the trail kept getting colder. in 1993 sherri s parents would pay for the bite mark for dna but the blaped lapd declined. she said we don t have a suspect. if we had a suspect we would have something to match. reporter: so the case set for another decade. in 2004 the lapd was conducting cases on cold cases and one of them was the murder of sherri rasmuss rasmussen. it took two months to find that saliva sample buried in a refrigeration unit. the saliva was still inside and the dna was just enough to blow this case wide open. in that lab report, it indicated that the suspect that
the trail kept getting colder. sherry s parents offered to have the saliva sample of the bite mark tested for dna, they even would pay for it and the l.a.p.d. declined. they said, we don t have a suspect, if we center a suspect, and we have their dna, then we have something to match. and the case sat for another decade. then the newly formed cold case unit was conducted dna tests on unsolved cases and one of them was the murder of sherry rasmussen, it took two months to find the saliva sample, buried in a refrigeration unit, the vial was poking out and the label torn but the saliva was still inside and the dna was enough to blow the case wide open. in the lab report, it indicated that the suspect, that
tested for dna. they d even pay for it. but the lapd declined. they said, we don t have a suspect, so if we had a suspect and we had their dna then we d have something to match. and the case sat for another decade. but then in 2004, the lapd s newly formed cold-case unit was conducting dna tests on unsolved cases, and one of them was the murder of sherri rasmussen. it took two months to actually find that saliva sample, buried in a refrigeration unit. the envelope was tattered, the label torn, the vial was poking out. but the saliva was still inside, and the dna was just fluff to blow just enough to blow it case wide open. the lab reported indicated that the suspect that had bitten sherri rasmussen during the struggle was actually a female.
los angeles condo. the trail kept getting colder. in 1993 sherry s parents offered to have the saliva sample from that bite mark tested for dna, but the lapd declined. they said we don t have a suspect. if we have a suspect and we had their dna we d have something to match. but in 2004, the newly formed cold case unit was conducting dna cases and one of them was sherry s. it took two months to find that saliva sample buried in a refrigeration unit. the vile was poking out, but the saliva was still inside and the dna was just enough to blow this case wide open.
brutal 1986 slaying of nurse and newlywed killed in her los angeles condo. the trail kept getting colder. they offered to have the saliva sample tested for dna. they d even pay for it but the lapd declined. they said we don t have a suspect. if we had a suspect and we have their dna, then we d have something to match. and the case sat for another decade. but then, in 2004, the lapd s newly formed cold case unit was conducting dna tests on unsolved cases and one of them was this one. it took two months to find that saliva sample buried in a refrigeration unit. the envelope was tattered, the label torn, the vile was poking out but the saliva was still