they had written stephanie lazarus lazarus p.o., as in police officer. >> no paper trail. >> she seemed someone above suspicion. >> she had grown up in southern california. a tomboy of sorts. loved sports. she attended ucla where she played basketball. it was during her college days that she met and dated john rutton, long before he and sherry got married. after graduating in 1982, she surprised her family by joining the lapd. this when only a hand full of women entered the force. >> i was very proud of steph. it was a cool thing. >> she quickly rose through the ranks from patrol office to detective. she was popular, friendly, and well regarded. he assignments also included project d.a.r.e. a drug prevention program named at kids. she was twice named detective of the year. later she worked at internal affairs investigating other officers for wrong doing and corruption. her personal life was good too. in 1996, lazarus got married to another lapd detective. together they adopted a baby daughter. life both at home and on the job never seemed better. >> she was a happy person. she loved wha