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First-degree murder of Rebecca Schaeffer. Criminal penalty. Life imprisonment without parole. 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. [1]
- Robert John Bardo Murders Rebecca Schaeffer
- Robert John Bardo’s Troubled Childhood
- Bardo’s Breaking Point
- Bardo Begins Stalking Rebecca Schaeffer
- Bardo’s Adoration For Schaeffer Takes A Dark Turn
- “I Killed Rebecca Schaeffer”
- Robert John Bardo’s Imprisonment and Life Today
Robert John Bardo’s bus arrived early in Los Angeles on July 18, 1989. Disheveled and unshaven, he walked the streets of West Hollywood before he located the street that was home to rising starlet Rebecca Schaeffer. With a signed photo of Schaeffer in hand, he approached passersby and asked them if they knew 21-year-old Schaeffer’s exact address. “...
Robert John Bardo was born Jan. 2, 1970, the youngest of June and Philip Bardo’s seven children. Philip was a non-commissioned Air Force officer who married June while he was based in Japan. When Bardo was 13, the family settled in Tucson permanently after years of moving. Bardo’s home life was turbulent. He suffered systematic abuse and neglect at...
Robert John Bardo was placed in a foster home for a short time, and then in the summer of 1985, was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. He underwent a number of psychiatric evaluations, the results of which led to the conclusion he was “severely emotionally handicapped” and his family was “pathological and dysfunctional.” Bardo was also diagnosedwi...
Soon after moving to Tucson, a young Robert John Bardo stole enough money from his mother to buy a bus ticket to Maine. The aim of his trip was to track down young peace activist Samantha Smith, but he was picked upby authorities and sent home before he could do so. Smith tragically died in a plane crash in 1985. Popstar Debbie Gibson was next amon...
In April 1988, My Sister Samcame to an end which also spelled the end to Schaeffer’s innocent character, Patti Russell. Robert John Bardo only knew Schaeffer as the playful and charming Patti; with regards to the rest of her life, he was clueless. It never occurred to him that Schaeffer would earn parts in other movies and TV shows as characters wi...
The day after Robert John Bardo shot Rebecca Schaeffer at point-blank range in her doorway, authorities in Tucson, Arizona, received reports from motorists about a man dodging in between cars on a busy highway, shouting that he had “killed Rebecca Schaeffer.” Regarding this incident, Bardo would later say: “I thought I owed it to Rebecca to kill my...
In a last-ditch effort to convince Judge Fulgoni that Robert John Bardo was mentally ill, Stephen Galindo said: “Rebecca Schaeffer is a victim in the true sense of the word. But Robert Bardo is also a victim – a victim of parental neglect and a mental health system which failed to provide the treatment he needed.” Judge Fulgoni, however, was not sw...
Oct 10, 2023 · After Robert John Bardo got Rebecca Schaeffer's address from the private eye, he went to Schaeffer's apartment on July 18, 1989. Witnesses later "recalled seeing Bardo on Rebecca's street, showing passersby her photo and asking if they knew her and where she lived." Although people ignored him, Bardo found Schaeffer's building.
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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 ...
Getty Images Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered at age 21 on July 18, 1989, when a deranged stalker named Robert John Bardo shot her outside her Hollywood home. In the summer of 1989, 21-year-old model and actress Rebecca Schaeffer was well on her way to becoming a star. She had already appeared in several movies and TV shows while her future ...
Apr 12, 2019 · In 1989, model-turned-actress Rebecca Schaeffer was killed in cold blood by a man many described as an “deranged fan” named Robert John Bardo.. On April 12, 20/20 released a new two-hour ...
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On July 18, 1989, 19-year-old fan Robert John Bardo shot and killed Schaeffer at her home in West Hollywood. At the time of her death, she had been stalked by Bardo for three years. [11] [15] He had previously been obsessed with child peace activist Samantha Smith, who died in a plane crash in 1985. [16]
