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
look at an old lead. he just said it s a match a person no one would hav 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 marrie just three months, then she wa found murdered what happened to her remained 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 murder, but a suspect whos trail right to their own front door here is josh mankiewicz with the smoking gun. february 1st, 2009. the detective arrived before dawn at the los angeles police department s van nuys station. i was tired i was tired. he had hosted a super bow party the night before and the beer had flowed freely that seemed to be a good da to have a cup of coffee an caught up on my reading. a couple of aspirin maybe he reached for a file sitting on his desk for months the file of sherri rasmu
that the girlfriend s name was stephanie lazarus. but he di know something else about her. something very important and b this time, detective nuttall knew it too. he was very cautious of wha he said. but he said that we would be hearing more from him nuttall had ample reason to be cautious. because he learne that stephanie lazarus wore th same badge he did. we now have a los angeles police officer as a person o interest in a murder case. and you thought, i ve bitte off more than i can chew toto, we are not in kansa any more. that changed everything coming up - a top secret investigation, as detectives go after one of their own. we would never leave a pape trail of what we were doing. she worked our unit. when dateline continues
he he told detectives that someone was stalking his daughter sherry, a woman with crazy eyes, the ex- girlfriend of sherry s husband. he had never known that the girlfriend s name was stefani has rhus but he did know something else about her, something very important and by this time detective knew it too. he was very cautious of what he said but he said that we d be hearing more from him. he had ample reason to be cautious. because he d learned that stefa stefani lazurus as a person suspected. a top secret investigation as detectives go after one of their own. we would never leave a paper
former u.s. senior official under the obama administration saying quotining now, just nonsense in reference to this wiretapping allegation. from president trump. on president obama. how potentially damaging is this for the sitting president now to make these accusations about his predecessor? the first thing i d say is that you know president trump can find out the answer. richard nixon had a top secret investigation. of the intelligence community. started after he became president. to find out if they wiretapped him during the 68 campaign. and he diskickoffed they hadn t. now, then he started fake news and would say he had been wiretapped. it wasn t true. he knew it wasn t true. that report was declassified a couple of years ago. donald trump could actually find out what fisa warrants had been issued. he has the power as president.