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look at an old lead. >> he just said it's a match >> a person no one would hav ever suspected of murder >> we were going to end this >> was suddenly suspect number one. >> perfect murder. almost ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello welcome to "dateline". she was a new bride marrie just three months, then she wa found murdered what happened to her remained mystery for decades partly because police told us the thief must have killed her during a break-in gone bad they discovered it wasn't murder, but a suspect whos trail right to their own front door here is josh mankiewicz with " the smoking gun. " >...

>> 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. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ...

For a two-bit burglary. >> it just seemed a little like overkill. >> sherri's boss at the hospital, althea kennedy, had to review sherri's autopsy report for insurance reasons and she was struck by what she saw. >> i thought, wow, she put up one heck of a fight. which wasn't real surprising, because sherri was tall, athletic, and i'm sure wouldn't go down easily. >> the lapd theory back then was that there were two men robbing the house and so, presumably, sherri would have fought with two guys. does that sound like sherri? >> that part didn't make sense to me because two men and two guns seem...

A two-bit burglary. >> it just seemed a little like overkill. >> reporter: sherri's boss at the hospital, ahthea kennedy had to review sherri's autopsy report for insurance reasons and she was struck by what she saw. >> wow, she put up one heck of a fight, which wasn't real surprising because sherri was tall, athletic, and i'm sure wouldn't go down easily. >> reporter: the lapd theory back then was that there were two men robbing the house and so presumably sherri would have fought with two guys. does that sound like sherri. >> reporter:. >> that part didn't make sense to me because two men an...

Investigators may have followed the initial theory of the crime that it was a burglary. >> and that there was a woman involved in the burglary? >> yes, and looking back in hindsight, it was an opportunity that slipped through our hands as an organization. >> but now, he took a closer look and developed his own different theory. remember, sherry rasmussen was shot at point blank range after a violent struggle despite the stereo equipment stacked at the front door. very little was stolen. >> the suspect made it appear to look like a burglary. they staged it to mislead the initial investigation i...