![Al Seib FILE - In this July 6, 2009 file photo, former Los Angeles detective Stephanie Lazarus appears in court in Los Angeles. A chance for parole has been delayed for Lazarus a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold case slaying of her ex-boyfriend's new wife in 1986. Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her husband of three months, John Ruetten. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a5c2cc401eab4a4a8817495d6493c8c1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - In this July 6, 2009 file photo, former Los Angeles detective Stephanie Lazarus appears in court in Los Angeles. A chance for parole has been delayed for Lazarus a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold case slaying of her ex-boyfriend's new wife in 1986. Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her husband of three months, John Ruetten. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool, File)
![Nick Ut FILE - Former Los Angeles detective Stephanie Lazarus appears in court July 29, 2009, in Los Angeles. A chance for parole has been delayed on Monday, May 20, 2024, for Lazarus a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold case slaying of her ex-boyfriend's new wife in 1986. Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her husband of three months, John Ruetten. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/843395b58b0848d5be177c8aa3b797d3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Former Los Angeles detective Stephanie Lazarus appears in court July 29, 2009, in Los Angeles. A chance for parole has been delayed on Monday, May 20, 2024, for Lazarus a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold case slaying of her ex-boyfriend's new wife in 1986. Lazarus was convicted in 2012 of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a nurse who was bludgeoned and shot to death in the condo she shared with her husband of three months, John Ruetten. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)