to newport to the place he was about to die. but, for all their efforts, investigators could find not one bit of evidence in those final movements of his. nothing that would link him to the man who was fast becoming their prime suspect, eric naposki. back at the house, bill s daughters took it upon themselves to sort through all their dad s financials. maybe there would be a clue there. you had to figure all that out yourself. uh-huh. very complicated. it was very complicated, and we did not trust many people at that point. reporter: understandably. so bill s daughters pored through it all, the little stuff and the big stuff. there had been a failed real estate deal in the desert, two
happiest years in my life. being under the a terrible regime, terrible things have happened all around us, we were starving practically, but we were studying cinematography. being in the film school was like an island from the craziness. anthony: i grew up in new jersey. my family was sentimental about beautiful pictures, a beautiful script. we saw every film you ever shot, uh, and, and talked about them at the dinner table. these were important. this has got to look pretty close to the way it did in the old days, yeah? vilmos: oh yeah, this didn t change much. anthony: through it all, for vilmos, there was this place, however, a very special place for a boy growing up during wartime, the movie house where he saw his first films. so, what memorable films did you see in this theater? [ speaking german ]
the first lady speaking about her marriage to trump and allegations of infidelity involving the president. abc s tom llamas and his exclusive with melania trump and the scrutiny she has endured. reporter: through it all, she has held her tongue. silent when porn star stormy daniels stepped forward. silent when the white house denied the affair. silent when the president later admitted to paying hush money. but now, in our exclusive interview, first lady melania trump is finally ready to talk. you did agree to this interview, to your credit, with no preconditions. correct. reporter: knowing that there could be some some tough questions asked. it has been a tough year for you personally. you re not the first first lady to have to deal with her husband s alleged infidelities. has this put a strain on your marriage? it is not concern and focus of mine. i m a mother and a first lady, and i have much more important things to think about and to do.
not this isn t fair. i ve i m getting too good at receiving bad news. reporter: through it all, the d-a never gave up on tom s case. we re conducting these other parts of the investigation, we re developing video information. we re looking at the car, we re doing some pretty interesting things with regard to the vehicle. reporter: but the unidentified d-n-a was their biggest challenge. investigators gathered the brightest minds from the state crime lab to ask for advice. and one of them said, have you checked the autopsies that were done before? reporter: before tom kolman? before tom kolman. reporter: same day? same day. i looked at this person and said, kind of always thought that was a sterile environment. and she said, well, you should give that a check. so, we did. reporter: sure enough they got a match. turns out the d-n-a belonged to the deceased male who d been on the medical examiner s table before tom. so the d-n-a had nothing to do with the case,
reporter: 18 years after a night that ended in his wife s death off a cliff, stephen scharf stood accused of murder by the state of new jersey. through it all, one thing he wants you to know is this he would never have laid a hand on his beloved jody never. stephen, did you kill your wife jody? i did not hurt jody. i did not. reporter: did you throw her off the palisades i did not. i did not. i didn t hurt jody. i didn t push her. i didn t cause her to get hurt. i didn t kill my wife. reporter: we talked to stephen scharf at the bergen county jail where he was held for more than two years after his arrest in 2008. he and his wife tina say they