accident occurred. and i said was it an accident. and he put his head down and he said no. he believed that was a stunning confession. he ran to del the other detectives including linem, but they had just spent hours grilling the man. we didn t get the feeling that that point it would have done anything. they didn t find evidence. the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined so officially it wasn t a homicide. in time the detectives moved onto other cases. stephen scharf moved on, too. 14 years after his wife s death, he remarried. tina scharf says he s been a loving ideal. it was like we were two puzzle pieces that were made for each other where each of us completed the other person. utven in this happy new life, he says, he s never forgotten