The failure to consider Lazarus a suspect for more than two decades infuriated Rasmussen, who is now calling for a separate investigation into how the department originally handled the case. He and his wife have scheduled a news conference following Lazarus' arraignment today in which they plan to raise "serious questions" about the LAPD's investigation of the slaying, their attorneys said.
This case has caught us by surprise now (among everyone else she knew and worked with), but would it if we had access to any information then?! Watching this one unfold, I kept wondering if our group could have pieced it together actually if it happened today. Wouldn't the father's statement have surfaced in the press and we would have been all over it? While it would be impossible for us to link her to the actual murder, someone would have speculated she had some affiliation. Darn we missed an opportunity.
She worked so hard on the force to save her mind. She replayed her scenario and each time lessened her guilt because what she saw did not relate to her.
Interestingly, the parents did not know her name all this time until now. I would be willing to bet we would have been able to tell the parents her name and just about anything else they wanted to know.
Sadly, we could have played a role if we had information. Yes, I agree. We would have subjected the suspect to horrible ramifications here if we had even partial of the information they had at the time. She would have been a suspect.
