ledge or any part of the cliffs. nothing. no blood, no hair, no clothing, no fibers, no skin. reporter: by that point officer walter serrie had arrived up at the lookout. since there was nothing the husband could do to help in the rescue, serrie was told to get him out of the way and drove him back down to police headquarters. on the way, steven recounted the awful moment when his wife disappeared. we were walking and she said for me to go back to the car and get the blanket and she slipped and i didn t see her anymore. reporter: as they arrived at the station rescue cioffi made it to the base more than 100 feet below the top. he expected to find a wounded woman there, but he didn t. i m saying she s not here. i m at the first point i thought maybe this is a hoax. maybe she never really went off the cliff. reporter: he and another rescuer began to walk along the