detectives, including linem, but they had just spent hours grilling the man. we weren t getting that feeling, that a re-interview at that point would have done anything. the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf, but they didn t. we took it as far as we could go. there hadn t been a cause of death, at that time was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn t a homicide. in time, the detectives moved on to other cases. stephen scharf moved on, too. fourteen years after his wife s death, he remarried. tina scharf says he s been a loving, ideal husband. it was like we were two puzzle pieces that were made for each other where we just each of us complemented and completed the other person. but even in this happy new life he says he s never forgotten about jody. but he might have been surprised to learn that someone else was thinking of her, too, after all these years. bergen county had a new
and he put his head down and he said no. he believed that was a stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives, including linum. but they had just spent hours grilling the man. we weren t getting that feeling, that a re-interview at that point would have done anything. the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf, but they didn t. we took it as far as we could go. there hadn t been the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn t a homicide. in time, detectives moved on to other cases, stephen scharf moved on too. 14 years after his wife s death, he remarried. tina scharf says he has been a loving, ideal husband. it was like we were two puzzle pieces that were made for
said no. he believed that was a stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives, including linum. but they had just spent hours grilling the man. we weren t getting that feeling, that a re-interview at that point would have done anything. the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf, but they didn t. we took it as far as we could go. there hadn t been the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn t a homicide. in time, detectives moved on to other cases, stephen scharf moved on too. 14 years after his wife s death, he remarried. tina scharf says he has been a loving, ideal husband. it was like we were two puzzle pieces that were made for each other where we just each of us complemented and completed the other person. but even in this happy, new life, he says, he has never forgotten about jody. but he might have been surprised to learn that someone else was thinking of her too, aft
said no. he believed that was a stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives, including linum. but they had just spent hours grilling the man. we weren t getting that feeling, that a re-interview at that point would have done anything. the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf, but they didn t. we took it as far as we could go. there hadn t been the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn t a homicide. in time, detectives moved on to other cases, stephen scharf moved on too. 14 years after his wife s death, he remarried. tina scharf says he has been a loving, ideal husband. it was like we were two puzzle pieces that were made for each other where we just each of us complemented and completed the other person. but even in this happy, new life, he says, he has never forgotten about jody. but he might have been surprised
did you throw her off the no, 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. we talked to stephen at the bergen county jail where he would held for more than two years after his arrest in 2008. he and his wife, tina, say they ve paid a high price for something he didn t do. we visit through a piece of plate glass. our daughter is 2 and a half and has still never been held by her father because we don t have contact visits. it s not just a tragedy for jody. it s a tragedy for john. it s a tragedy for my wife and for my daughter and for myself. still, heecided not to take the stand in his own defense. but told dateline that what he first said years ago about his wife s death was the truth. i wish it didn t happen. i wish we had gone to the comedy