they were so happy at first, sharing a lovers perched high atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger, she fell from the edge. i would call this an accidental death. but whas it? she said that if anything happens to me, you ll know who did it. a mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court and the husband is on the precipice. did you kill your wife, jody? i did not. what happened on the cliffs edge? hello and welcome to dateline. when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren t surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. but even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here s chris jansen. every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. stephen scharf says that for his wife and him jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lover s chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. we would br
atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger. she fell from the edge. i would call this an accidental death. but whas it? she said that if anything happens to me, you ll know who did it. a mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court and the husband is on the precipice. did you kill your wife, jody? i did not. what happened on the cliffs edge? hello and welcome to dateline. when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren t surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. but even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here s chris jansen. every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. stephen scharf says that for his wife and him jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lover s chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. we would bring a couple of long chairs, a cooler, and she would bring her work
murder weapon? yeah i thought it might have been plan a. he didn t use it, so he went to plan b. which he believed, was to push or throw jody off that cliff. so detectives asked stephen scharf the obvious. what was the hammer doing in that picnic bag? he told us he fixed the draw drawer in his kitchen, with the hammer, and he forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items. it was just convenient. a convenient excuse for having that hammer. detectives asked if they could check out the drawer in the rest of stephen s house that night. he agreed. but as it turned out, something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. and i said look, mr. sheriff, i m your local police department. ted ehrenberg was a local officer, told to keep an eye on stephen that night as detectives come to his house. the officer says he begins
if treacherous spot, to recommit to each other, stephen said. to kiss and make up. the spot where they went is not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. detectives were not buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside scharf s car. a bag filled with items you d expect for a romantic picnic, and one you would not, a hammer. you have your wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hammer. i mean, red flags are going up. they reached the pole at that point. did you think it might be a murder weapon? yeah i thought it might have been plan a. he didn t use it, so he went to plan b. which he believed, was to push or throw jody off that cliff. so detectives asked stephen scharf the obvious. what was the hammer doing in that picnic bag? he told us he fixed the draw in his kitchen, with the hammer, and he forgot to put it back in
each other, stephen said. to kiss and make up. the spot where they went is not a spot you would go to reconcile with anybody. detectives weren t buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside scharf s car. a bag filled with items you d expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. you have your wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hammer. i mean, red flags are going up. they reached the top of the pole at that point. did you think that might be a murder weapon? yeah, i thought that might have been plan a. and he didn t you d it. so he went to plan b. which lineham believed was to push or throw jody off that cliff. so detectives asked stephen scharf the obvious. what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? he told us he fixed the drawer in his kitchen with the hammer and he just forgot to put