It was just after 9PM one June in 1984 when Alex Arnold opened his front door to a teenage girl. She was panicked, telling him her friend had been “acting weird.” What happened next would expose the hidden pressures, jealousies, and hierarchies of a seemingly perfect high school.
Sources:
The San Francisco Examiner, 25 June, 1984 – “Last Hours of Orinda Teen’s Life”
North County Times, 25 June, 1984 – “Cheerleader Stabbed to Death”
Oakland Tribune, 26 June, 1984 – “Slain Orinda Teenager was Lured”
The San Francisco Examiner, 26 June, 1984 – “Stunned Friends”
The Argus, 27 June, 1984 – “Clues Sought”
The San Francisco Examiner, 28 June, 1984 – “Friends Attend”
The San Francisco Examiner, 29 June, 1984 – “Hundreds Bid Sad Adieu”
The San Francisco Examiner, 1 July, 1984 – “Orinda Teen’s Death”
The San Francisco Examiner, 1 July, 1984 – “Orinda Residents”
Oakland Tribune, 1 July, 1984 – “Orinda’s Elite: The Bobbies”
San Francisco Chronicle, 11 July, 1984 – “Orinda Citizens”
The San Francisco Examiner, 4 September, 1984 – “Grieving Parents”
Oakland Tribune, 5 September, 1984 – “Parents of Slain Girl”
The San Francisco Examiner, 5 September, 1984 – “Suspicions”
Oakland Tribune, 6 October, 1984 – “All Leads Fail”
The San Francisco Examiner, 12 December, 1984 – “Teen Held”
The San Francisco Examiner, 13 December, 1984 – “Girl Full of Grace, Love Charged”
The San Francisco Examiner, 13 December, 1984 – “FBI Profile”
Oakland Tribune, 14 December, 1984 – “Orinda Suspect Driven by Fear”
The Los Angeles Times, 16 December, 1984 – “Jealousy Linked to Fatal Stabbing”
The San Francisco Examiner, 19 December, 1984 – “Innocent Plea”
The San Francisco Examiner, 15 February, 1985 – “Girl Denied a Jury”
Oakland Tribune, 10 March, 1985 – “Orinda Society Goes on Trial”
The San Francisco Examiner, 12 March, 1985 – “FBI Witness Ties Jealousy”
San Francisco Chronicle, 13 March, 1985 – “Trial Hears Girl’s Confession”
Enterprise-Records, 13 March, 1985 – “Jealousy, Inferiority Called Murder Factors”
San Francisco Chronicle, 2 April, 1985 – “Orinda Teenager Sentenced”
San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June, 1992 – “Orinda Woman Convicted”
