ResolvedPriorityCriminal · Homicide conviction· Los Angeles County, CA
The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen (1986)
Nurse Sherri Rasmussen was beaten and shot in her Van Nuys condominium in 1986. DNA from a bite mark led to the 2012 conviction of former LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus.
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Timeline
1986
Rasmussen is found dead in her home; the killing is first treated as a burglary.
2004
Cold case detectives retest biological evidence from the scene.
2009
Lazarus is arrested after a DNA comparison.
2012
A jury convicts her of first-degree murder; she is sentenced to 27 years to life.
