Rebecca Schaeffer's Killer Stabbed

Celebrity Justice7/28/2007 12:40 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF

Rebecca Schaeffer's Killer Stabbed

Killer Robert John Bardo, who was convicted of stalking and killing actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989, was stabbed by another inmate yesterday. Bardo was stabbed 11 times while he and fellow inmates were walking to breakfast in the prison yard, according to Mule Creek State Prison officials. He survived the attack.

Schaeffer was the star of the 1980s sitcom "My Sister Sam." Bardo was obsessed with Schaeffer and stalked her for several months. He eventually tracked her down with the help of a private detective, and shot her to death when she answered the door of her L.A. home. She was 21.

The suspect identified as responsible for stabbing Bardo is serving an 82-years-to-life sentence for second-degree murder. Bardo was 19 when he stalked and killed Schaeffer. He is serving life without parole. The case led to the classification of stalking as a felony in California.

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BruceLD: 1661 days ago

dca2020, what is YMZ? You must be bored. Elementary school won't start for you for a few more weeks.

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tuna marie: 1661 days ago

TR, why are you posting here? idiot!!

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Sean Bresnahan: 1661 days ago

We should be using this unique moment to pause and remember the lovely life that was stilled rather than speculate on the fate of the bastard that killed her.

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Amy: 1661 days ago

#'s 78, 81, and 82 is the SAME PERSON and why are you SO OBSESSED with defending this guy? What the hell? It looks like you think these comments are a worse crime than murder. You're posting here too, so I guess that makes you a HYPOCRITE.

lol Bruce - 80, 82

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Sesshou69: 1661 days ago

so wait. he becomes obsessed & ends of murderin her?! wtf thats a damn twisted mind! pay back's a bitch. earn up to it & suffer the consequences .... wait .... & the private detective HELPED him track her down. wow. thought you was actually doing good? dont you feel r e tarded?

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Amy: 1661 days ago

: #88, I think she was making a point. This guy is still going about his business until now, albeit in prison, but I imagine he's proud of himself,. This woman's 21 year old body has been rotting in the ground for 18 years because of this man, who until now, was just going about his days. But her soul and her memory live.

Now, believe-you-me, it breaks my heart (and I'm sure it breaks 31's) when I hear about an innocent human being having spent time behind bars. But this is not an innocent human being, and there has never been any question of that. When there is any doubt, as is ALWAYS the case with those people who are innocent or later proven innocent, then prison must be the worst punishment they receive and nothing more. Then, there must be STRONG check and balance

Unless you've lost a loved one in this manner, you have no grounds whatsoever to force your opinions and your laws on those who HAVE and feel passionately about this subject. It's something you cannot fully understand until you've lived it. but at least, thank God, some people get it, whether it was their loved one or not, they "get it".

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Amy: 1661 days ago

#88, I don't mean that you were wrong to say what you said, you're right. And the rest of that post was not toward you, it was to these bleeding hearts who believe ALL capital punishment is wrong.

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Reality: 1661 days ago

Too bad he wasnt ass-raped first.

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Petite: 1661 days ago

Bleeding-heart liberals, who will defend abortion but condem executions...go figure.

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Dan: 1661 days ago

"Unless you've lost a loved one in this manner, you have no grounds whatsoever to force your opinions and your laws on those who HAVE and feel passionately about this subject. "

I think a bit of distance leads to a more sound & sober course of action. I'd wanna kill the sob who murdered anybody I loved; luckily I haven't been put to that test. Happily I also live in a country that takes a saner view of the death penalty and forbids it.

Rebecca's death shook me when it happened, and I've thought of her since. Until today I haven't thought of her killer, and I'm happy to hear he's having a lousy time rotting in jail. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to forget all about him again...

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Observer: 1661 days ago

#11 - Schaefer didn't live in West Hollywood ... she lived in the Fairfax District on Sweetzer.

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Petite: 1661 days ago

Here in Texas, our Governor recently passed new laws to STRENGTHEN the rights of Texans to carry and use their guns to protect themselves from the evil that lurks everywhere. Everyone I know owns multiple guns, and I live in a BIG city.

We target practice with pistols and rifles and bows. No criminal will get away with crime against our family- he will not go to jail, he'll go in the ground.

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BruceLD: 1661 days ago

hi 95. I'm sure they're just great for keepin' them new fangled blacks and homersexials off of them farms and awl.

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Gia: 1661 days ago

Guess sean told you petit.
I thought everyone knew it was more expensive to jail a prisoner for life.

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jbird: 1661 days ago

Hot damn I love karma!