Robert John Bardo
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Robert John Bardo is an American criminal serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted for the July 18, 1989, murder of American actress and model Rebecca Schaeffer, whom he had stal
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Samantha Smith
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Samantha Reed Smith was an American peace activist and child actress who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wr
Robert John Bardo
…unexplained strange and threatening behavior toward them. Prior to developing an obsession with Schaeffer, Bardo had stalked child peace activist Samantha Smith. These attempts had ultimately failed to establish any contact with Smith. Smith's return home from the Soviet Union had inspired Bardo to travel to…
Smith visiting the Artek pioneer camp in 1983
Samantha Smith (center) visiting the USSR upon the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of CPSU Yuri Andropov in all-Union Artek pioneer camp
Samantha Smith Alley in Artek Camp "Morskoy"
Boat "Саманта Смит" ("Samantha Smith" in Russian), built in 1986 and named in honor of Smith in Yalta Sea Port