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>> correct. >> a few weeks later cops in northern california tracked down debra and recreditly scooped up a sample of her crash that contained her dna. it was sent to the crime lab and 72 hours later came an answer. >> she was not the donor of the dna profile from the bite. >> that left one possible suspect. number five on the list. john rutton's ex- girlfriend. he called the family. >> we came home and there was a message on our phone from a detective that they wanted to talk to us and i thought, oh, yeah, right. i thought it was just another false hope. >> this is detective. >> right. >> he ...

Diego. he explained he had been involved in a dating relationship with stephanie lazarus. >> that was the other name still on the short list of suspects. he pressed him for more on their relationship which started when they were both students at ucla. they dated on and off until john got engaged to sherry. >> you're convinced that the relationship that john had with stephanie overlapped with the relationship he had with his wife. >> we know from john that there was at least on one occasion where he was engaged that he was intimate with stephanie lazarus. there was a love triangle and stephanie...

Of the official crynology. they had written stephanie lazarus lazarus p.o., as in police officer. >> no paper trail. >> she seemed to be someone above suspicion. >> she had grown up in southern california. a tomboy of sorts. loved sports. she attended ucla where she played basketball. it was during her college days that she met and dated john rutton, long before he and sherry got married. after graduating in 1982, she surprised her family by joining the lapd. this when only a hand full of women entered the force. >> i was very proud of steph. it was a cool thing. >> she quickly rose through th...

Revealed that this conversation wasn't about art. >> do you know john rutton? >> john rutton? >> how long did you guys date? >> i mean, are you guys -- is this something -- you said i was going to interview somebody about art. >> detective lazarus seemed uncomfortable and vague in her answers. especially when detectives asked about sherry. >> i may have talked to her. i -- >> talked to her at a hospital, maybe. >> yeah. i may have -- you know, i'm thinking back now, you guys are bringing up all of these old memories. >> detectives turned up the heat. >> did you have a fight with her? >> fought...

>> deborah the nurse and stephanie lazarus. >> correct. >> a few weeks later, cops in northern california tracked down deborah and secretly scooped up a sample of her trash which contained dna. it was sent to the crime lab in la for analysis and 72 hours later came an answer. >> she was not the donor of the dna profile from the bite. >> that left just one possible suspect. number 5 on the list. john rutton's ex-girlfriend stephanie lazarus. >> we came home and there was a message on our phone from a detective that they wanted to talk to us. and i thought, oh, yeah, right. i thought it was just...