she was going to have divorce papers served on stephen, and she was very afraid of him. yet was stephen violent enough to kill his wife? an unlikely but powerful witness was about to testify against stephen scharf. i hear from my mother. his own son took the stand against him. now a businessman, jonathan scharf painted his father as an angry violent man who terrorized his mother. did you see that abuse? i did. jonathan scharf said he realized his father had likely killed his mother only after that arrest in 2008. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police. she got coffee thrown at her by him. now in court he had even more to tell about his childhood, like the afternoon he sat cowering in the back seat of a
after that arrest in 2008. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police. she got coffee thrown at her by him. reporter: now in court, he had even more to tell about his childhood. like the afternoon he sat cowering in the back seat of a car watching his mother suffer. my mom was driving and my dad was hitting her with the bottom of his fist. i was just begging him to stop doing it. reporter: he also remembered the last day of his mother s life. he was 10 and said his mother told his father that she didn t want to go out with him alone. she said, if i wanted to go out with you, i wouldn t be divorcing you. reporter: where was the proof that stephen planned to kill jody that night? well, there was the hammer in the picnic bag. but there was also testimony from this woman one of stephen s old girlfriends.
reporter: yet, was stephen violent enough to kill his wife? an unlikely but powerful witness was about to testify against stephen scharf. i m here for my mother. reporter: his own son took the stand against him. now a businessman, jonathan scharf painted his father as an angry, violent man who terrorized his mother. did you see that abuse? i did. reporter: jonathan scharf said he realized his father had likely killed his mother only after that arrest in 2008. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police. she got coffee thrown at her by him. reporter: now in court, he had even more to tell about his childhood. like the afternoon he sat cowering in the back seat of a car watching his mother suffer. my mom was driving and my dad was hitting her with the bottom of his fist.
papers served on steven and she was very afraid of it. yet, was steven violent enough to kill his wife? an unlikely but powerful witness was about to testify against steven scharf. i m here for my mother. his own son took the stand against him. now a businessman, jonathan scharf painted his father as an angry, violent man who terrorized his mother. did you see that abuse? i did. jonathan scharf said he realized his father had likely killed his mother only after that arrest in 2008. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police. she got coffee thrown at her by him. now in court, he had even more to tell about his childhood. like the afternoon he sat cowering in the back seat of a
her friend, mary anne hilferdi testified that jody feared stephen might do something violent if she pushed for that divorce. even so, she was going to get away from her husband. she was going to have divorce papers served on stephen, and she was very afraid of him. yet, was stephen violent enough to kill his wife? an unlikely but powerful witness was about to testify against stephen scharf. i hear from my mother. his own son took the stand against him. now a businessman, jonathan scharf painted his father as an angry, violent man who terrorized his mother. did you see that abuse? i did. jonathan scharf said he realized his father had likely killed his mother only after that arrest in 2008. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police.