The case of El Dorado Jane Doe is one that's been investigated for over 30 years the identity of the woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend on July, 10 1991.
proliferation of high-powered weapons and crack cocaine hitting the streets, a tremendous homicide rate and detectives are overwhelmed. in february of that year, cops had their hands full with an especially heinous crime in the san fernando valley that was sprawling. 29-year-old sherri rasmussen had been brutally beaten and shot in her own home. no suspects and few clues. then a couple of weeks later, a possible lead. former criminal variation yolanda mcclary was a consultant for nbc news. in the same vicinity, another woman was approached in her residence by two males at gun point, also involved a home invasion robbery situation, so police, early on, thought there was a possibility these two men might have something to do with the murder. a composite sketch was released of the 2 men. the dna collected at the crime scene was useless, at least right now. police collected it any way. why?
burglary that turned violent. this was no accident. yolanda mcclary was a retired crime scene investor investigator and was a consultant to dateline. multiple shots fired. shots fired at very close range. she has reviewed court records and media reports on this case. we returned with her to the actual apartment where sherri was found murdered to try to understand what happened. police think maybe the killer just walked in the open front door? they didn t find any forced entry, so, yes, they are assumg the front door was open and the killer just walked right in. right here where we are standing, is there some kind of confrontation? yes. this appears to be a struggle here. not just a struggle, but we also have shots fired at this point. we have one shot that clearly goes straight through this back slider and another shot that went through sherri and then back out through the slider also.
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