After detectives brought up John's name, Stephanie hit her arm on the table some 16 times in the span of just over a minute. And she refused to give up her DNA and then shortly after when the cops booked her, she had to lick her finger to remove her wedding ring so gave up her DNA on a silver platter anyway.
@@Tampo-tiger she’s quite possibly the dumbest detective I’ve ever come across. I bet the so called promotion to art detective was actually a demotion of a normal detectives job. I’ve never convicted someone in a interrogation so quickly. Within 2 minutes I knew she was toast.
You wish. I listen to it twice during driving and returning from work and once before sleeping so 3 times a day for about 1000 days so about 3000 times roughly for me Can anyone beat me? I'm NOT JOKING.
@@crazykailash Wow, I thought my addiction to this vid was bad. Use it for white noise to go to sleep. Play it in the background on my laptop while doing other things, etc. You aren't alone but I think you may be the winner 💗
I have watched this so many times and i watch it like it was my first time. She knew the minute they mentioned John's name her past was coming back to haunt her.
I think she had a dread of this interview turning into the worst case scenario, but I don’t think she ever imagined that the hammer was *really * going to come down on her...until they mentioned the pesky DNA evidence. I think she started to realize that sh*t was getting real at that point. She had gotten away with this murder for soooo long. I think she thought it was all behind her and buried with Sherri.
I think even being there made her nervous, especially since she was invited to sit in the “suspect’s” chair. She immediately needed to reassure herself and said “You’re bringing somebody in, right?”
I bet Sherry wanted to live her life. But LAPD Sargent officer Stephanie Lazarus 30 years veteran shot her 3 times in the chest and face and made sure she was dead. Botched robbery. Sociopaths. Officer Lazarus almost got away with it
Cops: "How long did you guys date?" Stephanie: _"In the beginning....God created the universe...."_ jesus christ. she couldn't shut up about things they never asked her , but she's completely "clueless" on things we KNOW she KNOWS.
Same with Chris Watts, Ashley Mcarthur, both last interrogatory phases watched before. Priceless. And here, it's even better due to "cold case" manner..even if all this time should have been absolutely terrible to endure with questions on suspens for the family and relatives. But it's like vengeance out of death for Sherri Rasmussen. Seeing her disgusting of waste of life killer being caught like that. Some of divine justice from outer world. And the best thing is also she sits thinking about something cool/important maybe shared to her as person of interest in her qualification (art rhief pretext), like she's someone we can make part or center of things (just to reinsure his ego) and on seconds following, adressing her "his name has been mentionned in some case", not precising "old", but on their way to shut down her mind completely one one single sentence, asking "have you ever heard name of John Ruetten"? At THIS early starting moment, she knew she was already caught by her past. And just the minute following, seeing her started rambling and tumbling on herself, what delight. And best moment of all, around 2:38/2:40 mark. When she repeated again, fumbling inside already "what this is about", and then they calmly replied "it's relative to.......his wife"..OUTCH. The little silence like air cut abruptly sentencing his way on his chest.
That john ruetten is as much to blame for this he was seeing Stephanie even after he married and having sex with Stephanie then afterwards telling her to leave them alone
Every so often between about 3 months periods I re-watch this at around 1 AM. Maybe it's worth mentioning that I might be going through some sort of clinical depression episode but watching it soothes me somehow. Thank you Stephanie. And in all seriousness thank the investigators for putting her behind bars and giving the family some closure.
@@Ricky19821there is another one. Police officer for years dating and even having sex with minor, very minor girls (!!!), some were 12/13 if i remember correctly. Not the name yet, some redhair guy. He was sentenced for 12 years. The women leading the interrogatory was perfect. If you're find it, you're gonna enjoy it.
"How are you doing today, Stephanie?" "Well, gosh.. you know.. I...gee.. let me think. Lyndon Johnson was president in 63 and, um, Jurassic Park came out in 93.... Like a million years ago... I am good, you know, I mean... What.. uh.. what's this all about?"
I don't agree. Think about it. All she did was answer every question in excessive detail. They didn't need to work for this at all. If she wasn't so caught off guard by the initial request to be 'informally' asked a few questions, she would have responded, and said, why are you asking? Has a crime been committed? Has something happened to John? After further questions in the first 5 mins without any clarity ,she would have said, unless you explain why we are having this conversation, I do not wish to continue. Why would anyone have said all this unless they knew it was ultimately about a murder they committed, and they were in a blind panic. She gave them everything on a platter.
@@1pootle She was highly experience officer. It was good theater, but nothing she said could be used against her. Saying can't remember is 100 times better than false details.
its the scary eyes, they pull you back over and over lol....im with you, for some reason Every few weeks or months I keep coming back to this video lol
Yes, they spent years, particularly her dad, talking to police who hung up on him, ignored him, people said it could NEVER be her because "she's a great police officer, adopted her hubby's daughter." Her parents were treated horribly by the local coppers who complained it was a cold case, a burglary, because one had occurred in the same area so they attributed it to burglars.
@@elizabethantoine9652 Is that the best you've got 4 cops..... you are what is wrong with America... ignoring the habitual criminals but jump on the bandwagon when 0.001% of cops go overboard
She's a very good actress if so. I don't think so. I think she thinks because she's gotten away with it for so long she can act her way out of it and she thinks because the police are being nice and polite that she still will. But police will do that even when they're convinced your guilty as fuck because they want you to talk they don't want you to get defensive. She was a cop though so she really should have known better but she probably imagines she's very very smart and can outsmart everyone especially since she's outsmarted everyone for a million years already.
@@trueCrimeGuruYes She knew about all the advances in DNA research and she also knew she bit Sherri. John is right on about Stephanie knew the second she was in that room and heard John Rutten. Then when the dance began.....
@@sirtalkalotdoolittle I thought about that too. In the transcript I've read "after the arrest" the cops asks about her pills she has to take everyday and says something to the effect of "I'll be out of here by tomorrow." Hmm. I guess she didn't plan on never getting out again. She was in such denial.
lmao i guarantee the minute they mentioned john’s name, her heart dropped in her stomach and then her stomach was in KNOTS. prob had explosive diarrhea immediately LOL. imagine getting away with a crime for like 20 years.. 2 whole fking DECADES... and then you finally get caught bc of dna evidence advancing 😂 that must suckkkkkk! as cops say, don’t do the crime if ya can’t do the time ! 👮♀️
Yup. As soon as they mentioned her ex's name, she knew it had finally caught up to her. Every time she asked "what's this all about", she knew exactly what it was all about.
“Shelly I think her name was” “I think she worked in a hospital” I’m sure she knew back then & still knew and remembered every detail about Sherri and I think she still hated her, felt rage for her and had no remorse or conscience.
Just to add an extra fact to add to the stupidity of.this female... Stephanie went to the hospital Sherry worked at and harassed her there. She went to their apartment and asked John to wax her ski's. She is so dumb
Sometimes, when I’m having a bad day, I revisit this video and realize that I don’t have it that bad. Just imagine, she probably had plans the day this happened-a Friday, I think, but am not positive. Dinner with her family, maybe a beer with colleagues. Instead, she ended up in jail for a murder for which she had escaped justice for decades. For those interested in a deeper dive, I highly recommend the book that details this case, The Lazarus Files.
So true. - It was a Friday - because it was actually my birthday. June 5th 2009. - She commited 1st degree murder - then put it behind her and got on with her life - and probaly reached a settled stage in her life as a older person- where she would think twice before commiting murder now - and probaly hold back. The whole love triangle with her and John and her murdered rival she was all grown out of - she met a new guy and married. - Its s shame really - not only did she brutally snuff out a innocent womans life - she built a good life for herself - and could of enjoyed a good life - but she was guilty of 1st degree murder - and this was the day the Truth caught up with her - probaly the most unexpected day of her entire life.
She literally acted like it was difficult to remember these things: her birthday, the year she was married, the year she graduated, and the current year.
And if you don't kill anyone you don't have to sit there and talk and talk. I love Judge Judy and I try to abide by her sentiment. Her brain is like a worm on a griddle and her tummy is betraying her.
Yeah you think about it she spent 20 years because of a giant pension and now when she spends her pension she’s doing at the canteen at the prison what are awful retirement I love watching this with so much fun
Looking at her facial expressions throughout the questioning…..you can tell that she’s terrified. She also knows what’s coming but she is so scared she keeps running her mouth. She is trying to prolong the inevitable……hanging onto a glimmer of hope, perhaps, that maybe she can talk her way out. I wonder if she was thinking about that vicious bite she inflicted on Sherry’s arm and that her saliva could possibly be on it. She’s just trying to talk her way out of it.
@@penelopelopez8296 True. I just love how our human nature gets the better of us when we know what the truth is. You can't control anything, body language gives you away. And of course detectives are experts in this field..
@@peartfaldo AWWWW we were all having so much fun watching a murder suspect squirm and you go and bring in politics and ruin the whole thing. Run quick, get a life. The Clintons might CARE
It’s been a million years ago. Like I said I need to check my pictures about D.A.R.E. in 1992, The 2 Dianes and “this gal Shmeeda” and his brother who played basketball at Northridge.
jon122569 Have you watched the saga of Chris Watts? Murdered his pregnant wife and little girls? He had a mistress, this case was so dam sad, I've cried a few times watching the different videos, but I'm so fascinated and disgusted by the case:(
I've watched this so many times and it never ceases to amaze me how she says that she knows his wife "got killed." Like it was Sherri's fault that she went and "got killed"; not like she murdered her. Unreal. I also like hearing how dry her mouth gets and how her stomach betrays her with all its growling. Stephanie's body cannot control itself through the anxiety and deception. It's so telling. And I'm so glad this caught up to her.
She is a complete sociopath/narc never shows any remorse or sympathy that an innocent life was taken at her hands. Her saying she “got killed” implies that it was Sherrys fault she was murdered.
@@gloriahenry6137 "I'd have to look at my pictures... it was a million years ago!!!" Those were the days when pterodactyls carved images on rocks... before Kodak.
I can imagine her heart is pounding in her chest. She was extremely nervous as soon as they mention him. She knew within a few minutes why they were there she knew what this was about before she even asked what this is about.
@@shawnadeyo Detective asks simple question. Stephanie:Well I used to teach DARE and I have a friend named Smeeta🥴(BURP) Excuse me,I havent eaten.But when I do eat I have Smeeta take pictures.I love taking lives,oops! I meant taking pictures.(Burp) Gosh,Im hungry.I haven't eaten in a million years!!🤪Dinosaurs roamed the earth a million years ago.Geez!! I wish i had pictures.Ever been to Hawaii? If u ever wanna go I can cut you a deal on SCUBA lessons.Me and Greg are certified.(BELCH!!)Golly,I'm starving.Did i mention i am SCUBA certified? You dont believe me? I have pictures.Hey-if I told u my friend is dying of cancer,would u guys just forget about this and we can all go grab a bite to eat.I haven't eaten today.Oh gosh,did I say BITE? I meant chew.Cus i don't bite.I swallow my food whole cus ive never bitten anything (or anyone) in my life. They had great food in Hawaii where I got SCUBA certified.SCUBA is an anagram for SELF CONTAINED UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS. I learned that a million years ago.(Burp!!) I wish I had a picture of some food right now,cus it feels like i havent eaten since I lost my house in the earthquake. Anyway,did I tell you guys about Smeeta?.. 😉I've seen this video more times than most. 👈I do comedy stuff.
The best part of this interview is the fact that the murder happened 26 years ago. Meaning that if they just threw this at her out of the blue then she had no idea it was coming. She was no longer prepared like she would've been back then if questioned.
Excellent point. Even though it took 26 years for Justice to occur, the fact that it caught her off guard and blindsided her was pure gold and karma defined
Great point Theresa. In the first few years, she was probably rehearsing her story…but as so many years passed, she probably allowed herself to relax and move on. Further to your point, the interrogators” casual approach was brilliant, so as to keep her calm and talking. They lured her right in, and kept calming the dusty, 26 year old alarm bells in her as they started to go off.
@@audrasitarek9113 And she said they went to weddings together , he went to weddings with her, she went to weddings with him-yet you did not get to go to his wedding hateful bih
Year later from your comment… I’m on round 12 or so 🤣gosh I don’t know though, I was born in 85 and I think I graduated kindergarten around 90 or so but gosh ya know…
@@sarahchews9353 it’s quite addictive watching her slowly sink herself deeper and deeper…I think because she wasn’t expecting that line of terror it’s hit her a million times harder ..compulsive viewing 💯👍🏻
When they first asked her is she knew John Ruetten I'm shocked as a officer she doesn't ask if he's ok, or did something happened, or did he do something? Considering they are detectives you would think that's the only reason they would bring him up... I kind of think she knew from the beginning this was the day!
The way she rambles aimlessly about her holidays, her trips, her parties, her photos... It's as though her psyche is summoning back all of these memories of freedom in order to negate the reality unfolding before her that the horrific crime for which she'd evaded the consequences of for so many years, is now slowly enfolding her. It's as though her life is flashing before her eyes right before karma puts an end to all those happy holidays she enjoyed.
It’s actually fairly common with people who are lying. They often will add extraneous details to a story to make it sound more credible and they also do that because they are trying to come up with another lie and redirect the line of questioning.
"You know....", "Um... It was so long ago....", "Oh, I know...", "Like I said.....", "I'm trying to think....", "It's been so long.....", "I'm maybe I did talk.....", "I mean........", "I couldn't tell you......", "Again, that's all I can remember.....", "Maybe, I don't remember....", "I don't know...."
@@monteanderson7181 ya think????!!!! i do forget a lot of things but i'd remember killing someone. makes me wonder if somewhere during the ensuing years, if LAPD kinda thought it might be her but decided to leave well enough alone.
Turn the volume up and put your earbuds in. 1:09:40 You can hear the detective say "You're under arrest for Sherri's murder" 1:09:46 Stephanie says something like "This is nuts, this is crazy!" 1:10:59 after guy walks back into room you can hear him whisper "Miranda...Miranda" Man I need a life, lol. But this is so addicting to watch.
When she says "I know she got killed" , she makes it sound like it was her fault . An innocent person would have said " I know she was murdered " . "Got killed" sounds like she was doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing and she got herself killed . Hence , Stephanie thought she stole her man .
And the minute the detectives said it has to do with his wife…an innocent person would have instinctively said…I know his wife was murdered…instead she tries to deflect and say, I know he go married years ago.
She can't remember getting in a fight with someone publicly at their place of employment (a hospital of all things) but she can remember every cross street of Roscoe Blvd. Yikes.🤔
@@Marlee82 I think they were pretty stoked that they finally got this maniac after the case went cold, for what, 26 years? "It seems like a million years ago..."
At 47:51, Lazarus says,"as soon as I walk out of here I'll remember 25 different things..." And one of the detectives says back to her, "Oh but you'll call us, or come over to our desks and let us know," Right there, she experiences another little glimmer of hope...
When it’s a question that doesn’t make her look guilty, Stephanie answers straight away, but when it’s something that can get her into trouble, she waffles on, makes faces etc. Such a bad liar.
I would think she would be prepared for this to happen for years. She wasn't prepared though. I wonder why she didnt throw it back on him ie did he do something? Is he ok? Something happening? She answers questions quite willingly and gives more information than necessary. I would have asked what this was all about and immediately asked for counsel. The DNA could have also been put into question as it was sitting in an old ripped envelope. It had been sitting there for years.
"John 'Rotten' is a more fitting name for him. He knew she was head over heels in love with him, but instead of being honest about his feelings (or, better yet, avoiding her completely), he used her and made her believe she had a chance with him. To make matters worse, she is a psychopath. John played with fired and poor, sweet Sherri ended up paying the price."
I agree. If you read 'The Lazarus Files', it's very obvious that he used her (Stephanie). That by no means justifies what she did to Sherri, but I believe if he had not been a wimpy user of Stephanie, thing may have turned out differently. He should have just told her he was with Sherri and let that be the end of it. And he should have participated more in the investigation, in my humble opinion.
Except the cops heard the story about how she turned up at the hospital in short shorts and a tank top to tell the nurse she was sexier and would get him back.
The game played is pretty interesting. She knows she’s incredibly fucked. How come they never said why are you so nervous?Your hearts beating out your chest Why can’t you answer a question directly? She’s like isn’t the statute of limitations a million years?
Sometimes I watch this video to feel better about myself. Like sure, i might’ve ran out of cookies but at least I’m not publicly getting exposed as a murderer
From 3:30 to 4:10 her contorted facial expression’s and slamming her hand on the table was probably the most telling part of this video, her shock and anxiety were off the charts, like she was dangling off the edge of a cliff. After a quarter century, her crime caught up with her and she knew this. She spends the rest of the interrogation trying to deflect and using time and the “A million years ago” phrase to cleanse and claim innocent.
@@TinyTinaTeaParty I read that after confiscating her computer from her house, they forensically revealed her search history and she had made multiple searches on this case throughout the 90’s. I guess in the early 2000’s up to this interrogation, she felt safely distanced from her crime and her panic attack is the whole thing flashing back and knowing her freedom was at an end!
Ruetten and Lazarus actually got back together in 1989 for a while. Ruetten called the Detective to make sure she wasn't a suspect before getting back together with her. Relationship Rule #1: If you wonder if your potential match killed your previous Spouse, move along. I bet Lazarus was so happy and thought her plan worked.
I am surprised she didn't do a better job of getting rid of evidence that could point to her guilt. I think she expected to be given a free pass indefinitely by her fellow officers. Sheri Rasmussen was an achiever that could have done much to benefit humanity,. She had some reservations about marrying Ruetten because of harassment from Lazarus. Ruetten didn't' do enough to protect her from his sick puppy on again off again girlfriend. He should have gotten nasty aggressive with her to make her realize it was over and he was done. Lazarus thought if she got rid of Sherri she would be next in line to become Mrs.Ruetten. Fast forward DNA evidence solved this cold case and she is in jail doing time for her crime.
Yeah, that one threw me for a loop too. I know the guy has his fans, but I'm with the crowd that calls him out as a major creep. He didn't age well either.
Stephanie is extremely immature "he did race cars and went heading into a wall and they pulled the plug" These are the people who are sworn to protect and serve?!
She may very well have been a great detective in her work. She received awards, she worked on drug prevention causes so she likely did do some good work but she committed the worst of the worst offenses when she was younger that she may not have done if she was more mature and older……who knows. However, I’m glad they got her and put her away for life. I wonder how she’s doing in prison. Probably adjusted just fine because she’s crazy.
@@penelopelopez8296 she taught dare and was an art detective .....she prob did the easiest and most non police related jobs in the force , typical plug cop.
This video is so satisfying. This killer cop who believed she would never be caught was not only interrogated but also arrested in front of the camera. Love her facial expressions too.
The few short moments she feigns thinking about a question she already knows the answer to entirely. It gives her a few brief moments of peace, away from the questioning and stress she is feeling at the moment. It may not seem like much but inside She's dying! The panic is eating her alive! If she stalls them for 20 seconds it's 20 seconds of no questioning, no interrogation, peace and gives her a few moments to gather herself. Her face gets more and more red with each passing moment. She gets more and more afraid. She rants and goes off subject to take herself away from the moment. To take a mental breath. It's awesome they recorded this for training new detectives on reading emotion and reaction to questioning. Fascinating.
Yes u're right! After watching it many many times I can see all those moments in her eyes that u just mentioned. I didn't know about this video being used for police training, that's very interesting. Thank u for that info!
She probably spent the first few years after the murder looking over her back every other second and after a while she buried it deep down and convinced herself that she deserved to walk free because she was young and immature and learned her lesson...or justified it some other way. After that she continued to try and forget about what she had done and at this point it had been long enough that she had lulled herself into a false sense of security. This interrogation blind sided her and had her scrambling because at this point she had probably believed for well over a decade and a half that it would never happen. WHOOPS!
Her face when she is asked to give the DNA test is like a drunk Spring Break teenager who has just been asked by her parents if she has ever smoked dope.
The detective even gave her the chance to explain a “fight” and how the bite got on Sherri’s arm. Since she denies the fight, that placed her there at the crime and no other way
Why do criminals in these interviews often randomly bring up a friend dying of cancer? One of them even kept repeating that his best friend's mother was dying of cancer.
When she walked into the interrogation room, she was holding on to hope that this wasn’t the past coming back to haunt her. Then they mention John and her fight or flight went into overdrive .
@@MissPerriwinkle Detective asks simple question. Stephanie:Well I used to teach DARE and I have a friend named Smeeta🥴(BURP) Excuse me,I havent eaten.But when I do eat I have Smeeta take pictures.I love taking lives,oops! I meant taking pictures.(Burp) Gosh,Im hungry.I haven't eaten in a million years!!🤪Dinosaurs roamed the earth a million years ago.Geez!! I wish i had pictures.Ever been to Hawaii? If u ever wanna go I can cut you a deal on SCUBA lessons.Me and Greg are certified.(BELCH!!)Golly,I'm starving.Did i mention i am SCUBA certified? You dont believe me? I have pictures.Hey-if I told u my friend is dying of cancer,would u guys just forget about this and we can all go grab a bite to eat.I haven't eaten today.Oh gosh,did I say BITE? I meant chew.Cus i don't bite.I swallow my food whole cus ive never bitten anything (or anyone) in my life. They had great food in Hawaii where I got SCUBA certified.SCUBA is an anagram for SELF CONTAINED UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS. I learned that a million years ago.(Burp!!) I wish I had a picture of some food right now,cus it feels like i havent eaten since I lost my house in the earthquake. Anyway,did I tell you guys about Smeeta?.. 😉I've seen this video more times than most. 👈I do comedy stuff.
Dear brain of mine, why do you keep insisting on coming back to watch this, year after year?! Whyyy do I do this to myself? Here it is 2021 and I am watching this interrog yet again... lol.
ANNNNNND now in 2022,,,watching again ! I will have to tell my brain to look at my pictures from a million years ago, I would think, but that doesnt ring a bell AT ALL
She didn’t once show any remorse for Sherri while talking about her. I would’ve broken down crying and confessed during the interrogation. It would’ve haunted me forever. She has a heart of stone.
At the end where she reiterates, "I can't believe this!"; its a Freudian slip, she is referring to finally getting caught for crime, not that she was falsely accused. She knew right then and there that her freedom was gone for crime she commited.
This is a common thing guilty people do. Psychologists think its a way to draw out time in order to calm down and create more time before needing to answer questions they down have a good answer for.
Yea, that's true. I think also people talk too much bcuz they are usually talkative in their normal life with others.. In this case Stefani is very nervous and she goes on and on giving the detectives the impression that she has nothing to hide.. She thinks that if she tells them so much information that they will get pleased with the answers and forget to ask her more important questions.. She's that typical person who thinks she's smarter than anybody else and that she'll win this interrogation. I don't think she fears for the worse. I would be scared to death if I was in her place.. Probably bcuz her husband is a very well respected detective there in the law inforcement department.. Idk.. Maybe I'm wrong!! Lol!!!
@Paddy Mongan i agree but probably didn’t think it was gonna be useful in the future since back in the 80’s DNA testing wasnt even a thought. she was sloppy and thought she’d never get caught.
The face of raw terror at 10:28. They tortured her for 10 minutes before they forced her to say the words. Very smart. And she couldn't bring herself before that to bring up the natural question anyone would ask let alone a 35 year veteran cop in the 1st minute "Is this about his wife murder?"
Yea I would have loved to watch the trial . I don't know why they didn't release it.. It would had been more entertaining than the interrogation.. What a movie. Lol!
My favorite video to rewatch. Over and over. She is so cringy in everything she says and does. Its delightful watching her implode. She really thought she'd gotten away with murder all those years.
@@peterwall583 Detective asks simple question. Stephanie:Well I used to teach DARE and I have a friend named Smeeta🥴(BURP) Excuse me,I havent eaten.But when I do eat I have Smeeta take pictures.I love taking lives,oops! I meant taking pictures.(Burp) Gosh,Im hungry.I haven't eaten in a million years!!🤪Dinosaurs roamed the earth a million years ago.Geez!! I wish i had pictures.Ever been to Hawaii? If u ever wanna go I can cut you a deal on SCUBA lessons.Me and Greg are certified.(BELCH!!)Golly,I'm starving.Did i mention i am SCUBA certified? You dont believe me? I have pictures.Hey-if I told u my friend is dying of cancer,would u guys just forget about this and we can all go grab a bite to eat.I haven't eaten today.Oh gosh,did I say BITE? I meant chew.Cus i don't bite.I swallow my food whole cus ive never bitten anything (or anyone) in my life. They had great food in Hawaii where I got SCUBA certified.SCUBA is an anagram for SELF CONTAINED UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS. I learned that a million years ago.(Burp!!) I wish I had a picture of some food right now,cus it feels like i havent eaten since I lost my house in the earthquake. Anyway,did I tell you guys about Smeeta?.. 😉I've seen this video more times than most. 👈I do comedy stuff.
I'm flabbergasted gasted at this interrogation. Chris Watts was more believable at his interrogation. She was busted before she sat down. I'm pleased that Sherrie's family got justice. R. I. P. Sherrie........
I never thought anyone would be remotely close to being as unbelievable as Watts but I believe you're right. She has somehow eclipsed even Chris's level of weasel
She doesnt even realize that she's contradicting herself because she was adamant that she didn't have a fight with Sherri. You can literally see it in her eyes right before she gets up & walk out "damn I fucked up right there"
AND SHE WON'T SHUT UP!!!! She could practice up on her AUCTIONEER SKILLS for Commissary Day! Never HEARD of this case! Can't wait to see the end of this video! 🙌
The comments section is an absolute bloody riot. I'm laughing to the point of choking. I've been reading comments sections for a million years now, and this one is right up there with the best of them. I can't wait to watch other videos pertaining to this whole mess, perhaps over breakfast.
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The fact that they gave her hope by letting her walk out of the room, only to arrest her a minute later. Savage 😅
After detectives brought up John's name, Stephanie hit her arm on the table some 16 times in the span of just over a minute.
And she refused to give up her DNA and then shortly after when the cops booked her, she had to lick her finger to remove her wedding ring so gave up her DNA on a silver platter anyway.
Have you seen dumplin Dave?
I know I couldn’t believe it either…you’re “free to go whenever you like”. I laughed so hard. 😂
@@Leigh3420 Always seems to mean 'That was the last time in your life you would know freedom'.
@@Tampo-tiger she’s quite possibly the dumbest detective I’ve ever come across. I bet the so called promotion to art detective was actually a demotion of a normal detectives job. I’ve never convicted someone in a interrogation so quickly. Within 2 minutes I knew she was toast.
She left from home thinking it’s just going to be a normal work day. I love that aspect of all of this
You are so correct when she went to work that day she had no idea of the Unseen forces against her
Same.
😂Thats what i just commented! Kind of amazing!
I wonder if she thought about it daily? If every day she wondered is today the day? She looks crazy
Ended up sleeping in the jail cot rather than her bed that night.
Who else is convinced they have watched this more times than anyone ?
You wish.
I listen to it twice during driving and returning from work and once before sleeping so 3 times a day for about 1000 days so about 3000 times roughly for me
Can anyone beat me? I'm NOT JOKING.
@@crazykailash not bad but my problem is much worse Lol
@@eovecka according to the percentage of comments, you were actually normal, because 89% of the people watching this use it to go to sleep
@@crazykailash Wow, I thought my addiction to this vid was bad. Use it for white noise to go to sleep. Play it in the background on my laptop while doing other things, etc. You aren't alone but I think you may be the winner 💗
I must have watched it a million times
I come back about every 6 months to watch this masterful interrogation. It’s my fall asleep medicine too
I feel the same way I keep going back to this interrogation the more I watch it the more I'm just stunned by the Sick woman
OMG!! I do too!! Now I feel better about it 😊
Agreed....I also do same with Joe Dresnok ...Crossing the line.
Same with me and The Scream Killers, I guess we're all addicted to crime. :) That woman is a classical sociopath, her eyes say it all!
I guess I'm in the right place, guys.
I have watched this so many times and i watch it like it was my first time. She knew the minute they mentioned John's name her past was coming back to haunt her.
She did! You can see the terror in her eyes about 60 seconds in.
I think she had a dread of this interview turning into the worst case scenario, but I don’t think she ever imagined that the hammer was *really * going to come down on her...until they mentioned the pesky DNA evidence. I think she started to realize that sh*t was getting real at that point. She had gotten away with this murder for soooo long. I think she thought it was all behind her and buried with Sherri.
I think even being there made her nervous, especially since she was invited to sit in the “suspect’s” chair. She immediately needed to reassure herself and said “You’re bringing somebody in, right?”
@@Autumn_Forest_ “pesky DNA” 🎖👍🏻🤣🤣🤣
@@Xxxxxx19-p1c 😂 and those meddling kids!
"What was your relationship with John?" "Oh, it was a weird relationship. We dated and I killed his wife."
Real talk!
Lol Marc
I bet Sherry wanted to live her life. But LAPD Sargent officer Stephanie Lazarus 30 years veteran shot her 3 times in the chest and face and made sure she was dead. Botched robbery.
Sociopaths. Officer Lazarus almost got away with it
She gets to sit on stainless steel toilet 🚽 seats.
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She had 23 years to think about how she would answer these questions if this day ever came and the best she could come up with was “I don’t remember”
Absolutely! You'd think she'd have slightly better responses after all this time!
It's actually a hard thing to challenge. You can't disprove someone not remembering something. What got her is the DNA.
Or umm umm , maybe, I'm not sure.
LOL!! Good one
@@Mrs.Currie she’s so terrible at lying though lol like it’s so ibvious that she remembered but was pretending not to
The way she says, “no I didn’t go to their wedding”… You can just feel the distain in her voice for that wedding
Especially when she says “NO!” She sounds so evil
She stole their wedding certificate.
@@davidmehnert6206 seriously???
I picked that up to but nobody has said it good job
Yeah agreed… She answered up right away remembering that wedding…Definitely angry
This is my third time watching this in as many years. It’s like the Home Alone of police interrogations. A classic.
Haha yeah totally agree🙏
I've watched it more times than I can count lol lol...
@@bdlimea7018 yuppp
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I love it lol … I’ve watched it far too many times 🤣
"I really don't care if he saw other girls" said no woman ever
Actually, Hue Heifer"s "girlfriends" said the same thing.
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lol I fell for that a few times :) Thought they meant it. I was wrong :)
😂 right?!
I know hey? What a freaking LIAR! I would dump and block and delete everything if someone ever cheated on me. See ya ✌️
Cops: "How long did you guys date?"
Stephanie: _"In the beginning....God created the universe...."_
jesus christ. she couldn't shut up about things they never asked her , but she's completely "clueless" on things we KNOW she KNOWS.
Chaff and redirect! Classic
Hahahaha...good one!
Same with Chris Watts, Ashley Mcarthur, both last interrogatory phases watched before. Priceless.
And here, it's even better due to "cold case" manner..even if all this time should have been absolutely terrible to endure with questions on suspens for the family and relatives.
But it's like vengeance out of death for Sherri Rasmussen. Seeing her disgusting of waste of life killer being caught like that.
Some of divine justice from outer world.
And the best thing is also she sits thinking about something cool/important maybe shared to her as person of interest in her qualification (art rhief pretext), like she's someone we can make part or center of things (just to reinsure his ego) and on seconds following, adressing her "his name has been mentionned in some case", not precising "old", but on their way to shut down her mind completely one one single sentence, asking "have you ever heard name of John Ruetten"?
At THIS early starting moment, she knew she was already caught by her past. And just the minute following, seeing her started rambling and tumbling on herself, what delight.
And best moment of all, around 2:38/2:40 mark. When she repeated again, fumbling inside already "what this is about", and then they calmly replied "it's relative to.......his wife"..OUTCH.
The little silence like air cut abruptly sentencing his way on his chest.
That john ruetten is as much to blame for this he was seeing Stephanie even after he married and having sex with Stephanie then afterwards telling her to leave them alone
Yea that’s a dead giveaway that somebody is lying when they add lots of extra information. lol
Every so often between about 3 months periods I re-watch this at around 1 AM. Maybe it's worth mentioning that I might be going through some sort of clinical depression episode but watching it soothes me somehow. Thank you Stephanie.
And in all seriousness thank the investigators for putting her behind bars and giving the family some closure.
I’ll give you another that would keep you up 😀: Jeff Sokol. That one wasn’t for murder but he attempted to meet up with a minor but was in a sting.
@@Ricky19821 thanks but nope. The freaks on that show just make me mad. Specially that sokol pos.
Sarah Boone is my new go to. She’s such a train wreck I’m embarrassed for her!
@@onelifedontwasteit8568 it's 4 AM here so I guess that's the perfect time for checking that one out. Let's see.
@@Ricky19821there is another one. Police officer for years dating and even having sex with minor, very minor girls (!!!), some were 12/13 if i remember correctly.
Not the name yet, some redhair guy. He was sentenced for 12 years.
The women leading the interrogatory was perfect.
If you're find it, you're gonna enjoy it.
"How are you doing today, Stephanie?"
"Well, gosh.. you know.. I...gee.. let me think. Lyndon Johnson was president in 63 and, um, Jurassic Park came out in 93.... Like a million years ago... I am good, you know, I mean... What.. uh.. what's this all about?"
During dinosaur time… about a million years ago…lol
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To save some time, the action begins at 1:12:02
Yes, exactly rambling like a different story every second
“When did you first learn of her death?”
“The moment I shot her.”
A million years ago is when she learned about the murder.😜
@RCB RCB "......but that was a million years ago" 🥴
Exactly!
They should have asked her if one of her pictures is of a body with a bite mark. 🦷😬👀
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Oh she would have had a picture of the bite mark if she'd had a cell phone back then...📱📸
*Even Jim Carey is amazed by the amount of facial expressions this woman has.*
He’s taking lessons from her now 😂😂😂
Really though...OMG!🤣😂🤣😂too funny....💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
Her Grinch grin is more natural.
The elasticity of her face seems limitless, doesn't it?
@@Speegs23 well thank God she's in prison because I'd prefer to keep my Christmas 🎄 thankyou 😅
These detectives cornered her beautifully. She was trapped from the word “go” and there was nothing she could do about it.
They had to rehearse this to a T. And even then, they had to tip toe and tip toe, and tip toe and were extremely careful. Kudos to them
I don't agree. Think about it. All she did was answer every question in excessive detail. They didn't need to work for this at all. If she wasn't so caught off guard by the initial request to be 'informally' asked a few questions, she would have responded, and said, why are you asking? Has a crime been committed? Has something happened to John? After further questions in the first 5 mins without any clarity ,she would have said, unless you explain why we are having this conversation, I do not wish to continue. Why would anyone have said all this unless they knew it was ultimately about a murder they committed, and they were in a blind panic.
She gave them everything on a platter.
@@1pootle She was highly experience officer. It was good theater, but nothing she said could be used against her. Saying can't remember is 100 times better than false details.
"If you guys are claiming I'm a suspect, I've got a problem with that."
You said it, lady!
And she can have a problem with that…in prison
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You oh boy guys she's got a problem with that lol
I’ve watched this a “million times” and it never gets old.
These are the type of people in law enforcement. Prime example.
its the scary eyes, they pull you back over and over lol....im with you, for some reason Every few weeks or months I keep coming back to this video lol
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I thought i was the only one who looked this often.
I mean.. it’s been a million times since the first time .. geez..you know..
Dwayne Lent she sure did. That’s why she has all the facial expressions
It may have felt like a million years ago to her, but to Sherri's family, every second since her loss has probably felt like a million years.
Absolutely
Yes, they spent years, particularly her dad, talking to police who hung up on him, ignored him, people said it could NEVER be her because "she's a great police officer, adopted her hubby's daughter." Her parents were treated horribly by the local coppers who complained it was a cold case, a burglary, because one had occurred in the same area so they attributed it to burglars.
So to her it may seem like a million years ago but to the parents it seems like a trillion years ago?
Ah ..... Well Said
Yep, but she was desperately lying in order to distance herself from the murder.
The fact that Stefanie Lazarus got past her psychological evaluations to become an LAPD cop is frightening!!
I agree with you! Please add: Derrick Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao of Minneapolis.
We are animals by default and will lie, deceive and kill if the need arises, each and every one of us. You are no different
@@elizabethantoine9652 Is that the best you've got 4 cops..... you are what is wrong with America... ignoring the habitual criminals but jump on the bandwagon when 0.001% of cops go overboard
@@chipbuttytime3396 Speak for yourself.
Quota hire.
She's freaking out big time, lol. She knows within the first 5-10 minutes that life as she knows it is now over.
She's a very good actress if so. I don't think so. I think she thinks because she's gotten away with it for so long she can act her way out of it and she thinks because the police are being nice and polite that she still will. But police will do that even when they're convinced your guilty as fuck because they want you to talk they don't want you to get defensive. She was a cop though so she really should have known better but she probably imagines she's very very smart and can outsmart everyone especially since she's outsmarted everyone for a million years already.
@@trueCrimeGuruYes She knew about all the advances in DNA research and she also knew she bit Sherri. John is right on about Stephanie knew the second she was in that room and heard John Rutten. Then when the dance began.....
Imagine what it must be like to leave the house in the morning like every other day only to later find out you will never see home again.
@@sirtalkalotdoolittle I thought about that too. In the transcript I've read "after the arrest" the cops asks about her pills she has to take everyday and says something to the effect of "I'll be out of here by tomorrow." Hmm. I guess she didn't plan on never getting out again. She was in such denial.
lmao i guarantee the minute they mentioned john’s name, her heart dropped in her stomach and then her stomach was in KNOTS. prob had explosive diarrhea immediately LOL. imagine getting away with a crime for like 20 years.. 2 whole fking DECADES... and then you finally get caught bc of dna evidence advancing 😂 that must suckkkkkk! as cops say, don’t do the crime if ya can’t do the time ! 👮♀️
Seems I watched this already on another channel, but that was a million years ago.
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You would think
Looool
Any chance of writing something more original? Comments like yours have been posted on here a million times!
@@grahamd5418 Cripes!! I barely remember writing this comment, it was like a million years ago.
“I wish I had tape recorded this.”
…Don’t worry, Steph. There are going to be plenty of copies of this if you ever want one.
I think part of her sentence should be having to watch this cringe-fest regularly.
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You can tell how panicked she is by the way she keeps babbling and over-explaining everything. She's terrified.
Yup. As soon as they mentioned her ex's name, she knew it had finally caught up to her. Every time she asked "what's this all about", she knew exactly what it was all about.
Definitely....heart racing..brain spinning....
Stephanie did you know him?
Well let’s see, I was born in 1960…
A few gulps too
And burps.
“Shelly I think her name was” “I think she worked in a hospital” I’m sure she knew back then & still knew and remembered every detail about Sherri and I think she still hated her, felt rage for her and had no remorse or conscience.
Absolutely bang on mate. The fake “…gee uuhhh 😳🥴🤔😟😬😐😦🥴….uhhh….🥴😬🤔gee….” Was the biggest giveaway ever.
U think ? It's a "know" .
Sherry got the man back then and now Sherry get her in jail today. Yes she still hates her.
Just to add an extra fact to add to the stupidity of.this female... Stephanie went to the hospital Sherry worked at and harassed her there. She went to their apartment and asked John to wax her ski's. She is so dumb
My fiance from 20 years ago married the therapist I suggest he go see for anger issues.
Sometimes, when I’m having a bad day, I revisit this video and realize that I don’t have it that bad. Just imagine, she probably had plans the day this happened-a Friday, I think, but am not positive. Dinner with her family, maybe a beer with colleagues. Instead, she ended up in jail for a murder for which she had escaped justice for decades. For those interested in a deeper dive, I highly recommend the book that details this case, The Lazarus Files.
Great book!
Is John alive?
So true. - It was a Friday - because it was actually my birthday. June 5th 2009. - She commited 1st degree murder - then put it behind her and got on with her life - and probaly reached a settled stage in her life as a older person- where she would think twice before commiting murder now - and probaly hold back. The whole love triangle with her and John and her murdered rival she was all grown out of - she met a new guy and married. - Its s shame really - not only did she brutally snuff out a innocent womans life - she built a good life for herself - and could of enjoyed a good life - but she was guilty of 1st degree murder - and this was the day the Truth caught up with her - probaly the most unexpected day of her entire life.
@lana lake I would like to read more about the case, but haven't been able to find much at all. Do you mind sharing where you read that? 🙂 Thank you!!
Yep
She literally acted like it was difficult to remember these things: her birthday, the year she was married, the year she graduated, and the current year.
Exactly. Any of us can remember a lot of details about breakups, their subsequent partners that made us rage inside, and what car we had at what time.
She was born in '60...1960...not to be confused with 1860. LOL!!
Right? Cuz she knew she had to keep the “I can’t remember shit” act up or they may get suspicious lol 😝
Lousy liar for a 🐷
And she's a decorated detective; it's her JOB to remember details!
Judge Judy says " if you don't lie, you don't have to have a good memory. "
And if you don't kill anyone you don't have to sit there and talk and talk. I love Judge Judy and I try to abide by her sentiment. Her brain is like a worm on a griddle and her tummy is betraying her.
Mark Twain had a very similiar quote about telling the truth.
Judge who ?
My mum says a liar has no memory.
This must've been such a shock to her. Over 20 years, she must've thought she'd got away with it.
I feel like she had to have known the day would come... she must have known that there was that swab of DNA from the bite.
Yeah you think about it she spent 20 years because of a giant pension and now when she spends her pension she’s doing at the canteen at the prison what are awful retirement I love watching this with so much fun
Looking at her facial expressions throughout the questioning…..you can tell that she’s terrified. She also knows what’s coming but she is so scared she keeps running her mouth. She is trying to prolong the inevitable……hanging onto a glimmer of hope, perhaps, that maybe she can talk her way out. I wonder if she was thinking about that vicious bite she inflicted on Sherry’s arm and that her saliva could possibly be on it. She’s just trying to talk her way out of it.
@@penelopelopez8296 True. I just love how our human nature gets the better of us when we know what the truth is. You can't control anything, body language gives you away. And of course detectives are experts in this field..
She did get exceptionally lucky. I assume karma caught up to her. It can take a long time.
Murder has no stature of limitations whether it was yesterday or a million years ago
do the clintons know that??????
Okay that's a good point but about 2 million years ago? 🤔
It depends on the country. I think Japan and S.Korea, even murder has statute of limitations.
@@peartfaldo AWWWW we were all having so much fun watching a murder suspect squirm and you go and bring in politics and ruin the whole thing. Run quick, get a life. The Clintons might CARE
It’s been a million years ago. Like I said I need to check my pictures about D.A.R.E. in 1992, The 2 Dianes and “this gal Shmeeda” and his brother who played basketball at Northridge.
“Stephanie, what did you have for breakfeast?”
“I have to check my pictures”
jon122569 Have you watched the saga of Chris Watts? Murdered his pregnant wife and little girls? He had a mistress, this case was so dam sad, I've cried a few times watching the different videos, but I'm so fascinated and disgusted by the case:(
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It's been a million years but once in a while I try my best to watch this.
I've watched this so many times and it never ceases to amaze me how she says that she knows his wife "got killed." Like it was Sherri's fault that she went and "got killed"; not like she murdered her. Unreal. I also like hearing how dry her mouth gets and how her stomach betrays her with all its growling. Stephanie's body cannot control itself through the anxiety and deception. It's so telling. And I'm so glad this caught up to her.
She is a complete sociopath/narc never shows any remorse or sympathy that an innocent life was taken at her hands. Her saying she “got killed” implies that it was Sherrys fault she was murdered.
@@audrasitarek9113 so crazy, right?!? The audacity.
@L D and the irony is,…she never got the man!!!! Total waste of a life!!!
she had to catch her breath a few times....you can tell she was freaking out inside!!!
@L D I can't grasp this thought either. how could anyone do this and live a normal life after!!???!
This is now my white noise for sleeping and meditation.
Wow. Mine too! So glad I am not the only one, I was starting to feel like a weirdo.
HHahahah crazy how soothing it is!!??? Glad I'm not the only 1 lmaooo
Isn't that so weird how that works!
Same!!
I literally slept last night listening to this , unintentionally offcourse I wanted to watch'it through but just slept in between so makes sense 👍🏽
Does anyone else feel like they are watching an elementary school kid, in trouble trying to make excuses and play dumb to the principal?
Definitely one of my favorite interrogations EVER!!!!!
"Did you ever bite her?" "Gee, I don't know. I mean, I might have. I played sports"
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@Matthew Barry 😂
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"I'd have to look at my pictures... it was a million years ago!!!"
Those were the days when pterodactyls carved images on rocks... before Kodak.
@@abelis644 😅
omg
I can imagine her heart is pounding in her chest. She was extremely nervous as soon as they mention him. She knew within a few minutes why they were there she knew what this was about before she even asked what this is about.
I mean...what is this about??
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@@dewilew2137 Right Im so confused LOL
Gosh gee.
@@KimzielynnI don't know that... Or not... It was a million years ago
Detective: did you kill john's wife?
Steph: pffffft...ya know that sounds familiar...but that was a million years ago..anyway i graduated 1982...
That was good... 🤣🤣🤣
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Dont forget diana basta John Jascal and Roy suckaboo🤣🤣
Well, she did wish this was recorded. Now it can be viewed and remembered for a million years.
It pisses me off that the detectives just dismissed her as a potential suspect for so long.
Because they knew she did it and had been covering for her. She made someone upset in the department and they cooked her
They couldn’t prove she did it at the time, not until they got the technology for her dna.
@@pathetic2399 Well my point is they never even considered her as possibly doing it.
LAPD in the 80's & 90's? Was probably a quid pro quo to not look deep into her.
It all happened so long ago. Like a million years or something. She was basically dating a dinosaur.
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@@shawnadeyo Detective asks simple question.
Stephanie:Well I used to teach DARE and I have a friend named Smeeta🥴(BURP) Excuse me,I havent eaten.But when I do eat I have Smeeta take pictures.I love taking lives,oops! I meant taking pictures.(Burp) Gosh,Im hungry.I haven't eaten in a million years!!🤪Dinosaurs roamed the earth a million years ago.Geez!! I wish i had pictures.Ever been to Hawaii? If u ever wanna go I can cut you a deal on SCUBA lessons.Me and Greg are certified.(BELCH!!)Golly,I'm starving.Did i mention i am SCUBA certified?
You dont believe me?
I have pictures.Hey-if I told u my friend is dying of cancer,would u guys just forget about this and we can all go grab a bite to eat.I haven't eaten today.Oh gosh,did I say BITE? I meant chew.Cus i don't bite.I swallow my food whole cus ive never bitten anything (or anyone) in my life.
They had great food in Hawaii where I got SCUBA certified.SCUBA is an anagram for SELF CONTAINED UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS.
I learned that a million years ago.(Burp!!)
I wish I had a picture of some food right now,cus it feels like i havent eaten since I lost my house in the earthquake. Anyway,did I tell you guys about Smeeta?..
😉I've seen this video more times than most.
👈I do comedy stuff.
The best part of this interview is the fact that the murder happened 26 years ago. Meaning that if they just threw this at her out of the blue then she had no idea it was coming. She was no longer prepared like she would've been back then if questioned.
It was the DNA that caught her. She viciously bit Sherry on her arm and left her DNA there.
Excellent point. Even though it took 26 years for Justice to occur, the fact that it caught her off guard and blindsided her was pure gold and karma defined
"Well..I mean we weren't like...uhhh dating. Just um yea...so what's this about? Jeesh like that was uh like a million years ago..wow "Lazarus
@@charlesgerety1403 ita another cautionary tale. Never smash and ex to "give closure". lazarus was dickmatized
Great point Theresa. In the first few years, she was probably rehearsing her story…but as so many years passed, she probably allowed herself to relax and move on. Further to your point, the interrogators” casual approach was brilliant, so as to keep her calm and talking. They lured her right in, and kept calming the dusty, 26 year old alarm bells in her as they started to go off.
The breathing and heaving of her chest at the beginning is incredible to observe. That’s the moment she realized her life was over.
"I'm like in shock. I'm toataly in shock."
Wrong Stephanie. You are in handcuffs!
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The last 6 minutes is amazing. I mean I don’t want to get in trouble for something I didn’t do… lol
I bet she wasn’t expecting that?
That face after she is arrested shows it all, "you got me." But she still tries to appear innocent and surprised, too!
Anyone else think it's funny the detectives asked her if she went to their wedding? Like had to just rub it in a little before the arrest
No, I didn’t go to their wedding…. NO! …the second “no!” Was her mind saying, don’t marry him!!! He’s mine
@@audrasitarek9113 And she said they went to weddings together , he went to weddings with her, she went to weddings with him-yet you did not get to go to his wedding hateful bih
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Anyone still watching this ...REPEATEDLY 😂😂...this video Damned her ...she acts SO guilty 😳
Year later from your comment… I’m on round 12 or so 🤣gosh I don’t know though, I was born in 85 and I think I graduated kindergarten around 90 or so but gosh ya know…
@@sarahchews9353 it’s quite addictive watching her slowly sink herself deeper and deeper…I think because she wasn’t expecting that line of terror it’s hit her a million times harder ..compulsive viewing 💯👍🏻
I am so glad to see I am not the only one who watches this over and over 🤣🤣😂😂
When they first asked her is she knew John Ruetten I'm shocked as a officer she doesn't ask if he's ok, or did something happened, or did he do something? Considering they are detectives you would think that's the only reason they would bring him up... I kind of think she knew from the beginning this was the day!
John was already dead from "hitting that wall" when he was "race car driving", all she has to do is look in her pictures.
I like to think she thought she was busted often, like really tortured herself with paranoia for years.
@@tarantulady I think she compartmentalized the murder…tucked it away in her mind
I was in law enforcement for years and I agree. She knew right away when his name was mentioned.
@@laurenlane9564 john was at court that was a different firend.
The way she rambles aimlessly about her holidays, her trips, her parties, her photos... It's as though her psyche is summoning back all of these memories of freedom in order to negate the reality unfolding before her that the horrific crime for which she'd evaded the consequences of for so many years, is now slowly enfolding her. It's as though her life is flashing before her eyes right before karma puts an end to all those happy holidays she enjoyed.
It’s actually fairly common with people who are lying. They often will add extraneous details to a story to make it sound more credible and they also do that because they are trying to come up with another lie and redirect the line of questioning.
@@katydid917 The psychology of this is really fascinating!
Thank goodness she has pictures.
Like 56:03 🤣🤪
Yes, she is reliving those million years in her head. She knows what’s coming.
"You know....", "Um... It was so long ago....", "Oh, I know...", "Like I said.....", "I'm trying to think....", "It's been so long.....", "I'm maybe I did talk.....", "I mean........", "I couldn't tell you......", "Again, that's all I can remember.....", "Maybe, I don't remember....", "I don't know...."
Lets not forget those ugly faces when shes trying to act clueless!
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@@sweetassugar2076 Yep...lol
I put this on every night to fall asleep to. Just wanted to say hello to fellow true crime fans. Goodnight everyone 💤😴
This is a classic.
Have you watched the Sarah Boone interrogation?
@@mandystrong8196 no. What's that story about? Jodi arias is another good one to fall asleep to
I watched this interrogation and the Saron interrogation can’t get enough of either of them
Same!
At the very least you met her when you killed her
that was a million years ago, and she is only in her 40’s , true Psycopath!
@@jkweili without a doubt
@@jkweili She can't recall.
You'd think it would ring a bell ...
@@monteanderson7181 ya think????!!!! i do forget a lot of things but i'd remember killing someone. makes me wonder if somewhere during the ensuing years, if LAPD kinda thought it might be her but decided to leave well enough alone.
Turn the volume up and put your earbuds in. 1:09:40 You can hear the detective say "You're under arrest for Sherri's murder" 1:09:46 Stephanie says something like "This is nuts, this is crazy!" 1:10:59 after guy walks back into room you can hear him whisper "Miranda...Miranda" Man I need a life, lol. But this is so addicting to watch.
Don't feel bad I need a life too. I am watching this for like the umpteenth time.
@@SouthPawGirlie I am watching it for the millionth time.
Nice find...never heard that before but it's definitely there! Thanks
Ohhhhh I hadn't heard this before!
He said Mirandize her twice. But you’re right it’s addicting
When she says "I know she got killed" , she makes it sound like it was her fault . An innocent person would have said " I know she was murdered " .
"Got killed" sounds like she was doing something she wasn't supposed to be doing and she got herself killed . Hence , Stephanie thought she stole her man .
Absolutely
I thought the same. She couldnt bring herself to say the word "murdered".
@crystal…. I thought the same thing !
And the minute the detectives said it has to do with his wife…an innocent person would have instinctively said…I know his wife was murdered…instead she tries to deflect and say, I know he go married years ago.
Bingo
I watched this several times over the past years. Every time i feel locked up in my life and watch this i'm so happy to be free ((-:
Me,too
She can't remember getting in a fight with someone publicly at their place of employment (a hospital of all things) but she can remember every cross street of Roscoe Blvd. Yikes.🤔
Appalling when she tried to throw Sherri under the bus by saying she was involved with drugs 👹
I didn't know her like AT ALL. But uh I knew she did cocaine.
Yes, but it was the beating and the fatal shooting much outweighs the slander.
The last gasps of a psychotic narcissist
and how she says "she GOT killed" like it was her fault.
She was involved in drugs she’s the head nurse and administrator medicine to her patients.
The cops knew they were going to arrest her. This cat and mouse game is beautiful to watch.
They were so calm and collected.. I bet they were nervous on the inside tho
@@Marlee82 I think they were pretty stoked that they finally got this maniac after the case went cold, for what, 26 years? "It seems like a million years ago..."
@@AlyxCoe they took her gun before going in too 😆 they knew. She knew too....she knew abd thats why her faces where like that
is like to hear how they felt listening to her and watching her facial expressions! lmao!!!😂😂
This is hands down the absolute, alll-time Heavyweight Champion of the World when it comes to police interrogations.
At 47:51, Lazarus says,"as soon as I walk out of here I'll remember 25 different things..."
And one of the detectives says back to her,
"Oh but you'll call us, or come over to our desks and let us know,"
Right there, she experiences another little glimmer of hope...
Exactly🤣🤣 so satisfying to watch
Then they said she was there at her own free will and she was free to go and she walked outside the room and got arrested! 😂
These detectives were sharp. They actually had to dumb it down to her level of drama and it worked.
I love this interrogation so much. Her moving her lips pretending to think to herself. She’s doing the most !!!!!
When it’s a question that doesn’t make her look guilty, Stephanie answers straight away, but when it’s something that can get her into trouble, she waffles on, makes faces etc. Such a bad liar.
I would think she would be prepared for this to happen for years. She wasn't prepared though. I wonder why she didnt throw it back on him ie did he do something? Is he ok? Something happening? She answers questions quite willingly and gives more information than necessary.
I would have asked what this was all about and immediately asked for counsel. The DNA could have also been put into question as it was sitting in an old ripped envelope. It had been sitting there for years.
you mean this reaction? . 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
I wonder if she ever knew her nick name was spazy lazzy!
Exactly
@@sega62s yes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"John 'Rotten' is a more fitting name for him. He knew she was head over heels in love with him, but instead of being honest about his feelings (or, better yet, avoiding her completely), he used her and made her believe she had a chance with him. To make matters worse, she is a psychopath. John played with fired and poor, sweet Sherri ended up paying the price."
👍
I agree. If you read 'The Lazarus Files', it's very obvious that he used her (Stephanie). That by no means justifies what she did to Sherri, but I believe if he had not been a wimpy user of Stephanie, thing may have turned out differently. He should have just told her he was with Sherri and let that be the end of it. And he should have participated more in the investigation, in my humble opinion.
@@Gus-Was-Here 👍
Idk why I always come back to this interrogation lol 😂 it’s comforting lmao
It is, it helps me sleep 😴🤣.
I watched it every few weeks,guilt written all over her face,I've read the book,but I was a bit disappointed with it,
@@joanmcgovern1783 I was going to buy the book. Why were you disappointed?
Lol me too
Camillia reed right?? I thought I was the only one
These guys know she's lying.
Everybody remembers a physical altercation no matter how long ago it was.
But it was like a million years ago. I mean, whats this all about?
EXACTLY ‼️‼️
Great point, I remember a fight I got into when I was like 16 and that was gosh like a million years ago!
@@cwatson42785 stooooop😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@bunnigray5660 😉😍😀
"I may have met her the day I brutally snuffed her life out" but...that was a million years ago.
😷🙈🙉🙊😷
Except the cops heard the story about how she turned up at the hospital in short shorts and a tank top to tell the nurse she was sexier and would get him back.
@@trueCrimeGuruYes oh okay !!! Lol right.
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The game played is pretty interesting. She knows she’s incredibly fucked. How come they never said why are you so nervous?Your hearts beating out your chest Why can’t you answer a question directly?
She’s like isn’t the statute of limitations a million years?
@@trueCrimeGuruYes You read the book I take it?
Sometimes I watch this video to feel better about myself. Like sure, i might’ve ran out of cookies but at least I’m not publicly getting exposed as a murderer
Legend has it that the stolen art suspect is still waiting to be interviewed...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣
I literally belly laughed at that comment! 🤣
a million years later, she's still going through her photos...
You know, geez , gosh I don’t know you , you know
😅
She has the uncanny ability to tell the most vague stories I’ve ever heard. 🙄
It was a million years ago.
As in "I have over 10,000 🖼️ pictures!" 🙄🙄🙄🙄
How can anyone expect her to remember something that happened like a million years ago. 😉
@@penelopelopez8296 Lol!
Remember she went to Hawaii but GODDDD GEEEEZZZ that was a million years ago
She had over a million years to come up with a plan for this inevitable moment and she failed spectacularly.
Failed spectacularly 😂😂😂 good one!
😂😂
From 3:30 to 4:10 her contorted facial expression’s and slamming her hand on the table was probably the most telling part of this video, her shock and anxiety were off the charts, like she was dangling off the edge of a cliff. After a quarter century, her crime caught up with her and she knew this. She spends the rest of the interrogation trying to deflect and using time and the “A million years ago” phrase to cleanse and claim innocent.
She is trying to put distance between what she did then... and who she is now.
Not only that but her heaving chest. She is having a panic attack basically.
@@TinyTinaTeaParty I read that after confiscating her computer from her house, they forensically revealed her search history and she had made multiple searches on this case throughout the 90’s. I guess in the early 2000’s up to this interrogation, she felt safely distanced from her crime and her panic attack is the whole thing flashing back and knowing her freedom was at an end!
Terror Management Theory at it's best! Frequent tangents give her momentary relief from the literal Terror she is experiencing!
And her extremely heavy breathing
Ruetten and Lazarus actually got back together in 1989 for a while. Ruetten called the Detective to make sure she wasn't a suspect before getting back together with her.
Relationship Rule #1: If you wonder if your potential match killed your previous Spouse, move along.
I bet Lazarus was so happy and thought her plan worked.
I am surprised she didn't do a better job of getting rid of evidence that could point to her guilt. I think she expected to be given a free pass indefinitely by her fellow officers. Sheri Rasmussen was an achiever that could have done much to benefit humanity,. She had some reservations about marrying Ruetten because of harassment from Lazarus. Ruetten didn't' do enough to protect her from his sick puppy on again off again girlfriend. He should have gotten nasty aggressive with her to make her realize it was over and he was done. Lazarus thought if she got rid of Sherri she would be next in line to become Mrs.Ruetten. Fast forward DNA evidence solved this cold case and she is in jail doing time for her crime.
When you say got back together you mean he 👉B==D💦🕳👈her
Yeah, that one threw me for a loop too. I know the guy has his fans, but I'm with the crowd that calls him out as a major creep. He didn't age well either.
@@SaucyWench7 your right! when you live with that guilt it’s wearing on your soul and physical appearance I’m guessing.
Steph: I lost my house in the earthquake."
Detective: "Bummer." LOL!!
Stephanie is extremely immature "he did race cars and went heading into a wall and they pulled the plug" These are the people who are sworn to protect and serve?!
She may very well have been a great detective in her work. She received awards, she worked on drug prevention causes so she likely did do some good work but she committed the worst of the worst offenses when she was younger that she may not have done if she was more mature and older……who knows. However, I’m glad they got her and put her away for life. I wonder how she’s doing in prison. Probably adjusted just fine because she’s crazy.
@@penelopelopez8296 haha excellent observations
@@penelopelopez8296 she taught dare and was an art detective .....she prob did the easiest and most non police related jobs in the force , typical plug cop.
This video is so satisfying. This killer cop who believed she would never be caught was not only interrogated but also arrested in front of the camera. Love her facial expressions too.
The few short moments she feigns thinking about a question she already knows the answer to entirely. It gives her a few brief moments of peace, away from the questioning and stress she is feeling at the moment. It may not seem like much but inside She's dying! The panic is eating her alive! If she stalls them for 20 seconds it's 20 seconds of no questioning, no interrogation, peace and gives her a few moments to gather herself. Her face gets more and more red with each passing moment. She gets more and more afraid. She rants and goes off subject to take herself away from the moment. To take a mental breath. It's awesome they recorded this for training new detectives on reading emotion and reaction to questioning. Fascinating.
Yes u're right! After watching it many many times I can see all those moments in her eyes that u just mentioned. I didn't know about this video being used for police training, that's very interesting. Thank u for that info!
Very intelligent analysis.
"mental breath" good good good one!
Those brief moments of reprieve are known as Terror Management Theory
She’s very comfortable talking about certain things, but you can feel her angst when they ask more incriminating questions
How can she be in that much shock when she had 25 years to imagine this scenario?
She probably spent the first few years after the murder looking over her back every other second and after a while she buried it deep down and convinced herself that she deserved to walk free because she was young and immature and learned her lesson...or justified it some other way. After that she continued to try and forget about what she had done and at this point it had been long enough that she had lulled herself into a false sense of security. This interrogation blind sided her and had her scrambling because at this point she had probably believed for well over a decade and a half that it would never happen. WHOOPS!
@@kodyk.7649 It’s glorious
I think she thought it's been 25 yrs and she hasn't been caught by now. I'm so happy she was finally arrested stupid dumb crazy eyes monster.
She had like a million years to contemplate this day possibly coming.
@@kodyk.7649 excellent reply! So true
Never get tired of this interrogation. It’s probably because she is “one of their own”.
These are 2 of very few cops who DID NOT THINK she was one of their own. Thank God
TBH, they were probably jealous her because of her sweet gig (investigating Art Theft).
Edit: 47:35-CONFIRMED
Her face when she is asked to give the DNA test is like a drunk Spring Break teenager who has just been asked by her parents if she has ever smoked dope.
That long winded?
The detective even gave her the chance to explain a “fight” and how the bite got on Sherri’s arm. Since she denies the fight, that placed her there at the crime and no other way
Why do criminals in these interviews often randomly bring up a friend dying of cancer? One of them even kept repeating that his best friend's mother was dying of cancer.
its a way to get sympathy or change the topic
And the one that was in a coma and they pulled the plug.,
Trying to invoke sympathy in order to reduce the pressure on them.
Twink Toilets best friends mom was dying of cancer
@@silverblack classic
When she walked into the interrogation room, she was holding on to hope that this wasn’t the past coming back to haunt her. Then they mention John and her fight or flight went into overdrive .
This never gets old! Idk why, but I've watched this interrogation at least 20 times. Maybe its those crazy 👀!!
ME too, must view her insanity once a month.
@@MissPerriwinkle Detective asks simple question.
Stephanie:Well I used to teach DARE and I have a friend named Smeeta🥴(BURP) Excuse me,I havent eaten.But when I do eat I have Smeeta take pictures.I love taking lives,oops! I meant taking pictures.(Burp) Gosh,Im hungry.I haven't eaten in a million years!!🤪Dinosaurs roamed the earth a million years ago.Geez!! I wish i had pictures.Ever been to Hawaii? If u ever wanna go I can cut you a deal on SCUBA lessons.Me and Greg are certified.(BELCH!!)Golly,I'm starving.Did i mention i am SCUBA certified?
You dont believe me?
I have pictures.Hey-if I told u my friend is dying of cancer,would u guys just forget about this and we can all go grab a bite to eat.I haven't eaten today.Oh gosh,did I say BITE? I meant chew.Cus i don't bite.I swallow my food whole cus ive never bitten anything (or anyone) in my life.
They had great food in Hawaii where I got SCUBA certified.SCUBA is an anagram for SELF CONTAINED UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS.
I learned that a million years ago.(Burp!!)
I wish I had a picture of some food right now,cus it feels like i havent eaten since I lost my house in the earthquake. Anyway,did I tell you guys about Smeeta?..
😉I've seen this video more times than most.
👈I do comedy stuff.
I've watched this like 21 times😂
@@daisylavender5275 LOL Same!!!
Dear brain of mine, why do you keep insisting on coming back to watch this, year after year?! Whyyy do I do this to myself? Here it is 2021 and I am watching this interrog yet again... lol.
ANNNNNND now in 2022,,,watching again ! I will have to tell my brain to look at my pictures from a million years ago, I would think, but that doesnt ring a bell AT ALL
It’s 2024 guys
She didn’t once show any remorse for Sherri while talking about her. I would’ve broken down crying and confessed during the interrogation. It would’ve haunted me forever. She has a heart of stone.
She is cold as ice…even after all these years she couldn’t even pretend to feel sorry for Sherri…and that is precisely why she will never be paroled
She’s a Sociopath. They don’t have emotions. Except for themselves.
A heart of stone and a seared conscience is pretty much required to kill somebody in cold blood. That’s my guess.
You’re not a psychopath
Thats because she is a psychopath and you are not
At the end where she reiterates, "I can't believe this!"; its a Freudian slip, she is referring to finally getting caught for crime, not that she was falsely accused. She knew right then and there that her freedom was gone for crime she commited.
She continually tries to divert by going on and on about non relevant info.
This is a common thing guilty people do. Psychologists think its a way to draw out time in order to calm down and create more time before needing to answer questions they down have a good answer for.
Yea, that's true. I think also people talk too much bcuz they are usually talkative in their normal life with others.. In this case Stefani is very nervous and she goes on and on giving the detectives the impression that she has nothing to hide.. She thinks that if she tells them so much information that they will get pleased with the answers and forget to ask her more important questions.. She's that typical person who thinks she's smarter than anybody else and that she'll win this interrogation. I don't think she fears for the worse. I would be scared to death if I was in her place.. Probably bcuz her husband is a very well respected detective there in the law inforcement department.. Idk.. Maybe I'm wrong!! Lol!!!
My dog took a dump at 5:00.. thats how I remember.. there were rwo guys..Eric and gary.. the ambiguously gay duo!! Chicago 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sociopaths are good at that
Thank you Captain obvious
I wonder how she felt waking up on that day not knowing that it would be her last day of freedom. Karma will eventually catch up to you.
She probably had a cup of coffee and a danish, then headed off to work thinking, "Well, off to lock up another criminal!"
Close, Steph, close enough.
@@christopherborum6551 She did not have her breakfast yet. Did you not hear how gassy she was during this interview?
@@phresh62 Maybe it was a bean and broccoli danish
@@christopherborum6551 😂😂😂
Waking up the next day in jail too
She has a lot of time to go through her pictures now.
😂😂😂
Perhaps the crime scene pictures rang a few bells.
@Paddy Mongan i agree but probably didn’t think it was gonna be useful in the future since back in the 80’s DNA testing wasnt even a thought. she was sloppy and thought she’d never get caught.
This comment wins!!
Funny when she's says "I'm a picture nut" then turns to the other detective as if looking for some kind of applause or recognition. LOL!!📸
The face of raw terror at 10:28. They tortured her for 10 minutes before they forced her to say the words. Very smart. And she couldn't bring herself before that to bring up the natural question anyone would ask let alone a 35 year veteran cop in the 1st minute "Is this about his wife murder?"
Don’t know how many times I’ve seen this... would’ve been good to see the trial. Searched but didn’t get any luck.
Yeah. I could only find a couple of things myself.
Needafriend 2Toke -Same here!
She trying not to remember
Thats because its been like gosh a million years ago
Yea I would have loved to watch the trial . I don't know why they didn't release it.. It would had been more entertaining than the interrogation.. What a movie. Lol!
My favorite video to rewatch. Over and over. She is so cringy in everything she says and does. Its delightful watching her implode. She really thought she'd gotten away with murder all those years.
Well in all honesty she did get away with it for many years
@@djcease1996 I was just about to say this. Lol
Maybe they will let her teach a dare class from prison?
@@peterwall583 Detective asks simple question.
Stephanie:Well I used to teach DARE and I have a friend named Smeeta🥴(BURP) Excuse me,I havent eaten.But when I do eat I have Smeeta take pictures.I love taking lives,oops! I meant taking pictures.(Burp) Gosh,Im hungry.I haven't eaten in a million years!!🤪Dinosaurs roamed the earth a million years ago.Geez!! I wish i had pictures.Ever been to Hawaii? If u ever wanna go I can cut you a deal on SCUBA lessons.Me and Greg are certified.(BELCH!!)Golly,I'm starving.Did i mention i am SCUBA certified?
You dont believe me?
I have pictures.Hey-if I told u my friend is dying of cancer,would u guys just forget about this and we can all go grab a bite to eat.I haven't eaten today.Oh gosh,did I say BITE? I meant chew.Cus i don't bite.I swallow my food whole cus ive never bitten anything (or anyone) in my life.
They had great food in Hawaii where I got SCUBA certified.SCUBA is an anagram for SELF CONTAINED UNDERWATER BREATHING APPARATUS.
I learned that a million years ago.(Burp!!)
I wish I had a picture of some food right now,cus it feels like i havent eaten since I lost my house in the earthquake. Anyway,did I tell you guys about Smeeta?..
😉I've seen this video more times than most.
👈I do comedy stuff.
Imagine how poor smeeda and Mike suckaboo feels
I'm flabbergasted gasted at this interrogation. Chris Watts was more believable at his interrogation. She was busted before she sat down.
I'm pleased that Sherrie's family got justice. R. I. P. Sherrie........
#freestephanielazerus
Let's not get carried away, Chris was and is a blithering idjit
I never thought anyone would be remotely close to being as unbelievable as Watts but I believe you're right. She has somehow eclipsed even Chris's level of weasel
She went into the wrong line of work. With those facial expressions she shoulda gone into comedy because it never fails to make me laugh my ass off.
That's what Jim Carrey did! She contorts her face just as well.
She should’ve been a circus clown!
"Well since it was a million years ago, we'll just let u go mam', sorry to waste your time" 🙄
She went from not remembering her name to reiterating a full on conversation with her!!😐
His brother went to Northridge. I am surprised that wasn’t made more of.
@@theresesmilingmoon9186 Among her stuttering and changing facial expressions like 5 times per sentence
I don’t recall,geeezz.all those friends of hers were dinosaurs.it was a million years ago
Yup send her on her way with a sandwich and her bus fare,, shes clearly forgotten the lady she brutally murdered as it was Sooooo long ago.
"You're saying we got into a fight and then I went and killed her? I mean come on" 😬👀
Also none of that was said lol.... No one saud she killed her... SHE said she killed her....
She doesnt even realize that she's contradicting herself because she was adamant that she didn't have a fight with Sherri. You can literally see it in her eyes right before she gets up & walk out "damn I fucked up right there"
I'm not a body language expert, but her facial expressions tell me she knows exactly what they are talking about. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think she looks terrified and panicked.
@@penelopelopez8296 she does❤️
AND SHE WON'T SHUT UP!!!! She could practice up on her AUCTIONEER SKILLS for Commissary Day! Never HEARD of this case! Can't wait to see the end of this video! 🙌
The comments section is an absolute bloody riot. I'm laughing to the point of choking. I've been reading comments sections for a million years now, and this one is right up there with the best of them. I can't wait to watch other videos pertaining to this whole mess, perhaps over breakfast.
The best comments in the world are the comments from Chris Hanson and him catching out pedos. They're hilarious!
@@forgottenpalace4472 literally nothing better. “Just meee.. my mommy and my daddy…”
-76 year old decoy 🤣
@@krystanww Hilarious!!
@@krystanww "My ID is in my mommy's purse". 😝
@@krystanwwNOT 76😂