resting_place death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation death_cause
golden cemetery , golden , colorado 20 april 1999 columbine , colorado , u.s. wheat ridge , colorado , u.s. 6 november 1981 murder victim cassie bernall.jpg cassie bernall
 cassie rené bernall student gunshot by eric harris
cassie bernall

cassie rené bernall -lrb- november 6 , 1981april 20 , 1999 -rrb- was a student killed in the columbine high school massacre at age 17 .
initial reports suggested that eric harris asked if bernall believed in god moments before she was fatally shot .
she was reported to have answered `` yes '' .
this story led to bernall being presented as a martyr by some christians , and served as the inspiration for several songs , including michael w. smith 's `` this is your time '' and flyleaf 's `` cassie ; '' the video for `` this is your time '' includes a short clip at its beginning of bernall talking about her beliefs .
in the months following bernall 's death , her mother , misty bernall , released the book `` she said yes : the unlikely martyrdom of cassie bernall '' .
in this book misty describes her daughter 's turbulent teenage life , spiritual conversion and martyrdom .
most examinations of witness testimony state that bernall was not asked anything before she was shot .
according to witness emily wyant , who was hiding under the same table as bernall , eric harris said `` peek-a-boo '' before shooting cassie , while cassie continued to pray silently .
it has been documented that a similar exchange took place between dylan klebold and valeen schnurr , another student who was wounded in the library that day .
some have speculated that this exchange was mistakenly attributed to bernall .
richard castaldo was also quoted in the press as attributing a similar exchange to rachel scott just before she was shot , but castaldo subsequently denied that rachel had had a similar exchange with her killer .
he also denied saying anything suggesting such a conversation .
