The Cold Case They Tried to Forget; The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen

On this episode of Koltergeist, we step inside a case that haunted Los Angeles for decades. In1986, Sherri Rasmussen was found brutally murdered inside her own home. Detectives quicklyclaimed it was a burglary gone wrong… but something about the scene felt off. The violence waspersonal. The evidence didn’t add up. And somehow, the case seemed to fade into the shadows.As years passed, whispers of obsession, jealousy, and buried secrets began to surface. Why werekey clues ignored? Why did investigators overlook a woman who had once been deeplyconnected to Sherri’s husband? And how did someone so close to law enforcement stay hiddenin plain sight for so long?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sherri_Rasmussenhttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-15/it-took-lapd-23-years-to-identify-police-detective-as-culprit-in-fatal-love-trianglehttps://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/dateline-detective-story-details-sherri-090616217.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMMZ4b1S-gZoaSUn2UFf42WRNoED4H4SZWDQjZtd0hiwnez2p1FJdng03NOag8HeVASnTNrryvU0xR1DbRZzdv74P_ZYlWJBcAzKtoas38QHB2kK2vxiQlhbnI4SBfeVSX4PtdQK9SidvXF5_TrNMI6USL8okMJ06HH0PwYyeWr4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.