On July 18, 1989, 21-year-old actress Rebecca Schaeffer opened the door of her West Hollywood apartment expecting a script courier — instead, she found Robert John Bardo, an obsessed fan who had stalked her for three years and shot her point-blank in the chest. In this episode of "The Price of Proximity," we trace how Bardo tracked Schaeffer down using a private investigator who legally obtained her home address through California DMV records for just 250 dollars — a chilling loophole that existed at the time. We unpack the investigation that followed, including Bardo's arrest a day later in Tucson, Arizona, after he was found running into traffic while confessing to the killing, and his eventual conviction for first-degree murder resulting in a life sentence without parole. Beyond the crime itself, this episode examines Schaeffer's lasting legacy: her death directly led to California's first-ever anti-stalking law in 1990 and the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act in 1994, reforms that reshaped how the justice system treats stalking victims nationwide. We also explore the "proximity paradox" at the heart of celebrity culture — how the same visibility that builds a career can expose a person to fatal risk from a fan who mistakes obsession for intimacy.