NEW : ` ` I just ' n't bear thinking about these moments , '' the victim 's husband tells the court . Former girlfriend Stephanie Ilene Lazarus , 52 , will be eligible for parole in 22 years . She was convicted of shooting and killing Michael Rasmussen , then 29 . Rasmussen was brutally beaten and shot three times in the chest , authorities said . She was the new wife of Lazarus ' ex - boyfriend .
NEW : ` ` I just ' n't bear thinking about these moments , '' the victim 's husband tells the court . Former girlfriend Stephanie Ilene Lazarus , 52 , will be eligible for parole in 22 years . She was convicted of shooting and killing Michael Rasmussen , then 29 . She was the new wife of Lazarus ' ex - boyfriend .