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Robert John Bardo (born January 2, 1970) is an American man serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted for the July 18, 1989, murder of American actress and model Rebecca Schaeffer, whom he had stalked for three years.
Robert John Bardo stalked actress Rebecca Schaeffer for three years before brutally murdering her outside her Hollywood home on July 18, 1989. When Bardo tracked down Schaeffer's house and was hurried out her doorway, he returned and shot the 21-year-old twice at point-blank range.
Aug 20, 2021 · August 20, 2021. ABC’s ’20/20: Your Biggest Fan’ is an episode that explores the harrowing murder of actress and model Rebecca Schaeffer, along with its aftermath. On July 18, 1989, the 21-year-old was shot in the chest and killed after she opened the front door of her Los Angeles, California, home, only to find an obsessed fan determined ...
Oct 10, 2023 · When asked about this incident later, Robert John Bardo said, "I thought I owed it to Rebecca to kill myself after what had happened." Tucson police arrested Bardo and his statements were taken to be a confession to murdering Schaeffer. And Bardo offered little-to-no resistance to the police.
- Marina Manoukian
May 8, 2024 · On the tape, Robert Bardo was in a room at Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, telling his defense-appointed psychiatrist how he had stalked and killed 21-year-old actress Rebecca...
- christopher.goffard@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Dec 29, 2023 · Schaffer’s Killer Faces Justice. Finally, on July 18, 1989, Robert John Bardo arrived at Rebecca Schaeffer’s home in West Hollywood. When she tried to send him away, he pulled out a gun and shot her in the chest, leaving her dead. Bardo’s deadly story of obsession had reached its tragic end.
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Aug 21, 2021 · Robert John Bardo is serving a life sentence today in the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer. He was 19 years old and an obsessed fan of the actress when he fatally shot her at her...