On February 24, 1986, the body of Sherri Rasmussen (born February 7, 1957 [1]) was found in the apartment she shared with her husband, John Ruetten, in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. She had been beaten and shot three times in a struggle.

Oct 4, 2024 · Stephanie Lazarus was convicted of murdering Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old hospital critical care nursing director, who was shot three times in the home she shared with her husband, John Ruetten. Lazarus was sentenced to 27 years to life after a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder.

Mar 4, 2025 · On February 24, 1986, the body of 29-year-old Sherri Rasmussen was found in the California home she shared with her husband, John Ruetten. Sherri had been shot three times and beaten in a struggle ...

Jul 10, 2022 · On February 24, 1986, Sherri Rasmussen's husband John Ruetten found her dead inside their home in Van Nuys, California — murdered by his lover Stephanie Lazarus. Sherri Rasmussen's murder went unsolved for more than 20 years.

Jul 18, 2024 · The wounds California nurse Sherri Rasmussen suffered in her final moments of life were "extensive and disturbing," but it would take more than two decades to reveal the surprising killer.

May 22, 2024 · The case dates back to 1986, when 29-year-old nurse Sherri Rasmussen was beaten and fatally shot at her Van Nuys, Calif. condo. John Ruetten, her husband of three months, found her battered remains inside the condo, which was seemingly ransacked.

Dec 4, 2017 · Los Angeles police believed the nursing administrator died during a violent robbery and home invasion of the condo she shared with her new husband. But Rasmussen’s relatives suspected her...

Dec 11, 2024 · Back on February 24, 1986, John Ruetten picked up his dry cleaning after work on the way to his home in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. He'd called his wife, Sherri Rasmussen, three or four times that day, but hadn't gotten an answer.

Oct 4, 2024 · In 1986, a 29-year-old nursing director named Sherri Rasmussen met her tragic demise in what appeared to be a burglary gone wrong. However, a couple of decades later, the authorities made a shocking discovery, revealing the manner of her death to …

Oct 2, 2024 · Stephanie Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a 29-year-old nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her husband of three months, John Ruetten. She wasn’t arrested until 2009.