Bardo fled instantly, and a neighbor brought the young actress to a local hospital where she died 30 minutes after arrival. He was arrested after being spotted fleeing the scene on a nearby interstate, he immediately confessed to the murder. He was convicted, and given life without the possibility of parole. The murders of Saldana and Schaeffer helped enact America’s first Anti-Stalking laws in 1990.
Celebrity stalking brought the issue to the main stage, with similar well-known cases such as those of Madonna and Jodie Foster, but is not limited to just celebrities. Although there are now stalking laws put in place, there is actually action that police and law …show more content…
Typically defined as “the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person that threatens his or her safety” (Meloy 1999, pg. 258) and although stalking has been around since the dawn of time, stalking is now a new crime in all 50 states and a federal offense in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain. According to a 2002 report by the U.S. National Center for Victims of Crime, the definition of stalking is "virtually any unwanted contact between two people that directly or indirectly communicates a threat or places the victim in fear can be considered