“The Lazarus File” – The Atlantic Magazine, June 2011
In 1986, a young nurse named Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in Los Angeles. Police pinned down no suspects, and the case gradually went cold. It took 23 years—and revolutionary breakthroughs in forensic science – before LAPD detectives could finally assemble the pieces of the puzzle. When they did, they found themselves facing one of the unlikeliest murder suspects in the city’s history.
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Given the story’s length (about 9,000 words) and somewhat intricate structure, I recommend the magazine layout (PDF).