obvious. what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? well, he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with a hammer. he put it in the bag with his picnic items. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of steven s house that night. he agreed. but as it turned something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. and i said, look, mr. scharf, i m your local police department. he was a local officer 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 says you don t believe plea. and then the officer says scharf said something that almost knocked him off his feet. and i said i believed an
so they came to this romantic, if treacherous spot, to recommit to each other steven said. to kiss and make up. the spot where they went, not a spot where you 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 would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hammer. i mean, 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 he believes was to push or throw jody off that cliff. so the detective asked steven scharf the obvious. what was the hammer doing in that picnic basket? he told us he fixed a drawer
so they came to the romantic if treacherous spot. to recommit to each other. to kiss and make up. the spot where they went is not a spot where you go to reconcile. with anybody. reporter: detectives weren t buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside the car. a bag filled with items you expect for a romantic picnic. and one you would not. a hammer. you have your wine, cheese, crackers. and claw hammer. red flags are going up. they reach the top of the pole. did you think it might be a murder weapon? i thought it was plan a. and he didn t use it. he went to plan b. reporter: which he believed was to push her throw her off the cliff. detectives asked the obvious. what was the hammer doing in the picnic bag? he said he fixed a drawer in the kitchen with the hammer.
unhappy with their free love lifestyle, they came to this romantic if treacherous spot to recommit to each other, to kiss and make up. and the spot where they went is not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. detectives weren t buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside sharp 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, red flairs are going up, they reached the top of the pole at that point. did you think that might have been the murder weapon? yeah, i thought that might be plan a. which was to push or throw jodi off that cliff. so detectives asked steven sharp the obvious, what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag. he told us he fixed a drawer
red flares reach the top of the pole. reporter: did you think that might be a murder weapon? that might have been plan a. he didn t use it. he went to plan b. reporter: which he believed was to push or throw jody off that cliff. detectives asked steven 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 convenient. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. reporter: detectives asked if they would check out the drawer and the rest of steven s house that night. he agreed. as it turned out, something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. i said, look, i m your local police department. reporter: he was a local officer told to keep an eye on steven that night as detectives combed through his house.