While part of us can understand Cassie Fratto’s pain at being the mother of a killer, her insistence that her daughter is also a victim in the brutal slaughter of Micaela Costanzo is revolting bordering on the obscene.
Toni Fratto may be many things but she is not a victim, she is a killer who as Mickie father Teddy told Judge Dan Papez “should never have anything good happen to her.”
The murder she helped commit was so brutal so without compassion it affected every human being in our city. We collectively as well as individually will never be the same again.
One could say we are all victims.
One would be wrong to say that.
There was only one victim is the slaughter of Mickie Costanzo, Mickie Costanzo. She died. The rest of us may feel such an acute grief over the loss of that beautiful 16 year old girl that getting up in the morning seems like a labor for Sisyphus, but at the end of the day we are still here, still alive and can still greet the sun and count the stars.
Such is life and we are still alive.
Mickie isn’t and thus has sole proprietorship of the word: Victim.
Eventually even for the Costanzo family the terrible pain Toni Fratto and Kody Patten caused them and this community will grow duller.
They and we will get on with our lives.
Mickie’s memory will always live on.
And if there is justice in this world Toni Fratto will be forgotten in a small gray prison cell.
Not a victim, a killer.
As for her mother, you got your 15 minutes of fame, for the decency’s sake shut up.
Speaking of shutting up we come to Bryant Blake.
Mr. Blake the fat lady has sung; your very disappointing career as a West Wendover City Councilman is over; please resign with the teaspoon full of dignity that may remain for you.
While we understand the appeal of $600 a month, you announced your intention of leaving town as fast as humanly possible thus you should not be making decisions on issues that will affect us who remain for decades into the future.
Whatever you believe, whatever your philosophy is on any given issue absolutely irrelevant now.
Please go away and give your seat to somebody who plans to stick around in this city. Maybe it could be a bartender. One of the same group of people you want finger printed and investigated for the privilege of making a living in Wendover.
Levance Stewart had absolutley zilch going for him. poor, black and a criminal record. throw in the testimony of two deputies what would a rural nevada jury decide?
They found him not guilty because in their opinion the state did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Kind of makes us feel proud to be Americans.
I love how the public is quick to pass judgement. In this case, I’m sure all the details of that day are not known to the public.
Toni’s mother must know more than the public for her to say that Toni is victim.
At the end of the day, we are in no position to judge Toni and Kody. What happened, already happened. People bickering and bashing each other, will not bring Micaela back. So everyone should give all the families involved some peace and privacy.
If she was so afraid for her life (Toni) then why did she not show someone the text she got from kody stating she must die. She could’ve been a hero and saved a life as well as her own. I don’t know why anyone would feel sorry for Toni, she made her bed and now she has to lay in it.
Toni is only a victim because kody apparently choked her and abused her, but its ok cause her parents let him move in with them. To make this short, all I will say is that the apple must not fall far from the tree.
Many people are victims of domestic violence, but they don’t go out and murder someone! Being a victim does not give anyone a right to murder someone, nor is it an excuse!
True dat!
I feel bad for Blake. People get into this for the right reason and then you get thrown under the bus. I hope he can move on and do well. He’s a good man and has done more than the average person, who just sits around and complains. At least he got out there and did SOMETHING!
I agree! Blake is a wonderful person and was a super teacher! It was his choice to resign…he was NOT forced! Best of luck with your future endeavors, Bryant!
If you really think that Micaela was the only victim you’re kidding yourself. Until you’ve walked in the shoes of a person on the losing end of an abusive relationship you have no clue what abuse will drive you to. Abuse takes all forms from simple acts of violence to telling someone they are ugly and not worth having around and even the simple act of being passed over on the playground because you’re small is, I believe, a form of abuse. We’ve seen abuse take many forms in the community of Wendover and it can lead to people doing things that go against their own nature, suicide for just one. And no don’t ask, but thanks to a few people in the dear community of Wendover I’m glad I got out of the community before my depression could get the best of me. The death threats to Toni and her family were real and if you think the looming death threats stopped after Kody was arrested you truly have missed the video where Toni was attacked in school by Kody and when she could have then left it all behind and ran away she stepped forward and confessed when there was NO evidence against her. I personally thought that she was acting on her conscience but now I believe that the death threats continued well after he was arrested. And why did the threats continue? They continued in the misguided belief that Toni would cave and take the full weight of the murder on herself. NO! I will not condone what Toni did but I truly believe that if it had not been for Kody Patton she would not be in this mess. He is the true monster in this horror tale. Life without parole is too easy. He deserves the death penalty and even that is too small of a punishment. Now these are all my opinions, and are not based on any evidence found in the court room. I have gleaned these things from listening and being objective as the whispers and gossip float through the air and I won’t even mention the courtroom of the media. Again I will not condone Toni’s actions and I know she must pay for her for her part in this horrible act.
Seriously, The town must be short of decent looking women. Beauty queen, yuck!!!!! and murder????????????????Shame on you!
Toni Fratto has a horrible name and horrible face. And she is a murderer. Being the victim of domestic abuse is no excuse for murdering a innocent girl.
It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out Frat to was jealous. Her journals speak to that in black and white. He did it to prove his loyalty much like the Texas teen case. Slashes on Mickie’s face are the kind of wounds a girl would do to another much prettier girl out of jealousy. They are both guilty and should rot. Can’t stand her face. Pathetic. For some stupid guy over a nonexistent relationship.