283: Stranger than Fiction: Sherri Rasmussen, Part 2

About this episode

The episode discusses the murder of Sherri Rasmussen and the complications arising from the investigation involving a suspect close to the police.

Sherri Rasmussen is shot to death in her own home. Police instantly say it was a burglary gone wrong. Sherri's family strongly disagrees and has a suspect in mind. But things get complicated when their suspect turns out to be someone close to police. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcast Music by:Kai Engel"Daemones"Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. Sources: The Interrogation of Stephanie Lazarus Murder of Sherri Rasmussen - Wikipedia Parole delayed for former LA police detective convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend's wife in 1986 - Newsday Ex-LAPD detective sentenced in murder cold case - Yahoo Sports It took LAPD 23 years to identify one of their own as the culprit in this fatal love triangle Parole rescinded for former LA police detective convicted of killing her…

People in this episode

Host: CDM Productions

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• cold case
• police corruption
• true crime
• family disputes
• burglary

Keywords

• Sherri Rasmussen
• murder
• LAPD
• cold case
• Stephanie Lazarus
• true crime
• burglary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LAPD, Newsday, Yahoo Sports, Los Angeles Times, MyNewsLA.com

Books & works: Murder of Sherri Rasmussen - Wikipedia

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