Police feel ` ` betrayal '' for officer committing ` ` such a terrible crime , '' chief says . Retired detective , Ilene Lazarus , 51 , will appeal murder conviction . She is accused of beating , stabbing and burning to death Rasmussen 's parents did n't express emotion at the verdict , either . Sherri Rasmussen . Rasmussen , then 51 , was the bride of Lazarus ' college sweetheart .
Police feel ` ` betrayal '' for officer committing ` ` such a terrible crime , '' chief says . Retired detective , Ilene Lazarus , 51 , will appeal murder conviction . She is accused of beating , stabbing and burning to death Sherri Rasmussen . Rasmussen , then 51 , was the bride of Lazarus ' college sweetheart .