Matthew McGough

The Lazarus Files (eBook, ePUB)

A Cold Case Investigation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A deeply-reported, riveting account of a cold case murder in Los Angeles, unsolved until DNA evidence implicated a shocking suspect - a female detective within the LAPD's own ranks.

On February 24, 1986, 29-year-old newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in the home she shared with her husband, John. The crime scene suggested a ferocious struggle, and police initially assumed it was a burglary gone awry. Before her death, Sherri had confided to her parents that an ex-girlfriend of John's, a Los Angeles police officer, had threatened her. The Rasmussens urged the LAPD to investigate the ex-girlfriend, but the original detectives only pursued burglary suspects, and the case went cold.

DNA analysis did not exist when Sherri was murdered. Decades later, a swab from a bite mark on Sherri's arm revealed her killer was in fact female, not male. A DNA match led to the arrest and conviction of veteran LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus, John's onetime girlfriend.

The Lazarus Files delivers the visceral experience of being inside a real-life murder mystery. McGough reconstructs the lives of Sherri, John and Stephanie; the love triangle that led to Sherri's murder; and the homicide investigation that followed. Was Stephanie protected by her fellow officers? What did the LAPD know, and when did they know it? Are there other LAPD cold cases with a police connection that remain unsolved?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780805095609
• Artikelnr.: 56505011

Autorenporträt

Matthew McGough

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: SHERRI, JOHN, AND STEPHANIE
1. The Aftermath
2. Sherri Rasmussen
3. John Ruetten
4. Stephanie Lazarus
5. "Admit Nothing. Deny Everything. Demand Proof"
6. Stephanie at Club Dev
7. The Hospital Confrontation
8. Night Stalkers
9. Tying the Knot
10. Warning Signs
11. The Month Before the Murder
PART TWO: THE MURDER OF SHERRI RASMUSSEN
12. Sherri's Final Day
13. The Chrono and Crime Scene
14. John's Interview
15. The Bite Mark Swab
16. "The Day Was Boring and Nothing Happened That Was Worth Remembering"
17. The First 48 Hours Ends
18. "God Holds the Key"
19. "A Well-Reasoned, Carefully-Documented and Insightful Investigation"
20. The Burglary Suspects
21. "There Is No Power on Earth More Formidable Than the Truth"
PART THREE: THE MURDER OF CATHERINE BRALEY
22. Catherine Braley
PART FOUR: EPILOGUE
23. "We Do Not Condone Murder"
Author's Note on Sources
Acknowledgements