Rebecca Shaeffer - 1989 was the first documented case of a stalker using electronic Public Records to locate and murder victim.

The seriousness of the crime of stalking is seen in the facts surrounding the Rebecca Schaeffer murder case. In 1986, while living in Tucson, Arizona, Bardo saw Schaeffer on the television series, "My Sister Sam." He began writing fan letters to her, and received a card and autographed picture of her, which validated his delusion of their "mutual attraction." In 1988, he started making trips from Arizona to Los Angeles in the hope of contacting her. On each trip he brought candy and stuffed animals and on each trip he was turned away by the studio security. He then saw her in her first movie and grew infuriated when he saw her in bed with a male character. Feeling betrayed, he told his sister that he had to save her and the only way of saving her was to kill her. He had read a magazine how Arthur Jackson located Theresa Saldana’s address through the DMV and hired a private investigator to locate Schaeffer’s address in the same manner. Bardo returned to Los Angeles, only this time, instead of carrying flowers and stuffed animals; he carried a gun with hollow point bullets. Bardo went to Schaeffer’s house and shot her once through the chest. She died at the age of 21. Bardo was arrested and convicted of this murder and is now serving a life without possibility of parole sentence. Subsequent to this case, the California Legislature enacted Vehicle Code Section 1808.21, which provided that stalking and threat victims may request confidentiality in their DMV records.

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