this program contains graphic violence viewer discretion is advised Fame it can transform a smalltown dreamer into a superstar some people make it and others Die Trying their dreams interrupted one small town girl from the Pacific Northwest just might have what it takes the second she walked through the door my heart stopped I just knew that here was somebody who really had it she has to leave home to chase her dreams Portland wasn't really a place for a performer to launch a national career what attracts young aspiring actors and actresses to Los Angeles it's the glamour it's the glitz but behind that Glitz lurks danger when I got the call the next day it was I was pretty much in denial I didn't believe it an ambush by a Madman there's a common theme with a lot of these people they're troubled people they have empty souls he wanted to be remembered and he was willing to achieve it in any way that he could for aspiring stars like Rebecca schaer sometimes the pursuit of Fame kills in Hollywood the only things brighter than the spotlights at a movie premiere are the stars in the eyes of the pretty young actresses hoping to be famous very few have what it takes to make it one who does is 21-year-old Rebecca schaer she's a small town girl from Oregon Rebecca was from the most amazing family when you think about the ideal parents that would be Benson and Dana so loving so wonderful and this was their only child she had a very normal childhood Rebecca schaer had some special thing her smile was to die for her big brown eyes were absolutely glorious but she had a spirit to her she had a sweetness to her she had these dimples she just had this sweet girl next door Vibe the girl next door brimming with potential and big Hollywood plans everybody wants Fame everybody wants to be recognized you know that's just a it's a Dream by 1989 she's inching closer to that improbable dream what they saw in Hollywood was that special energy about her that effervescence that just jumped off the screen as an actress she's ready to break out something big was potentially about to happen Francis Ford Copa wanted to talk to her about a role in godf Father 3 she's thinking this could be my big break Francis Ford Copa Godfather 3 she wasn't going to a casting director she was actually meeting with Francis fop himself and she was very excited about that she's waiting for a courier to drop off a copy of The Godfather 3 script so she can prepare she has no idea danger is lurking outside at 10:15 a.m. maybe it's the Courier with the script but maybe it's not one thing's for sure after today everything will be different [Music] [Music] as a kid in Oregon Fame was not the first thing on Rebecca's mind there was an innocence about growing up in Oregon during that time it was a safe place we could ride our bikes we could go from one house to another we trusted our teachers we trusted our parents we trusted strangers she's the only daughter of a psychologist dad and a writer mom Rebecca really captured an innocence I just think of her as being very classically beautiful and very beautiful person inside and outside Believe It or Not Rebecca initially had plans to become a rabbi a very Noble profession no doubt but she was constantly told about her beauty she heard it all the time who could deny it so she decided at a very early age that she was going to see where she could take that she decides to get herself an agent I owned an agency in Portland Oregon and we had models as well as actors but there are so few people that have it and I've been asked to describe what it is and it's not something you can describe it's something that you just see when they walk into a room and they fill the room like Rebecca you know I mean the second she walked through the door my heart stopped I just fell in love with her she filled the room with her effervescence and her just her energy and she was so adorable I just knew that here was somebody who really had it she started out as a teen model and she was just so beautiful and fresh faced she did commercials around town I saw Rebecca on a couple of goes for print work we were both primarily running into each other for catalog work for Statewide chain stores she was humble sweet very well-liked by everybody she wasn't a showoff in anyway she she was just very quiet um sincere the modeling is a stepping stone to her real dream acting she's cast as background on quarterback princess a TV movie shooting in Portland starring Helen Hunt who exploded to fame on Mad About You was just an extra Ro and you would you know it wasn't much it didn't pay hardly anything but she was so excited to to have that because you always think this is my break somebody's going to see me but Fame can be very fickle and nobody really sees her if she wants to make it big she'll have to leave Oregon when I think of Portland in the80s I think of it as being a little Homespun it wasn't really a place for a performer to launch a national career we had an opportunity to send her to New York to go to the fame School Rebecca's parents Dana Benson Rebecca and I we went out to dinner to discuss the potential for her to move to New York I was nervous because she was young you know she was 16 and New York's a big city and Rebecca was a very trusting young lady who was just very open with people and I worried about her but her parents know she can handle the challenge and for Rebecca it's a chance to follow the dream of a lifetime to move to a place like New York City would take very strong and supportive and loving parents so I give her parents a lot of credit for letting their only child make that move in the Big Apple she's a struck New York City from an oregonian's perspective is like a foreign country it's it's big it's booming it's it's it's a 180 for from where Rebecca and I were from Rebecca had a lot of courage and a lot of drive and I think Rebecca was very dedicated to what she wanted to do to stretch her cash she moves into an apartment with other aspiring actresses six roommates in a two-bedroom apartment you eat cheap you you you live as cheaply as you can you cut Corners where you can because nobody's got a lot of money if you're not willing to make that sacrif I and if you just expect it to happen overnight or that you know you deserve it it ain't going to happen Yes actually yeah Rebecca was a person who looked at life glass half full so while there were struggles I think she anticipated those struggles I don't think she for a minute thought it was all going to happen overnight that this was a process she starts to book modeling gigs for magazine like 17 she been in Portland magazines but a coveted magazine like 17 that was pretty big that was pretty big stuff there as a teenager 17 magazine was everything and that was our Vogue it was amazing I was so proud of Rebecca small town girl you know makes it big she loves the thrill the early steps to fame can bring but her modeling career hits a ceiling she was very tiny wasn't tall enough or leggy enough to be a fashion model or a runway model but there was something about her I go she is so watchable that this is somebody who could have a career in film and television and I sat her down one day and I said Rebecca have you ever thought about acting and her eyes lit up and she says I think I'd really like that while finishing high school she begins taking classes and going on auditions once you're bit by the acting bug it's fatal there's just no coming out of that you know it's just it's a dream that you're going to chase she catches a piece of that dream when she lands a small roll on the soap Guiding Light then a longer running spot on One Life to Live it's a big deal suddenly she's in everybody's living room it was very unusual for her to start so quickly and to get as much as she did cuz actors struggle sometimes for years before anything happens early success does not guarantee constant work Rebecca was doing really good but then things kind of dry up and New York is a very expensive place to live so even doing a little bit of work here and there doesn't really cover the all the bills and so things were getting very very tight not see and when you're not doing so well New York can become awfully Frosty you don't have money I don't have money I haven't had any gigs recently we're going to get kicked out you have to remember the realities of everyone scrambling to get to the top they'll kick you with their left foot and kick you with their right to get over the top of you it can be brutal I'm sure there were times of loneliness I'm sure that there were times of fear the not knowing and also feeling so far away from home it was probably the lowest point in her career then she lands a big audition for a new sitcom starring Pam Dober who had just been in the hit series Mor and Mindy with Robin Williams welcome hi so you're going to be auditioning of she had this opportunity to audition for my sister Sam and she was practically broke then hi I'm Rebecca schaer and I'm going to be reading the part for Patty but even at her lowest point Rebecca was still always a positive person hey Sam thanks for letting me Rebecca reads for the role we're going to have a blast but then it's wait and wait will she get the gig there's lots of talent and sometimes it just comes down to a look sometimes it's not even the right talent but it's the right look is this the look that I want there's just no really uh Rhyme or Reason to some things in the business at times it's just the way it happens and then there is being in the right place at the right time if she gets the part it'll mean a very big break and another move this time to La you want to be rich and famous where do you go Los Angeles it's Hollywood it's the Sunset Strip it's the movie studios it's the beaches it's the weather it's the glamour but that glamour comes with a price the Dark Side of Fame is that when you're up there and everybody knows who you are that takes away your privacy and it makes you vulnerable to the unstable individuals who might become obsessed with you Oregon native Rebecca schaer has dreams bigger than the Pacific Northwest and moves to New York seeking fame yet the big time comes with risks no one can predict everyone thinks Fame Is So Glorious Fame makes life so easy it really isn't that way there's a lot of pressure that comes with Fame there's a lot of pressure that comes with everyone's microscope on your life but Rebecca's ready for it she's gotten roles on several soaps I kind of called soap rers on the job training it's a a great place to get started you work hard long hours you work fast and you learn the business and it can be a very lucrative business as well you look at Susan Luchi she's done very very well Meg Ryan started in soap operas you know a lot of people started in soaps yet she's hoping for more than daytime TV after an audition for the new sitcom my sister Sam She nervously awaits word though she's not sitting by the phone she can't afford one then the incredible news I got the part I got the part oh my God I got the part she actually had gotten the roll it was huge it was so exciting my dream is television Superstar Pam Dober who just wrapped Moran Mindy with Robin Williams invites Rebecca to move in with her and her famous actor husband Mark Harmon in La getting to stay with television royalty is a great start Mark Haron and Pam Derber were really really good to her she was going to be playing Pam dobber's little sister and they brought Rebecca into their home and she lived with Pam and Mark one of the things it would accomplish was cementing that relationship between Pam and Rebecca they recognized that this was a very young girl who was not raised in Southern California who was raised really in the Northwest and had a brief time in New York and so they were very protective of her they really took care of her as she gets to work the Oregon girl experiences the real La for people who make that Trek from the small town to Hollywood what the upand cominging entertainment person finds out is that there's a lot of lying that there's a lot of using and that there's a lot of manipulation and the disillusionment can be hard to handle and while she embraced her success she never lost her Oregon Roots she still was able to maintain that beautiful innocence and people related to that her talent and attitude get her cast in films too which is her Ultimate Dream she did the Woody ala movie Radio Days and had an opportunity to really get her feet wet there she did um class struggles of Beverly Hills where she she played somebody totally out of character for her she played Jaclyn bassett's daughter uh who was a spoiled little rich girl who didn't have any boundaries and uh was a total opposite of who Rebecca was it's a much more sophisticated role than the one on the sitcom Rebecca's career is starting to mature she even has a few sexy scenes in the picture eventually she moves out of Pam Dober in Mark Harmon's house and into her own place an apartment in the quiet section of La called Fairfax she felt it was time to get her own place and they went apartment shopping with her to try to find a place that would be safe and then they moved her into their first apartment Mark built her desk and they you know they they just got her all set up and remain very close she hopes her next step toward major Fame is a role in the final film of Francis Ford cop's Academy awardwinning Blockbuster Trilogy Godfather 3 a role in this film would put her career into the stratusphere she would be working alongside Legends like Al Pacino that would have been pivotal for her that was going to be her big break to hit it to Super Start it this was an Absol absolutely Stellar opportunity for young Rebecca schaer to get seen by Francis Ford copala and have a role in the iconic franchise The Godfather imagine the excitement she must have felt she was waiting anxiously for that script to arrive at 10:15 a.m. a neighbor hears someone at the Lock security door buzzing to a nearby apartment then an interior re door open and close and footsteps heading toward the front the next thing she knows the neighbor Hears A major blast it was so profound it shakes the walls her cat jumps in the air lands back on the floor this neighbor is thinking what in the world has just happened a screenwriter who lives across the street hears the commotion he sees someone on the ground and a man in a yellow shirt running off neighbors call 911 passers by Rush to help some recognize her it's Rebecca schaer she's been shot in the chest on she's still alive and manages to say one word why ambulances arrived within minutes paramedics tried desperately to resuscitate her they put her in the ambulance they bring her to Cedar s Hospital while doctors try to revive her police get to work at the front door no sign of forced entry there was no evidence that anybody broke into the building while technicians start looking for Prince outside detectives check Rebecca's apartment there's no sign of disarray there was no evidence of any kind of altercation it was completely quiet like someone hit the pause button in the young actress's life with no clues to indicate who detectives canvas the building it's a very quaint little village community you've got lots and lots of people in the entertainment industry your nextdoor neighbor could be a singer the guy across the street could be a writer they learn about the neighbor who heard the buzzer but she didn't see anything detectives speak to several people who were on the street that morning they say a white male in a yellow shirt had been trying to confirm Rebecca lived in the neighborhood he had a manila envelope with him inside this envelope was an 8x10 photograph of Rebecca schaer and he was inquiring as to where she lived he was asking neighbors he was asking cab drivers he was hellbent on finding Rebecca schaer's home no one can ID him across the street police also talked to the screenwriter who saw a guy in a yellow shirt he didn't get a good look at the man's face Rebecca opened the door for him it's very sensible to assume that perhaps Rebecca knew the person when she opened the door hi then detectives learn a detail that complicates that theory she heard the buzzer in her apartment but the intercom didn't work so while she could hear the buzzer she couldn't press the button and say who is it if she hears the buzzer and she's waiting for a script she's coming downstairs to open that door while actress Rebecca schaer is not yet a household name her career is on a steady ascent from small town modeling in Portland to soaps in New York to prime time TV and film in Hollywood I got the part one thing seemed to lead to another the soap opera led to the TV show the TV show led to opportunity in film she was capturing it but then on the day she's supposed to audition for Francis Ford Copa for a role in his upcoming film Godfather 3 she's Gunn down in front of her apartment LAPD forensics technicians find no physical evidence at the crime scene that might help identify the shooter and unfortunately the building has no security cameras to capture footage of the gunman or any car he might have driven at Cedar Sinai Medical Center ER doctors do their best to revive her but they pronounce Rebecca a schaer dead from a single shot to the chest crime scene teex found no ejected shell casings so the gun was likely a revolver the bullet that struck the young actress down was from a 357 handgun a hollow point cartridge hollow points are designed to expand upon entering a body to do more damage anyone using them has one goal to kill instantly he knew what he was going to do he was planning on obtaining his prey and that was what his mission was and he wasn't going to stop homicide detectives have to make that most difficult call notifying Rebecca's family news of the actress's death spreads quickly agent in New York called me to say n I'm so sorry sorry and uh uh and I go what are you talking about and they go Rebecca's dead and I go no she's not and this ISS no nette she's dead and I said no she's not it was I was pretty much in denial it was I didn't believe it and I remember receiving a phone call from Rebecca's best friend who's also a very close friend of mine to this day and I remember hearing it from her first and um turning on the TV and just being in shock it's almost a an impossible moment to hear that somebody that you grew up with somebody who was so beautiful and so kind and so innocent um that their life was taken that way everything came to a dead stop I I was trying to get my head around it cuz we didn't have any details then we didn't know what happened just that she had been murdered I was devastated it it was she was like my she was my baby it you know she was it was like taking a child from me it was it was that devastated and then I thought of her parents you know and and den and Benson um you know it was just it was never experienced anything like that every news station in La makes it the lead other outlets across the country quickly pick up on the horrible tale of a the talented young Rising Star Gunn down police hope the publicity will bring new leads but they can't wait and continue their investigation early suspects in any murder are those in the victim's Inner Circle when you're dealing with a young woman obviously the first thought is domestic violence or a boyfriend uh out to get you for whatever reason or some sort of a fight that escalates into something more nefarious police learn Rebecca had a boyfriend she had a relationship with a young man named Brad silverling who was an aspiring director at the time he didn't have any big success but he went on to have great success with projects like Lemony Snicket and Casper they were adorable couple they were so cute together I mean she cared about him a lot he adored Rebecca schaer he worshiped her he wanted to marry her but Rebecca wasn't so sure it all happened a little fast a little too soon for her she cared deeply for him I just don't think she was ready to be married and just wanted to kind of slow things down just a little bit the very first place the police look are loved ones so obviously the first person they're going to look at is Brad silberling detectives need to find him and determine where he was that morning they also ask insiders if Rebecca had any trouble with anyone in the business agent person and they're sitting here threatening me telling me that if I didn't sign their contract I wouldn't be allowed to work anymore is this true there was an occasion where she got very intimidated by uh one of the agents in Hollywood who kind of threatened her she didn't sign with them they would kick her off the show they would her replaced and she believed it and I remember her calling me in tears I was Furious that somebody would take advantage of her that way because she was the sweetest person there was but no one can imagine the agent killing her over it police find no record of domestic dispute calls at the apartment and she's never reported any threats of harassment she was the nicest person on the planet Planet there wasn't any kind of neighbor that she was feuding with here's all police had to go on a man between 5 S and 6 ft tall brown hair a long sleeve yellow shirt denim jeans he was asking passers by about Rebecca then he walked up and shot her the fact that he was in neighborhoods showing photographs trying to determine where she lived speaks to how obsessed he was how pathologically obsessed he was with Rebecca schaer and the amount of energy that that would take suggests just how consumed he was it occupied every cell of his being a Madman determined to kill face to face Rebecca schaer was shot right in the chest at close range that suggest a ton of anger and rage that he would be willing to do such a violent crime up so close in [Music] person most murdered women are killed by their spouse or lover so detectives track down and question Rebecca's boyfriend when police interviewed Brad silverling what they got from him was an absolute sincere love and affection for Rebecca schaer he told them that he loved her that he wanted to marry her he has a solid Alibi he is completely innocent and heartbroken at the loss of his love it seems no one in her Inner Circle was involved the thing about Rebecca is she always maintained that girl next door grounded sort of attitude very loving very friendly you couldn't find a single person who disliked Rebecca schaer investigators have one Theory left her boyfriend was a loving guy with an alibi no problem there if I'm a crack detective and I know she has no enemies and I find out from Neighbors that there is a suspicious man walking in the early morning hours in this neighborhood carrying a manila envelope with an 8 by10 of Rebecca shaer I'm pretty sure that I've got an obsessed fan on my hands Rebecca schaer works hard to try to achieve her dream of being a Hollywood star just as she's on the verge of making it to the big time a shadowy killer shoots her and vanishes Without a Trace investigators believe the shooter might be an obsessed fan she had so many fans who wrote to her from all over she was right there on the brink to Major stardom I mean she was very beloved by many people she had a huge fan base she tried to write back but it got overwhelming and some of the letters were a little unsettling love letters marriage proposals sometimes vague threats it means the list of suspects is huge she also had fans trying to sneak on to set one visited with gifts for her telling security he knew her I'm an old friend of hers sorry no idea I can't you thankfully Warner Brothers Sound Stage security turned him away there's a price to celebrity I mean there really is there's there's pros and there's cons there's goods and there's bads Rebecca tried not to let it scare her she wasn't a fearful person she wasn't somebody who lived in [Music] fear but it can be scary the difference between a fan and a stalker is that the fan will simply be super interested in what the celebrity is doing you know may want to be part of a fan club ask for some photographs and that's pretty much it the crossover from to Dangerously obsess stalker is when they start to believe they actually have a relationship with the celebrity they may come to believe that they have a special Destiny with this person and that they're entitled to pursue and that they're driven to do so I've covered enough celebrity stalking cases to know that there's a common theme with a lot of these people they're troubled people they have empty souls and they're looking somehow to latch on to something that gives them personal meaning and who better to do that through but a celebrity whose name is in lights and they can sort of vicariously live through that Fame and Fortune but who is he and where he's going to have evidence of his obsession in his life space and when stalkers have the videos and the photographs it's so they can watch them look at them and fantasize and it's part of their obsessive nature to retain these items and replay them over and over again as they imagin themselves connected and attached to the victim and in worst case scenarios put together um situations in which they are doing harm to their victim LAPD detectives note an eerie resemblance to an attack on another actress Teresa Sana just a few years earlier after seeing Teresa enraging bull a man named Nam Arthur Jackson paid a private detective to get her mother's phone number for him Jackson called her mother posing as Martin scor's assistant to get Teresa's address then showed up at her home with a 5 and 1/2 in knife he stamped her 10 times bending the blade with the force Jackson was stopped captured and Jed failed incredibly Teresa survived had Hollywood history repeated itself in a deadly way with Rebecca somehow a Madman with evil intentions walked up to a star in broad daylight killed her then utterly banished investigators have no viable leads there were no warnings from anyone that anyone had been stalking her they really were starting from Ground Zero with nothing then the morning after the murder LAPD detectives get a call that starts to crack the case wide open a woman in Tennessee says she's seen the news and thinks she knows who the gunman is I think it's my brother Robert BAU she says Bardo is 19 years old and lives in Tucson [Music] Arizona she explains BAU called her the morning of the shooting and he said to her guess what I'm a block and a half from Rebecca schaer's home now she also tells police that who was obsessed with Rebecca Schaefer and had been so for a couple of [Music] years he he has a vast collection of videotapes and photos all of Rebecca he's written her dozens of letters over the years Rebecca answered the first letter but not the others LAPD investigators called their counterparts 500 mil to the east in Arizona but before Tucson PD can find BAU he finds them dispatch is getting floods of calls from people there's a crazy guy running in and out of traffic on a major freeway in Tucson Arizona it was puzzling it almost seemed like this particular person wanted to die I was driving into work and overheard on my police radio that there was a person that they thought might be a metal patient or or somebody on drugs who was running around in freeway traffic and I realized that the that they were giving was about 15 or 20 seconds away from where I was and sure enough I looked up there and I saw him just going over the edge of the freeway down toward one of the ex or the exit ramps I got out and just called to him and said hey you know I told him who I was and waved my badge at him he stopped he didn't try to run away he so I said you know I just want to make sure you're okay and he he was pretty much incoherent at that point he was he was not making very much sense then the man says something odd he was making references about the fact that he knew that he had done wrong and that he didn't end he didn't he didn't mean for it to be that way he didn't mean to hurt anybody and I said what do you mean and he said well I I didn't I didn't go there to shoot her I I didn't go there to shoot her could this be the man who gunned down the actress after the Ambush murder of actress Rebecca schaer Los Angeles after the Ambush murder of actress Rebecca schaer Los Angeles detectives get a tip Tucson resident Robert BAU might be the shooter I think it's my brother Robert BAU Tucson Police Chief Peter ronad responds to a call about a man acting strange by a highway I I didn't go there to shoot her romad wonders if this is Robert BAU and and if he's referring to Rebecca schaer and that rang the bell because that's what they were talking about on the news there were some shocking observations by bto's neighbors of him running into a wall head first and swinging from the eaves into Windows this reflects his self-destructive nature it suggests problems with his impulse control and his propensity for violence because he lacks regard even for his own well-being and safety he had some issues with mental health he was committed for mental health treatment for a period of time Tucson Police take him into custody and confirm it's Robert BAU searching his bedroom they find photos videos and letters all about Rebecca schaer Robert BAU is extradited to California he never confessed is outright and pleads not guilty when charged with murder slowly investigators piece together an obsession that built to dangerous levels over time he wrote a flurry of fan letters to Rebecca he showed up on the studio lot for the taping of my sister Sam and tried to get on the lot you see ID no no no I'm here you see backa there was nothing that led anybody to believe that he was going to be any kind of a physical threat slightly obsessive yes but nothing that made them say oh my goodness we need to alert police turns out Rebecca responded to one of bto's early letters she just was very kind and caring and so I did worry about that that she might be a little too trusting at times and people can take advantage of that when he sent more and more she decided not to write back again the type of Personality that commits this kind of murder is one that has narcissism as its foundation somebody that believes that they have been offended has a thin skin a brittle ego investigators learned BTO told a friend how angry he got when he saw her sexy turn in scenes from the class struggle in Beverly Hills in bto's mind in his narcissistic mind he's got this idea ized grandiose relationship that he's fantasized that he's having with Rebecca schaer and when she shifted into a different presentation of her acting self from wholesome to something a bit more risque he couldn't tolerate he was outraged enraged and he was going to destroy her for that detectives learn BTO used a private detective to get Becca's address robertt John BAU paid a private investigator $250 to get information from the Department of Motor Vehicles it was that simple so he says hey this is an old friend of mine I know around the studios can you help me find Rebecca schaer's address I want to get in touch with her he then hopped on a bus to Los Angeles with his gun Rebecca's photo and a copy of The Catcher in the Rye Catcher in the Rye Was the Same Book found in the hands of killer Mark David Chapman just after he murdered the great Beetle John Lennon the lead prosecutor is Marsha Clark who later gained Fame as the lead in the OJ Simpson case do do you know this girl do you know where she lives at trial Clark argues that BAU walked from the bus stop to Rebecca's neighborhood then spent several hours wandering around trying to confirm her address so BTO went to a lot of trouble prepare for his ultimate plan of taking her life stalkers who are most dangerous have this degree of investment of energy for their Pursuit and when a person puts their mind to it like this they are incredibly dangerous finally he approached her building she hears the buzzer but the intercom is not working so she has to come and actually answer the door but she was expecting the script for Godfather 3 delivered via Courier hi hi Rea yes he's a fan he wants an autograph he wants to talk she's a kind person she doesn't necessarily rebuff him she talks to him for a while but then asks him to leave remember the times were slightly different then in this day and age I would think that most people would immediately pick up their smartphones and call someone hey there's a guy running around the neighborhood with a picture of a well-known actress in 1989 I don't think that would necessarily have been an alarm he went to a restaurant and got something to eat this reflects just how detached he is about what he's about to do a normal person would be too anxious to have an appetite before something like this eating before a horrific event like this speaks to how comfortable he was with what he was about to do never in her wildest dreams do she imagined this guy is going to make a return to her home the buzzer buzzes again this time she's saying ah it's certainly this time must be my script for Godfather 3 but Robert BAU had made a decision investigators search nearby my rooftops and eventually find the blooded yellow shirt an empty gun holster and the copy of the catcher in the Ry he must have discarded them as he fled the murder weapon is never found he jumped on a bus back to Tucson and was out of La within hours of the killing Robert Barto did not have a jury he waved his right to a jury it's very unusual tactic but he did it what happened was he was sentenced to life without [Music] parole it was so painful to see Rebecca's parents in the courtroom and to know that they were there because of their daughter and their loss and how um tragic that must been for them as a result of this case a new federal law was passed that prohibits State DMVs from disclosing home addresses and California passed its first anti-stalking laws to help protect celebrities and ordinary citizens alike so it was a turning point and a sad one in a way that her death had to be the single pivotal moment to change the law but I'm glad that it did something in a positive way Rebecca's boyfriend at the time Brad silberling goes on to direct many feature films including one very personal film he took Rebecca's death very hard um it was very difficult for him one of the things he did was he wrote a movie called um Moonlight Mile and it was kind of his catharism it was about a family whose daughters murdered it was a really lovely lovely movie and I think that was his way of kind of dealing with the with what his feelings were I was always struck how crazy BTO was he had a look in his eye and that it was sickening to me like he almost had a pride that he took her life I hate the fact that he gets any sort of notoriety because of my friend BTO wrote in his diary how important Fame was to him he wanted to be remembered wanted to be recognized and he was willing to achieve it in any way that he could and ultimately he knew that if he took her life he would forever be remembered as the Assassin who killed Rebecca schaer this is what I call Fame without achievement it's a cheater way to be remembered and it speaks to his narcissistic yearnings his narcissistic needs I don't know if justice has really been served because Rebecca's not here my friend is gone it's not fair she been big booby star she would have breached super stardom I could go down and I could walk on her star on Hollywood W of Fame it would be there um she was she was she was just destined for stardom just not this way she was so innocent she wasn't jaded there are a lot of not so nice people in H Hollywood she was a lovely person she did not deserve to die she had so much ahead of her