LOCAL : Schaeffer Murder Trial Dec. 7
Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Connor set a Dec. 7 trial date today for the allegedly obsessed fan charged with shooting actress Rebecca Schaeffer to death.
The defendant, Robert John Bardo, came to court in a wrinkled prison T-shirt and pajama pants. He sat staring at the top of the counsel table throughout the hearing.
Defense attorney Steven Galindo said outside court that Bardo is under constant medication and appears to be improving mentally with the help of drugs.
Bardo is accused of first-degree murder with special circumstances of lying in wait, which could bring him the death penalty if convicted.
Schaeffer, 21, was shot to death in the doorway of her Fairfax area apartment building July 18, 1989.
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