i thought that might have been plan a. he didn t use it so he went to plan b. reporter: which he believed was to push or throw jody from the cliff. so detectives asked stephen the obvious. what was a hammer doing in the picnic bag? he said he fixed a draw in the kitchen with the hammer. he just forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items. it was just convenient. it was a convenient excuse for having the hammer. reporter: detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of stephen s house that night. he agreed. but something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. i said, look, i m your local police department. reporter: ted aaronburg was a local officer told to keep an eye on stephen that night as detectives combed through the house. the officer said he began
the spot where they went is not a spot you go to reconcile with anybody. reporter: detectives weren t buying the story for another reason. they found something suspicious inside the car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. you have wine, cheese, crackers, opener claw hammer. if red flags were going off, they reached the top of the pole at that point? reporter: did you think it was a murder weapon? i thought that might have been plan a. he didn t use it so he went to plan b. reporter: which he believed was to push or throw jody from the cliff. so detectives asked stephen the obvious. what was a hammer doing in the picnic bag? he said he fixed a draw in the kitchen with the hammer. he just forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items.
free love lifestyle so they came to this romantic, treacherous spot to recommit to one another. to kiss and make up. the spot where they went is not a spot you go to reconcile with anybody. detectives weren t buying the story for another reason. they found something suspicious inside the car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. you have wine, cheese, crackers, opener claw hammer. if red flags were going off, they reached the top of the pole at that point? did you think it was a murder weapon? i thought that 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 from the cliff. so detectives asked steven the obvious. what was a hammer doing in the picnic bag? he said he fixed a draw in
pole at that point. did you think that might be a murder weapon? i thought that might have been plan a. he didn t use it, so he went to plan b. which linum 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 a drawer in his kitchen with the hammer and he just forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items. it was a convenient excuse for having the hammer. detectives asked to check out the drawer and the rest of the how is that night. he agreed. as it turned out something more telling was happening away from the action. i said look, mr. scharf, i am your local police department. ed, a local police officer, was told to keep an eye on stephen scharf that night as detectives combed through his house. the officer says he began talking to stephen about what had happened to jody when stephen interrupted him. he finally looks at me and
jody had become unhappy with their free love life-style, so they came to this romantic, 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 would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. you have your wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hammer. i mean, if red flags are going off, they reach the top of the pole at that point. did you think that might be a murder weapon? i thought that might have been plan a. he didn t use it, so he went to plan b. which linum 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 a drawer