Police feel `` betrayal '' for officer committing `` such a terrible crime , '' chief says . Retired detective Lazarus , 2004 , will appeal murder conviction . The attorney for the Rasmussen family said the murder investigation `` covered the arc of a generation '' for 26 years . Lazarus is convicting of beating , biting and shooting to death Rasmussen . Sherri Rasmussen , then 29 , was the bride of Stephanie Ilene Lazarus ' college sweetheart .
Police feel `` betrayal '' for officer committing `` such a terrible crime , '' chief says . Retired detective Lazarus , 2004 , will appeal murder conviction . Lazarus is convicting of beating , biting and shooting to death Rasmussen . Sherri Rasmussen , then 29 , was the bride of Stephanie Ilene Lazarus ' college sweetheart .