The former Los Angeles police detective convicted in 2012 of killing her ex-lover's wife was denied parole on Wednesday in the 1986 murder and will continue to serve her 27 years-to-life sentence.

LOS ANGELES — A chance for parole was rescinded Wednesday for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case killing of her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986.

Sherri Rasmussen’s murder remained unsolved for 23 years while the woman responsible continued building her career inside the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles Police Det. Stephanie Lazarus appears at her 2009 arraignment in the murder of Sherri Rasmussen. (Mark Boster / Los ...

Sherri Rasmussen was found beaten and shot three times inside her Los Angeles home, and investigators initially treated the killing as a burglary gone wrong. More than two decades later, the case took ...

A former Los Angeles police detective who killed a romantic rival and concealed the murder for more than two decades will not be paroled, reversing an earlier decision that found she was suitable for ...

Stephanie Lazarus, who was an L.A. police detective when she killed her former boyfriend's wife in 1986, was recommended for parole by a select committee Thursday. Lazarus, 63, was convicted in 2012 ...

Sherri Rasmussen was 29 and newly married when she was found fatally bludgeoned and shot in her Van Nuys townhome in 1986. (Rasmussen family) When Sherri Rasmussen was found dead in her Van Nuys ...

The former Los Angeles police detective convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen is making news yet again this week. A new "20/20" features exclusive interviews and a look at how investigators ...