One of the most extraordinary cases. A murder just months after her wedding. She gave me a big smile and i remembered that smile for years. All the time the killer was hiding in plain sight. No indication she was ever spoken to . No. And then a new detective took a look at an old lead. He said its a match. A person no one would have ever suspected of murder. We were going to end this. Was suddenly suspect Number One. Perfect murder. Almost. Hello and welcome to dateline. She was found murdered and what happened to her remained a nightmare. But when detectives reopened the case, they discovered it wasnt a burglar, but a suspect that led to their own front door with the Smoking Gun. Arriving before dawn at the police departments police station. I was tired. Reporter he hosted a super Bowl Party the night before, and the beer flowed freely. That is a good way of spending the day, getting caught up on my reading with a couple of aspirins, maybe. Reporter he reached for a file that had been
one of the most extraordinary cases in lapd history. toto, were not in kansas anymore. a newlywed murdered months after her wedding. as she walked away, she gave me a big smile and and i lived in that smile for years. and all the time episode the killer was hiding in plain sight. no indication she was ever spoken to? no. then a new detective took a look at an old lead. he just said it s a match. a person no one would have ever suspected of murder. we were going to end this. was suddenly suspect number one. perfect murder. almost. hello. welcome to dateline . she was a new bride married just three months, then she was found murdered. what happened to her remained a mystery for decades partly because police told us the thief must have killed her during a break-in gone bad. they discovered it wasn t a murder, but a suspect whose trail right to their own front door. here is josh mankiewicz with the smoking gun. february 1st, 2009. the dete
lazarus had the means, the motive, the opportunity to kill sherri rasmussen. she seemed obsessed with john and jealous of his new wife. she was the woman with the scary eyes, who d been stalking sherri. to nuttall, it seemed to add up. sherri s purse and all of its contents stolen during the crime were recovered soon after the murder, except for one item inside. the only thing to this day that was never recovered was john and sherri s marriage certificate. after three months of intense secretive investigation, nuttall s team needed one last piece of evidence that would either clear detective lazarus or incriminate her. we needed a sample of her dna. our investigators were not cut out for undercover surveillance work. so, nuttall finally brought lapd s internal affairs
sherri s friends and family and it became clear to them that stephanie lazarus had the means, the motive, the opportunity to kill sherri rasmussen. she seemed obsessed with john and jealous of his new wife. she was the woman with the scary eyes, who d been stalking sherri. sherri s purse and all of its contents stolen during the crime were recovered soon after the murder, except for one item inside. the only thing to this day that was never recovered was john and sherri s marriage certificate. after three months of intense secretive investigation, nuttall s team needed one last piece of evidence that would either clear detective lazarus or incriminate her. we needed a sample of her dna. our divisionss were not cut out for undercover surveillance work. so, nuttall finally brought
to kill sherri rasmussen. she seemed obsessed with john and jealous of his new wife. was she the same person with the scary eyes who d been stalking sherri? to nutall it seemed to add up, especially when he considered this sherri s purse and all its contents stolen during the crime were recovered soon after the murder except for one item inside. the only thing to this day that was never recovered was john and sherri s marriage certificate. after three months of intense secretive investigations, nutall s team needed one last piece of evidence that would either clear detective lazarus or incriminate her. we needed a surreptitious sample of stephanie lazarus dna. our investigators were not cut out for undercover surveillance work. so nutall finally brought lapd s internal affairs detectives into the loop, hoping they could close the deal by somehow secretly obtained