>> his wife, sherri rasmussen, an attractive, young woman and a new bride. e which was for years buried in the l.a. pd archives. no arrest was ever made, but now cops thought they were closing in. >> if you guys are claiming that i'm a suspect then you know i got a problem you no he with that. >> and the crime she's suspected of? murder. the case dating back to february, 1986, when sherri ray rasmussen was found dead, brutally beaten and shot in her san fernando valley condo. but who would want to kill sherri rasmussen? she was hard-working, caring, and popular with her co-workers, trained as a nurse, sherri was director of critical care at a large local hospital. >> it was a devastating day. she was 29 years old, and just in the prime of her career. >> althea kennedy was sherri's boss at the hospital and had originally hired her. >> we couldn't believe it, first of all. it was like how could someone do this? people crying, people upset. i mean the hospital was like a tomb, you know, so the loss was real palpable. >> sherri had just been married three months