“That occurred shortly after Sherri’s parents requested the LAPD perform a DNA analysis, and that trace evidence was exactly the kind of evidence that would be useful for DNA testing.”īut that was not the only evidence investigators could make sense of using DNA technology, as police in 1986 took a swab of the bite wound Sherri suffered during the attack. Though it appeared Lazarus was more serious about Ruetten than he was about her, they remained close for years. Photos obtained by McGough in his reporting showed Ruetten attended Lazarus’ graduation, and detailed diary entries Lazarus kept after becoming a police officer noted she had forged relationships with several of his family members. The pair met in college and became friends who occasionally had sex. And without question, during those time periods, she had unfettered access to all of the case files involving the unsolved murder of Sherri Rasmussen.”īut regardless of her feats in law enforcement, Lazarus remained steadfast in her interest in Ruetten. “She worked at Van Nuys division - which is where the murder occurred - two separate times, in the 1990s. “She worked several sensitive assignments, including in internal affairs,” McGough said. She would go on to create for herself a lustrous career with the LAPD, rising through the ranks and earning commendations along the way.
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