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
the right because they thought that would be the right thing after nine months in foster the right thing after nine months in foster care, the right thing after nine months in foster care, but ultimately that was his death foster care, but ultimately that was his death sentence because they were ust his death sentence because they were just tyihd his death sentence because they were just lying. if you look at the photos just lying. if you look at the photos that they took as part of their photos that they took as part of their campaign to persuade authorities to let him back much of this perfectly kept apartment, with the photos taken by the police after finley the photos taken by the police after finley died the filth, the squalor. finley died the filth, the squalor, the disgusting mess. and the contrast in a period of a few weeks the contrast in a period of a few weeks shows what they were really like and weeks shows what they were really like and wh
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
have seen. thank you. that was a detective inspector stephen - have seen. thank you. that was a detective inspector stephen shawj detective inspector stephen shaw talking to the press outside derby crown court following the sentence of shannon marsden and stephen boden for the murder of their ten month old son. detective inspector stephen shaw said the pair were despicable, reprehensible, he found their action incomprehensible and said the injuries with the most horrific he had seen during his time in the force. he went on to thank those who took part in the investigation and to bring the pair to justice. investigation and to bring the pair tojustice. i want investigation and to bring the pair to justice. i want to step away from derby and bring you some images from lancaster. we can see those on our screen and this is because an 11 year old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a police car that was responding to an emergency call. it is believed that the vehic
saw it that way. the head and chest injuries are not consistent with someone that tumbles down the cliff face. doctor marianne clayton was the bergen county medical examiner who first ruled the circumstances of jody s death could not be determined. now on second look, she said, the victims wounds, or lack of them told her something different. something vital. if jody had tumbled innocently down the palisades, she would have had broken bones everywhere. she did not. there were no visible injuries on the back of mrs. scharf s body. but why would stephen have killed his wife? the biggest reason, the prosecutor argued, was that stephen did not want to divorce. he did not want to custody fight. and he didn t want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for stephen, said the prosecutor. a potential payout. usa a life insurance company. an insurance representative