![]() Stoltze: The deputy chief’s known Lazarus for years. Without saying how, Beck said detectives surreptitiously collected DNA from her.Ĭharlie Beck: This case had some evidence which in 1986 was of some value but not a key component, which when analyzed now with today's technology was able to lead to absolute identification. When fresh eyes re-opened the case they took a closer look at Lazarus, who was a young patrol officer at the time. The 29-year-old victim was married to Lazarus’ former boyfriend.ĭetectives reportedly knew this at the time, but they didn’t consider her a suspect. LAPD Deputy Chief Charlie Beck said that in February, detectives in the cold case unit began reviewing the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasumussen, a hospital nursing director at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. Stoltze: Today, 49-year-old Lazarus stands accused of murder. Been interested in art as a kind of this hobby and photography, and can put those two together doing detective work and an activity that you like. I'm a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, also the art theft detail. ![]() Last year, KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez interviewed her in the LAPD’s downtown headquarters about her work investigating stolen art. KPCC’s Frank Stoltze reports on her extraordinary arrest at police headquarters.įrank Stoltze: For more than a quarter century, Stephanie Lazarus carried a badge. ![]() Detective Stephanie Lazarus was a patrol officer when she allegedly murdered her ex-boyfriend’s wife 23 years ago. Grim-faced LAPD officials announced the arrest of one of their own for murder Friday.
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