Rebecca Schaeffer was born and raised in the Canadian prairies. Her itchy feet took her far from home when she turned eighteen, and she hasn't returned for more than a few months here or there since. You can find her sitting in a cafe on the other side of the world, writing about villains, antiheroes and morally ambiguous characters. *******I read a lot of books and have a lot of opinions, so the only books I put up and rate on Goodreads are ones I absolutely loved and would heartily recommend to my fans. ****I also don't add friends and I don't have time to keep up on all platforms, so Goodreads is just for posting book reviews. If you want to contact me, there's a form on my website, or you can @ me on twitter ^_^
Shot to death in Los Angeles, California at age 21. Her murderer, Robert John Bardo, was sentenced to life in prison.
Interred at Ahavai Sholom Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.
Her stalking/murder shed light on the horrors that celebrities often face with deranged fans turned stalkers. Since her stalker was able to find out so much personal information about her, including her home address from DMV records, laws have been established to protect celebrities private information.
As with John Lennon s killer Mark David Chapman before him, Bardo, was found to have in his possession a copy of J.D. Salinger s "Catcher in the Rye" at the time of his arrest.
Was dating Brad Silberling at the time of her death.
Three years before the murder, Robert Bardo began writing letters to Schaeffer.
Bardo also attempted to meet singers Debbie Gibson and Tiffany , but says he was most obsessed with Schaeffer. He once tried to sneak on to the studio lot to give her a stuffed teddy bear.
She was scheduled to audition for Francis Ford Coppola s The Godfather: Part III the morning she was murdered.
Lived with costar Pam Dawber and Dawbers actor husband Mark Harmon in Los Angeles after landing the role of Patti Russell on "My Sister Sam" .
The movie Moonlight Mile , written and directed by Brad Silberling , has taken the story from his own experiences as her former boyfriend.
Her murder helped lead to the classification of stalking as a felony in California. The law has since provided recourse for such celebrities as Madonna , Jeri Ryan and David Letterman.
Her killer was dressed as a flower delivery man when she was fatally shot once in the heart at the downstairs doorway of her apartment building.
Episode "MacGyver" {The Gun (#6.3)} of the TV Series "MacGyver" was produced in reaction to her murder.
Died on the 5 year anniversary of the McDonalds massacre in San Ysidro, California.
