Jury selection begins in LAPD detective's trial (AP)

LOS ANGELES ? A veteran Los Angeles police detective charged with a decades-old murder faces prospective jurors Monday.

Stephanie Lazarus will be in the courtroom as questionnaires are handed to potential jurors. Opening statements in her trial could begin next week.

The 51-year-old art crimes detective has pleaded not guilty to shooting her ex-lover's new wife in 1986. Sherri Rasmussen was shot three times in the chest at her Van Nuys townhouse. Rasmussen's husband told police that Lazarus had repeatedly threatened her.

Prosecutors say DNA from a bite mark on Rasmussen's arm tied Lazarus to the slaying.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_re_us/us_detective_killing

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