was detective lazarus a suspect way back when? >> i don't think they ever viewed her as a suspect. >> cold case detectives took a fresh look at the case a few years as part of a routine review that predated dna testing. they wanted to see if there was any evidence that could be re-examined. what was that evidence that was preserved 20 some odd years? >> you know, it was some fluids that were connected to the bite mark. >> they tested saliva from sherri's bite wound and found it didn't belong to a male burglar, but to a woman. >> they started to look if there was something in the victim's life, and this is going back 23 years so you have to -- you have to reinterview anybody, so they developed a list of female suspects and eliminated one by one until they came to stephanie lazarus. >> a cop and colleague they knew very well. did you ever imagine have you'd have to investigate one of your own for a heinous murder? >> of course not. we were very shocked obviously. but our belief here is that we follow these cases where they take us.