kids. she was twice named detective of the year. later lazarus worked at internal affairs, investigating other officers accused of wrongdoing or corruption, and was then promoted to the lapd's art theft unit. her personal life was good, too. in 1996, lazarus got married to another lapd detective. together they adopted a baby daughter. life both at home and on the job never seemed better. >> she was a happy person. she loved when she did for work. she loved her husband, loved their life. >> but in 2009, this high high-achieving cop because the focus of a homicide investigation. jim nutall and detectives had to be mindful that lazarus had many friends on the force. her husband worked at the same station as nutall did. >> we were going to work behind closed. we would never leave a paper trail of what we were doing.