'World of her own'
Richard Wanschura has known Berkovitz since the mid-1960s. They were
classmates at Highland Park High School and remained acquaintances for 35
years. He said she would often call and ask him to be a character witness at
various court hearings. She even invited him to observe how she interacted
with her father at a senior complex so he could testify on her behalf. He went
to three court hearings, but believes she was often putting on an act by being
overly affectionate when they visited her father together.
"She was like a Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde type," Wanschura said. "When you
were with her, you were always uneasy because you weren't sure what she
would do next. If someone disagreed with her, she'd really have a tirade."
Back in high school, Wanschura said, Berkovitz "was better than she was 30
years later, but she was still withdrawn and sometimes eccentric.
"Even back then, she was different and kind of combative if she didn't get her
way," he said. "She always felt everyone was picking on her. She was kind of
like a loner and nobody really understood her. She thought she was pretty
decent, but she'd scare people with her attitude."
Wanschura, a postal clerk and Metrodome peanut vendor, said he bumped
into Berkovitz a couple weeks ago on the bus.
"I said 'hi' to her, but she didn't respond," he said. "She was in a world of her
own."

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