SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of a woman murdered by a Los Angeles police officer have lost their last attempt to sue the department over the way it handled the high-profile investigation.
The Rasmussens sued the Los Angeles Police Department in 2010, 14 years after their daughter was found dead in the Van Nuys townhouse she shared with her husband. LAPD investigators rebuffed the parents and concentrated their efforts on two supposed robbers. That theory was debunked in 2005 when a bite mark was discovered on the victim and the DNA left behind was found to have come from a woman.