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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.
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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.
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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 ...
Authorities in Tucson arrested Bardo and held him on a one-million-dollar bail. They contacted the LAPD and told them that they were holding Robert John Bardo, and faxed his photo over. LAPD showed the photo to witnesses who had come forward saying they had been approached by a man asking where Rebecca Schaeffer lived the morning she was murdered.
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.
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Aug 20, 2021 · Where is Robert Bardo Now? Although Robert John Bardo had been stalking the young actress for over three years, no one speculated that he would go down the dark road until it happened in July 1989. He’d briefly shifted his infatuations to some pop singers, yet he always returned to Rebecca.
Jul 8, 2019 · The shooter, Robert John Bardo, was arrested the next day wandering a highway in Tucson, Arizona, according to reports at the time. Her murder was not a random crime. Bardo was a stalker...