236: Homicidal Secrets (Killer in Plain Sight)

I Think Not!

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 11.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

When newlyweds Sherri Rasmussen and John Ruetten kiss goodbye on the morning of February 24, 1986, it will be the last kiss they will ever share: Sherri is found murdered in their home hours later, and the case goes unsolved for 20 years.

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0:00.0	Well, New York, L.A., New Orleans, San Diego, what are you doing to me?
0:08.9	Honey, I'm like Carmen San Diego. Where in the world am I? Okay, truly.
0:15.0	Where in the world is Joey Toronto? Oh, good work. Solid work there.
0:36.0	Hello, everybody, and welcome to I Think Not, the podcast where Ellen, me, I am always in the same place, and you never know where old blue eyes over there is going to be.
0:39.7	We are your true crime podcast that recaps all of your favorite true crime TV shows. And my love, tell them why you're in San Diego.
0:44.0	I was going to say, you can't just say I'm in San Diego and not give any additional information.
0:48.6	Yeah, so yesterday, you know, with these wildfires in California and Los Angeles, I am just not
0:53.9	going to wait around to see how this turns out.
0:55.7	And the air quality was bad. So around noon yesterday, I'm like, pack it up, Edie and Tucker, we're getting to fuck out of here.
1:01.6	And we got in a car and we drove to San Diego. Yeah, and Joey and I had a previously scheduled phone meeting.
1:08.0	And Joey's in the car. I'm on the train. Lola has norovirus. His cats are screaming.
1:13.6	We're on this important call here just two. Hello? Can you hear me? Meow! Mom! Hi, how are you?
1:21.5	We're business people. The 504 will arrive and 510 on platform. Good luck.
1:28.4	But we hope wherever you are, you are safe. If you are in California, of course, I am from
1:33.6	Northern California and Joey lives in Southern California. We hope you are safe. We hope you
1:38.0	are okay. The world is watching. And my goodness, those brave firefighters, everyone out there helping.
1:45.1	It is just, it's crazy, but I'm so glad you followed your gut bib and you just got the heck out of there.
1:50.7	Yeah, baby, I don't mess around.
1:51.9	Like I said on my Instagram story, I had my father's voice in my head because if there was a whisper of a hurricane growing up,
1:58.9	my dad was like, we out of here.
2:00.5	Let's go. Yeah. I'm not messing
2:02.2	around with that shit. But Joey brought his recording equipment all the way to San Diego because we are
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