woman's name to her parents. instead, she told them not to worry. >> she told me, i want to see if i cannot work this out myself. >> reporter: that kwfrconversat happened in a dinner celebrating her 29th birthday. >> as she had walked away, she turned and gave me a big smile. and i have relived that smile for years. >> reporter: less than three weeks later, sherry rassmussen lay dead. the rassmussen's insist early in the investigation they told the lead l.a.p.d. detective about sherry's troubling encounters with john's ex-girlfriend. >> i told the detective, not once, but probably 15-20 times. and he said, the trouble with you is you have been watching too much tv. >> coming up, old he was offers new clues. >> the suspect made it appear to