On top of a successful career, in early 1986, Sherri was extraordinarily happy, having just married the man she loved. 'She said, 'I'm gonna elevate the stature of nursing in the nation,'' Nels recalled. 'She liked taking care of people and making sure things were done right, that people were cared for properly,' said Loretta Rasmussen. At age 27, she was named director of critical care nursing at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, where she sometimes lectured. Her parents say Sherri excelled at everything she did. a part of your life has just been taken away forever,' Nels Rasmussen told Maher in an exclusive interview. 'I don't believe that you can understand the grief. The pain is most obvious when the family visits Sherri's grave. 'You start the grieving process all over again, one more time.'

'It doesn't make the pain any less,' she said. She says she never could have anticipated that only just now - more than 20 years after her sister's murder - there's been arrest. You never think something like this is gonna happen to you,' said Teresa. and made everything that much better,' Sherri's younger sister, Teresa, told '48 Hours Mystery' correspondent Maureen Maher.īut in February 1986, Sherri would be attacked, beaten and shot to death in her Los Angeles home. 'Sherri was the glue that held the family together all the time. Her parents, Nels and Loretta Rasmussen, adored their three daughters and their growing family. Sherri came from a very close-knit family.

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