“Investigators stuck to their early theory that Rasmussen must have been killed by unidentified Latino male suspects during a botched burglary. That theory eventually would be proven wrong by DNA in a saliva sample gathered from a bite mark on the victim\u2019s left forearm.”<\/p>\n
“In the end, the DNA evidence proved too difficult to overcome. After little more than a day of deliberation, the panel of eight women and four men found Lazarus guilty.”<\/p>\n
SERI was able to recover a DNA profile from a 1986 swab of the bite mark found on the victim. This profile provided evidence critical to closing a long-standing cold case. Read the Los Angeles Times article about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Investigators stuck to their early theory that Rasmussen must have been killed by unidentified Latino male suspects during a botched burglary. That theory eventually would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,67],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-1507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forensic-court-cases","category-forensic-dna-analysis","tag-tom-fedor"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t