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One of the most extraordinary cases. A murder just months after her wedding. She gave me a big smile and i remembered that smile for years. All the time the killer was hiding in plain sight. No indication she was ever spoken to . No. And then a new detective took a look at an old lead. He said its a match. A person no one would have ever suspected of murder. We were going to end this. Was suddenly suspect Number One. Perfect murder. Almost. Hello and welcome to dateline. She was found murdered and what happened to her remained a nightmare. But when detectives reopened the case, they discovered...

>> one of the most extraordinary cases in lapd history. >> toto, were not in kansas anymore. >> a newlywed murdered months after her wedding. >> as she walked away, she gave me a big smile and and i lived in that smile for years. >> and all the time episode the killer was hiding in plain sight. >> no indication she was ever spoken to? >> no. >> then a new detective took a look at an old lead. >> he just said it's a match. >> a person no one would have ever suspected of murder. >> we were going to end this. >> was suddenly suspect number one. >> perfect murder. almost. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ...

Parents offered to have the saliva sample the bite mark for dna, and even pay for it, but the lapd declined. >> she said we don't have a suspect. if we had a suspect we would have something to match. >> the case sat for another decade. but then in 2004, the lapd was conducting cases on cold cases and one of them was the murder of sherri rasmussen. it took two months to find that saliva sample -- buried in a refrigeration unit. the envelope was tattered, label torn, but 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 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 s...

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 --...