IG—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Sept. 6, 1984 Jealousy linked to student's murder ORINDA, Calif. (AP) In the eyes of her teen-age classmates, Kirsten Costas had it all she was a varsity cheerleader and athlete, someone always surrounded by friends. That prized popularity may have been the motive for .Kirsten's mur 7 der, perhaps at the hand of a jealous classmate, her father and several students have suggested. Breaking a 2 1 / 2 -month silence, Kirsten's parents, Arthur and Barit Costas, talked to reporters Tuesday and again yesterday to discuss their 15-year-old daughter's June 23 stab bing death at the hands of a teen-age girl described by witnesses as a chunky blonde. "I feel a group of girls was involved .. . to set this up," said Costas. "Then it got out of hand." Referring to his daughter's place on the cheerleading squad and her being picked for the Bob-O-Links, or Bobbies, an exclusive volunteer hos pital auxiliary, Costas said, "I don't know if (the motive) was jealousy or anti-establishment. Kirsten may have represented the establish ment." But, he said, "There is no doubt in my mind that someone is covering up ... because of the way it came about. The planning, the way they set us up. They got Kirsten out of the house. They had to know the area, they had to know Kirsten." The cover-up, he said, is by some one who must have noticed strange behavior by the killer and who hasn't reported it. "It's my speculation, and a lot of other people's, I guess, that it ema nated out of this area. And how could anyone do something like that and even be a part of the planning of it ATTENTION COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BIOL 101 Do you need academic help? If so, attend an organizational meeting on developing good study habits!! 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"Everyone thinks that the suspect is ... on campus," said one 15-year-old classmate of Kirsten's at Miramonte High School who spoke only on condi tion she not be identified. "It has to be a student." "Some of the girls were afraid to come back to school this year," added Grant Weaver, a 15-year-old sophomore. `I don't know if (the' motive) was jealousy or anti establishment. Kirsten may have represented the establishment.' Sheriff's deputies said a number of teen-age students were questioned, including two who were given lie detector tests. "Two or three girls will in fact transfer to other schools because of the harassment they've suffered in their community," said Sheriff's Sgt. George Ward. He said all those ques tioned have been cleared. 'I feel sorry for all the blond girls who got their hair cut short," said one 16-year-old student who did not want CLASSES HELD IN STATE COLLEGE LsAT:f...:::Gim.:AT:".• , :m.cAT.•: '-:..R11:-.E.::'..::::.D.A-T::..:.,-::::..;:::::::.H::.:.: LSAT Preparation Workshop Monday, September 10th 7:00 p.m. Willard Building - Room 267 Sponsored by PA Legal Society Arthur Costas, father of murdered 15-year-old 2:1E1: 72 . 8 ,1 J.. to be identified. "We all fit the de scription." Steve Jones, 17, said one blond student in particular has roused the suspicion of her fellow students, even though she was cleared by the author ities. "Everyone was almost positive she did it," Jones said. "She didn't like Kirsten, but she didn't hate her enough to kill her. Now everywhere she goes, people are going to look at her." According to authorities, on Thurs day, June 21, Mrs. Costas received a phone call from a girl who said she would pick Kirsten up Saturday to go to an initiation for the Bobbies. Kirsten was alone at the house when she was picked up, but neigh bors told Contra Costa sheriff's dep uties someone honked a car horn about 9 p.m. on Saturday and Kirsten got into the cat. About an hour later, deputies said, Kirsten appeared at a house in near by Moraga asking to use the tele phone to call her parents because her friend was "acting weird." Her par ents were not home, and so a man in the house offered to drive her to her neighbor's house. But a teen-age driver followed the car, and when Kirsten got to her neighbor's front porch, the girl got out of her own car, slashed Kirsten several times and then fled in what was, described as a gold or mustard colored Ford Pinto. The man who had driven Kirsten to the neighbor's witnessed the killing. Police Capt. Stan Garvin said yes terday the Costas' hypothesis that the killing was sparked by envy is a possible scenario, "but we don't have evidence to indicate that." 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