Bernadette Protti Found!

Investigation Discovery's Deadly Women Bernadette Protti Episode

2012-01-12T18:39:00.001-08:00

This Friday Investigation Discovery will feature the case of Bernadette Protti and Kirsten Costas on Deadly Women. The episode title is Deadly Delinquents. It will be really interesting to see how they dramatize the facts. So be sure and tune in.

Information on the suit and finding Bernadette

2008-08-16T07:09:00.000-07:00

Many have asked me about the suit. I have not ordered the record, but I will post the case number and date of activity. I posted that I had found that the case is not still active.

Note: this suit was active in 1985
Case CIVMS273582 - BERIT COSTAS VSBERNADETTE PROTTI 06/17/1985

Here is the Title of the article that the San Francisco Chronicle did dated June 18, 1985
Let me know if you want to order the entire article.

Orinda Murder Victim's Family Seeks Damages

The parents of slain Orinda cheerleader Kirsten Costas sued their daughter's teenage killer for damages yesterday in Contra Costa County Superior Court. The suit on behalf of Arthur and Berit Costas was filed in Martinez by Oakland attorney Lewis Van Blois against Bernadette Protti, 16, and her parents, Raymond and Elaine Protti of Orinda. Unspecified general and punitive damages are sought.Bernadette was convicted of second-degree murder in March for the fatal stabbing last...

Correction

2008-08-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

I do not have the paper document in front of me, but it looks like the case is not active at this time. I am not sure what that means. I will actually have to order the record to find out more details. It could mean that after so many years it is dismissed. I am not sure if I am going to do it yet. I will send out some mailings next week. I will let you know if I do it. There are fees so I have to be very selective with this stuff. I won't post here for a while, I am working on some really great stories. Ok? But keep blogging.

Bernadette Protti Has a New Identity

2008-07-19T08:44:00.000-07:00

After being released from prison in 1992 at the age of 23 she left Ventura County. I figured out that what she did was try to throw off the public by telling them that she had moved away, changed her name, and was pursuing an arts degree. Well, she did leave the state not as soon as she was released though, and as it turns out she ended up pursuing a science degree. I am not exactly sure when she finally left California, but she did not change her name until 1994, and then she married which made her last name change again. So she was able to almost completely disappear from public view. She continued through college and received a Master's degree. She is a nurse and medical writer. She is very well known and writes for a highly publicized journal. She is married to a (hmm... I am not sure what to call him) He has worked as a professor and works in the science field. She has a family, but I do not know how many children she has. She has moved around a lot since she left Ventura county. (Ventura County is where the California Youth Authority's Ventura school is) A recent photo of her looks almost identical to the new photo that I have posted. She just looks alot older.

Just a side note: I wrote a few years ago about seeing an actual photo of Bernadette on a website where she was employed at one time. In fact she was on the board of directors. I won't go into it again too deeply, but I decided not to publish the new photo mainly because she seems to have gone out of her way to hide her identity. It does not appear that she has ever had any more run ins with the law since that time. And the release of her new identity, would truly devastate her new life. I did not want to be responsible for that. I am really not sure if her husband and children know, but I am certain no one who has worked with her knows. She does not like attention drawn to the case at all. In fact, the photos which were once on the net have ALL been taken down (except one small photo hard to see photo) since the blog post Bernadette Protti Found! was written. I did make a copy of the photo. I copy all of the photos that appear on the site just in case they are deleted at some point.