyDeleteTwo wrongs don't make a right. Outing a woman who committed a crime as a minor, and served her time, is an immoral thing to do. Whether you think the sentence was fair or not is irrelevant.
ReplyDeleteFuck off Stephanie, you mentally deficient parasite.
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