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
underway. officer walter surrey, was surprised even was willing to leave, the look out, as researchers were still looking for jody. did he give any indication i don t want to leave. my wife could be down there. now. none at all. siri says he couldn t believe how willing the stephen scharf got into his control car. i tell you if it was my wife, or girlfriend, whoever they would have had to pry me away from that scene, if it was still at the top of the cliff. he was willingly got into his patrol car. without a word. stranger still is how calm the husband seemed. when the officer heard stephen describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. there was no emotion in it. none at all. it was like he was reading a script. did it occur to you that, maybe he s in shock? no. i ve seen people who have lost loved ones, i ve never seen anybody act that way. but it was a particular moment later inside the station house, that really caught his attention. he asked if he could get a dri
would have had to pry me away from that scene, if it was still at the top of the cliff. he was willingly got into his patrol car. without a word. stranger still is how calm the husband seemed. when the officer heard stephen describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. there was no emotion in it. none at all. it was like he was reading a script. did it occur to you that, maybe he s in shock? no. i ve seen people who have lost loved ones, i ve never seen anybody act that way. but it was a particular moment later inside the station house, that really caught his attention. he asked if he could get a drink in the water fountain. he was looking like over his shoulder at me and splashing water up on his face, and then rubbing his eyes to make it look like he was crying. you thought he was faking tears? absolutely. absolutely. a death scene where the pieces didn t connect. a husband who appeared
when the officer heard stephen describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. there was no emotion in it. no emotion at all. like he was reading a script. did it occur to you, well, maybe he s in shock? no. i ve seen people who have lost loved ones, and i ve never seen anybody act that way. but it was a particular moment later inside the station house that really caught the officer s attention. he asked if he could get a drink from the water fountain. he was looking like over his shoulder at me and splashing water up into his face and then like rubbing his eyes to make it look like he was crying. you thought he was faking tears? absolutely. absolutely. a death scene where the pieces didn t connect. a husband who appeared nonchalant. from a cop s point of view things were adding up and not in stephen s favor. not just one thing. it was the totality of the