Lazarus' husband, Scott Young, who works as a detective in the San Fernando Valley, knew nothing about the slaying, Beck said. 'There was a significant struggle that preceded the homicide,' he said. Lazarus, who joined the force in 1983 and since 2006 has worked with a unit tracking stolen art, was identified as a suspect through a recent DNA match of saliva taken from bite marks on Sherri Rasmussen's body, said Deputy Chief Charlie Beck. Lazarus, 49, could be sentenced to death if convicted of Rasmussen's murder. On Tuesday Lazarus will face a judge on charges that she bit, beat and shot Sherri Rasmussen to death after breaking into her condominium in 1986.

at crime scenes, if you know there's possible evidence on anything, you're not going to leave it behind.LOS ANGELES (AP) - For 23 years as her ex-boyfriend's wife lay dead and the case to find the woman's killer grew cold, Stephanie Lazarus rose through the ranks of the Police Department from patrol officer to detective, working right across the hall from homicide detectives. so, it was great forethought on their behalf actually to recover it. the only thing apparently stolen was from the garage, sherri's car. UCLA grad John Ruetten and Sherri Rasmussen, the 27-year-old director of Adventist Medical Center, initiated their romance in 1984, and eventually got married in 1985. Stephanie Lazarus, the LA cop who got away with murder for over 20 years Has DL ever discussed her She brutally murdered the wife of her ex-boyfriend in 1986, then went on to become a cop who went after art thieves.Īnd that was recovered just a mile away from the crime scene with the keys still in it. it se was ead> at crime scenes, iw there's possible evidence on anything, you're not going to leave it behind. DNA finally identified her as the perpetrator in 2009 and she went to the slammer. Who is Stephanie Lazarus husband Scott Young Stephanie Lazarus’ significant other Scott Young is also a researcher. He was serving in the San Fernando Valley as an investigator in 2009 when Stephanie was taken to court for her remand, according to Daily Breeze. Scott and Stephanie lived in rural Simi Valley on a road populated by a few current and resigned agents. > detectives scoured the condo and the entire complex. Stephanie Lazarus’ arrest, Francis raised concerns about why the case wasn’t solved earlier.

She said the cold case investigator, Det. Cliff Shepard, knew Lazarus had dated the victim’s. the only other thing missing, sherri and her husband's marriage license.Īnd that was recovered just a mile away from the crime scene with the keys still in it. cash, computers, and jewelry were not touched. but that wasn't the only thing that struck sherri's family and colleagues as strange. i may have - you know, i'm thinking back now.

you guys are bringing up all of these old memories. > did you ever fight with her? > you mean like fight? > yeah. did you ever duke it out with her? > no, i don't think so. > you'd remember that, right? that would be a pretty - > yeah, i think so. > most of us can remember, without much difficulty, the number of fist fights we have had over the course of our lives. but while detective lazarus, at one point, answers no, when asked if she remembers attacking sherri or being attacked, at other points she can't recall if that happened. I mean, what are they saying? i fought with her so i - i - getting the jump of the leap? they are saying, i fought her, so i must have killed her? i mean, come on.

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