Police tailing Lazarus one day snatched a cup from which she had been drinking while off-duty and running errands. After eliminating four other possible women as the murderer, police set out to retrieve Lazarus’ DNA all while keeping the seasoned cop from knowing she had risen to the top of the suspect pool.
That information would lead homicide detectives in the Van Nuys division investigating the cold case to Lazarus. “The tide began to turn in the early 2000s, when a DNA analyst named Jennifer Francis performed DNA testing, and determined that it was female DNA on Sherri's body,” McGough said.
Justice was elusive and delayed, but it finally became tangible years later when the mechanisms to analyze the DNA were developed. “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. How Did LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus Get Away With Murder for Over 20 Years? Kansas Woman Reunites With Tortoise After It Goes Missing for 9 Months Florida Deputy & Good Samaritans Rescue Mom and 5 Kids From Overturned Minivan California Grandma Scammed Out of $14,000 by Caller Who Impersonated Grandson Largest Dinosaur Skull Ever Discovered to Go on Display at Museum in Denmark Natalee Holloway Suspect Joran van der Sloot Makes Court Appearance in Alabama Scary and Life-Threatening Incidents That Occurred at Carnivals Parrots, Dinosaurs and Other Animals Who Mimicked People Colombian Children Found After Going Missing 40 Days Ago in the Amazon Did a Frito-Lay Janitor Really Come Up With the Idea for Flamin' Hot Cheetos? ‘Everwood’ Actor Treat Williams Dies in Vermont Motorcycle Accident at 71 Alligator Attacks Florida Sheriff’s Department Drone Was a Florida Cop Claiming ‘Cop Privilege’ After Being Pulled Over? California Bike Shop Surprises Prince Archie With $300 Bike for His Birthday Colorado Teen Walks at Graduation After Being Paralyzed in Car Crash Florida Dentist Arrested for Allegedly Beating Man With Club at Golf Course Actor Ke Huy Quan Surprises Harrison Ford on 'Indiana Jones' Red Carpet Lucy, a 3.5-Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor, Walked on 2 Legs Illinois Woman Loses Her Pants After Falling on Gym Treadmill Search and Rescue Mission Underway for Missing Titanic Tourist Submarine Dramatic Video Captures Florida Beachgoers Trying to Flee WaterspoutĪ natural athlete and fitness buff, Lazarus successfully completed training became a uniformed officer in 1983.
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