![]() Episode 126: Confession of Robert Gladden, Jr.Episode 127: Manuel Vela Prison Interview.Episode 128: Edwin Lara Crime Spree Tapes.Episode 129: Interrogation of Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam.Episode 130: Deposition of Cleal Watts III.Episode 131: Cross Examination of Erik Sackett.Episode 132: Darryl La Ray Johnson Sentencing Hearing.Episode 136: Jacob Cayer Trial Testimony.Episode 137: Rayne Perrywinkle Testimony.Episode 138: Sammy “The Bull” Gravano Testifies.Episode 140: Len Kachinsky Stalking Hearing.Episode 141: Jeffrey Willis / Rebecca Bletsch Murder Trial.Episode 142: Erin Andrews Stalking Trial.Episode 145: Luis Toledo Family Murder Trial.Episode 146: Pamela Smart Trial Testimony.Episode 150: Len Kachinsky Stalking Trial Part 2.Episode 151: Pastor Lewis Clemons Deposition.Episode 158: Testimony of Vanessa Bulls.Stephanie Lazarus to an interrogation room in the basement of the Los Angeles Police Department's headquarters under false pretenses. Episode 162: Neil Entwistle Trial Testimony Court transcripts and video of an interrogation on the morning of June 5, 2009, reveal how police detectives lured fellow Los Angeles Police Det.KAHN: That was Detective Lazarus last year giving an interview about her. Episode 165: The Gainsville Ripper Trial STEPHANIE LAZARUS: Stephanie Lazarus, Im a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, also the art theft detail.Episode 167: Fidel Lopez Murder Confession.Episode 169 Lyle Menendez’s Girlfriends.Episode 172: Chandler Halderson Murder Case.Episode 173: Riley Crossman Murder Case.Episode 174: Romance Novelist Murder Trial.Episode 175: Marvin Heemyer “Killdozer” Tape.Episode 180: Marc Benayer Represents Himself (part 1).Episode 181: Marc Benayer Represents Himself (part 2).Episode 182: Tommy Carlton Murder Trial.Episode 185: Parent Hitman Murder Trial.Listen to the interrogation here (1 hour 12 minutes)Ĭourt’s Response to Stephanie Lazarus Appeal In March 2012, Stephanie Lazarus was convicted of the murder of Sherri Rasmussen. Listen to the way the interrogator eases Lazarus gradually along towards discussing the case. Rasmussen had been married for only three months to John Ruetten, an old boyfriend of Stephanie’s with whom she was very much in love. ![]() Unbeknownst to her, Lazarus had been identified from a bite mark as the murderer of nurse Sherrie Rae Rasmussen 23 years ago. But once in the room, the tables turned, and it was Stephanie Lazarus who was interrogated – about her part in a long-ago murder. On June 5, 2009, she was taken aside by two colleagues and led downstairs into an interrogation room, where she was told she was needed to interrogate a suspect. who had worked her way up from an ordinary police officer to a specialist in high-profile art theft. He said he currently had no comment, but will have plenty to say in the coming trial.51-year-old Stephanie Lazarus was a respected 26-year veteran of the L.A.P.D. On June 5, 2009, Detective Dan Jaramillo asked Stephanie Lazarus. She was then arrested in the hallway by waiting detectives and read her rights.Įyewitness News contacted her attorney, Mark Overland. A Cold Case Unit Interviewed Lazarus In 2009 Under The Pretense Of Assisting Them On A Case. Lazarus left the interview to call a lawyer. Detectives were able to procure a DNA sample from Lazarus without her knowledge some time before the interview. "It would have led to answers for the family regarding what had happened to their daughter," said Taylor.īut decades later, detectives were able to analyze DNA evidence found at the murder scene where there had been a violent fight. They say they had reported confrontations between Sherri Rasmussen and a female cop. "I think the tape is chilling in its detail," said attorney John Taylor, who represents the victim's parents. ![]() Rasmussen was newly married to Lazarus's old boyfriend. The victim, Sherri Rasmussen, was found shot to death in her Van Nuys townhouse in 1986. She was initially unaware that she was their prime suspect in a cold-case murder. Stephanie Lazarus was questioned by fellow cops. No memory of any fight, no recall of any feud. The video will now be used to prosecute her for murder. Through the interview they try to unravel her story. She was not expecting to discuss a homicide, and certainly not with her as their suspect. She walked into interview thinking she was going to help them in a case of art theft, her specialty. Unusual hidden-camera video has been made public for the first time.įellow cops duped Lazarus. LOS ANGELES Video just released shows her fellow detectives questioning her, then breaking the news that she was under suspicion.ĭetectives interrogated one of their own after they began focusing on her as a suspect more than two decades after the murder. ![]()
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