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Aug 1, 2022 · In real life, Bernadette Protti almost got away with murdering Kirsten Costas but ultimately ended up confessing to the crime. It shocked everyone in the small community where crimes were something to be read about.
Bernadette Protti, the socially spurned Orinda teenager who was driven by resentment and envy to kill a popular high school classmate eight years ago, has been freed on parole and is believed to have left California.
Kirsten Marina Costas (July 23, 1968 – June 23, 1984) was an American high school student who was murdered by her classmate Bernadette Protti in June 1984.
Mar 14, 1985 · MARTINEZ, Calif. — A 16-year-old girl was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a classmate she feared was about to tell schoolmates that she was “weird.” Bernadette...
Jul 15, 2023 · Eventually, the FBI assisted in the investigation and through profiling honed in on another suspect — Bernadette Protti, who had attended Costas' funeral, per People. Protti confessed in a letter in December to her parents that she'd stabbed Costas.
Dec 1, 2021 · Bernadette Protti shocked the nation and her locality when she confessed to the brutal murder by stabbing her schoolmate, Kirsten Costas. She served her jail sentence, got released early and is living an everyday life today.
Nov 28, 2016 · The case of Bernadette Protti, the teen who murdered her classmate cheerleader Kirsten Costas in 1985, will be the next crime story to air on Investigation Discovery’s The 1980s:...
Jan 30, 2019 · The real story. Kirsten Costas, a 15-year-old teen living in the small suburban California town of Orinda, was stabbed to death by her classmate Bernadette Protti, then also 15, on June 23, 1984.
Dec 24, 1984 · They arrested Bernadette Protti, 16, and charged her with the killing last June of Kirsten Costas, 15, a fellow student at Miramonte High School. Kirsten had beaten out Bernadette and other...
Dec 17, 1984 · A 16-year-old high school student has been accused of stabbing a classmate to death, possibly because of teen-age rivalry, the authorities said. The accused, Bernadette Protti of Orinda, held her...
