Detectives Solve 20-Year-Old Cold Case Only to Learn the Killer Was Working Right Alongside Them

Running Cold

Even as DNA was revolutionizing forensic science, Sherri Rasmussen’s murder investigation had slowed to a halt. For years, her parents did everything in their power to make sure the case didn’t go cold, culminating in a written letter to Daryl Gates, the Chief of Police. Nels demanded Gates look into the LAPD detective who confronted Sherri at work only a matter of weeks before she was killed…

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