for a two-bit burglary. it just seemed a little like overkill. sherri s boss at the hospital, althea kennedy, had to review sherri s autopsy report for insurance reasons and she was struck by what she saw. i thought, wow, she put up one heck of a fight. which wasn t real surprising, because sherri was tall, athletic, and i m sure wouldn t go down easily. the lapd theory back then was that there were two men robbing the house and so, presumably, sherri would have fought with two guys. does that sound like sherri? that part didn t make sense to me because two men and two guns seemed weird. sherri wouldn t begin a fight with two guys who were armed? i wouldn t think so. what about with a woman? i
the prime of her career. reporter: althea kennedy was sherry s boss at the hospital and had originally hired her. we couldn t believe it, first of all. it was like how could someone do this? people crying, people upset. i mean the hospital was like a tomb, you know, so the loss was really palpable sn. reporter: sherry had just been married three months earlier. were sherry and john happily married? unusually so. reporter: just months after the wedding, john found sherry sprawled dead on the floor of their home. he may seem a likely suspect, but john was clearly almost immediately t the l.a.p.d. focused instead on evidence that this was aburg la hadry that turned violent. this was no accident. reporter: yolanda is a
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.
for a two-bitburg larry. it just seemed a little like overkill. reporter: sherri s boss at the hospital, althea kennedy, had to review the autopsy report for insurance reasons and was struck by what she said. i thought, wow, she really put up one heck of a fight. which wasn t real surprising because sherri was tall, athletic, and i m sure wouldn t go down easily. the lapd theory back then was that there were two men robbing the house, and so presumably sherri would have fought with two guys. that sound like sherri? that part didn t make a lot of sense to me because i thought if there were two men and they had a gun, that just seemed a little weird. because sherri wouldn t begin a fight with two guys who were armed. i wouldn t think so. what about with a woman? well, i think she would have taken on a woman. we d really like to know what
in the prime of her career. althea kennedy was sherrie s boss and had originally hired her. we couldn t believe it, first of all. it was like how could someone do this. people crying, people upset. the hospital was like a tomb, you know. so the loss was real palpable. sherrie had just been married three months earlier to a high-tech engineer named john ruetten. were they happily married? unusually so. just months after the wedding, john found sherrie sprawled dead on the floor of their home. he might seem a likely suspect, but john was cleared almost immediately. the lapd focused instead on evidence that this was a burglary that turned violent. this was no accident. yolanda mcclary is a retired crime scene investigator and was