for a two-bit burglary. >> reporter: it just seemed a little like overkill. >> sherry's boss at the hospital, althea kennedy had to review sherry's autopsy report for insurance reasons and she was struck by what she saw. >> i thought, wow, she really put up one heck of a fight, which was not really surprising because sherry was tall, athletic, and i'm sure would not go down easily. >> reporter: the l.a.p.d. theory back then was that there were two men robbing the house. and so, she'd have fought with two guys. does that sound like sherry? >> well, that part didn't make a lot of sense to me. because i thought if there were two men and they had a gun, i, that just seemed a little weird. >> reporter: because sherry would not begin a fight with two guys who were armed? >> i would not think so. >> reporter: what about with a woman? >> well, i think she'd have taken on a woman.