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Killer with a Badge: How the LAPD Missed a Murderer in its Ranks

Dirty John by L.A. Times Studios

Nov 18, 202500:26:20Society & Culture

In 1986, 29-year-old Sherri Rasmussen was just starting her married life when she was brutally murdered in her Van Nuys home. The LAPD called it a “burglary gone bad,” ignoring red flags pointing to one of their own for...

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Killer with a Badge: How the LAPD Missed a Murderer in its Ranks is an episode from Dirty John by L.A. Times Studios. In 1986, 29-year-old Sherri Rasmussen was just starting her married life when she was brutally murdered in her Van Nuys ho...

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Published Nov 18, 2025, 00:26:20 long, audio available.

Killer with a Badge: How the LAPD Missed a Murderer in its Ranks

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