Jeanette Tomanka Aka Bernadette Protti is no more in jail or under any kind of punishment. The 1984 murder case is grabbing eyeballs in today’s time as well.
Jeanette Tomanka is the changed name of a murderer who killed her own classmate 38 years ago. Her real name was Bernadette Protti and people who know of the case know her by the same.
Over the years, there are few movies made based on the murder story of Kirsten Costas. American filmmaker turned it into a documentary called ‘Landscape Suicide’ in 1987. Further, it was made into a series; ‘A Friend to Die For’.
Similarly, ‘Death of a Cheerleader,’ season 5 of ‘Deadly Wome’ are a few other projects which are based on the infamous girl Bernadette or Jeanette.
Bernadette Protti | Kirsten Marina Costas | A Friend to Die For … – http://tinyurl.com/y6lapze #sf
— Rachel Grant (@sflivenews) April 18, 2010
Where Is Jeanette Tomanka Aka Bernadette Protti Today?
Jeanette Tomanka Aka Bernadette Protti is free from jail today and is living with a different identity in her own world. Bernadette changed her name to Jeanette to get away with the trolls and hate she is prone to in today’s social media time.
She has a fake Facebook and Twitter account, where she has altered her location. The murderer does not use her clear pictures and tries to impose as someone else on them.
With Kirsten Costas’ family having to deal with a loss for a lifetime, the Protti family has moved on for good. She spent the 7 years of her life in prison as per the charges which is definitely not worth the life that she’s taken.
Jeanette Tomanka Aka Bernadette Protti Age And Parents Now
Jeanette Tomanka, Kirsten Costas’ murderer is 53 years old in 2022. Born in 1968, she has lived half of her life already and is continuing with a fake identity to stay away from her past and the distress that can bring into her life.
Talking about Jeanette’s parents, she has a mother named Elaine Protti. While her father’s identity is not revealed, she has a sister called Virginia Protti. Their whereabouts in the year 2022 are not known.
However, different forums say that they have completely changed their lives, moving into a different place with different identities.
In this clip of ISGD Podcast, Erin tells Stacey about how Bernadette Protti built up jealousy for Kirsten Costas. pic.twitter.com/gnINePH7ac
— ISGD Podcast (@ISGDpodcast) October 5, 2021
Kirsten Costas Murder Story
Kristen Costas was an American high school student who was killed by her friend Jeanette; then Bernadette. The murderer planned the incident and killed her after a party with a knife.
It took quite a long time for the police to actually come to a conclusion as Bernadette passed the lie detector test. Nevertheless, they found a letter she’d written to her mother, Elaine where she confesses all her deeds.