


I'm autistic so I've always struggled a little in that area but I've come some way. Hi I know I'm late to jump in but I'm interested in learning more about body language and facial expressions, especially in the context of lying and criminal behavior. Related Subs and Links: The Crime Newsroom Discord /r/UnresolvedMysteries /r/RedditCrimeCommunity /r/ColdCases Directory of Crime Subreddits Crime Custom Feed Follow the Reddit content policy at all times.YouTube or Podcast posts are allowed if your account meets our requirements.No rants, loaded questions, or soapboxing in the form of a crime post.Anything that can be advertised requires prior permission from the mods. No doxxing or posting personal information.Please do not insult, attack, antagonize, or troll others. Our community offers an alternative to subs that don't allow videos or podcast links as post submissions to kick off discussion. Welcome to r/TrueCrimeDiscussion Reddit's open forum for discussion of anything and everything about true crime, court cases, and the legal system. Click Join and participate in the discussion. The case file mentioned Lazarus because she had once dated the victim's husband, John Ruetten, but investigators did not pursue her as a suspect until the recent DNA tests showed the attacker was a woman.īeck said Lazarus' husband, Scott Young, who works as a detective in the San Fernando Valley, knew nothing about the slaying.īeck refused to discuss further details of the case while investigators interview several sources: Ruetten in San Diego, detectives who first investigated the case who live in Idaho, and Lazarus' family in Arizona.ĭetectives obtained a DNA sample from their colleague in late May and arrested her Friday at police headquarters.Įric Rose, a spokesman for the Police Protective League, said he did not know if she had retained a lawyer, and her husband has not reached out for help.Īttempts to locate Lazarus' husband for comment were not immediately successful.Ĭlick here to get the latest Philadelphia news and headlines from across the Delaware and Lehigh valleys.Welcome to TrueCrimeDiscussion. Lazarus, who had already been an officer for two years, was not a suspect at the time of Rasmussen's death because detectives believed two robbers who had attacked another woman in the victim's Van Nuys neighborhood were to blame. She is charged with murder and using a handgun with the special circumstance of murder in commission of a burglary, which allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Lazarus, who joined the force in 1983 and since 2006 has worked with a unit tracking stolen art, was identified as a suspect through a recent DNA match of saliva taken from bite marks on Sherri Rasmussen's body, said Deputy Chief Charlie Beck. The attorneys said Rasmussen is calling for an investigation of how the case was originally handled. Gates that Lazarus be considered a suspect, but they were "dismissive" of his claims, said John C. Neil Rasmussen urged in several interviews with detectives and in a letter sent two years after the killing to then-chief Daryl F. Rasmussen's father had urged police to investigate Lazarus, saying she had threatened his daughter in the months before her death, attorneys for the victim's family told the Los Angeles Times on Monday. Lazarus, 49, could be sentenced to death if convicted of Rasmussen's murder. On Tuesday, Stephanie Lazarus will face a judge on charges that she bit, beat and shot Sherri Rasmussen after breaking into her condominium 23 years ago.
