palisades she would have broken bones everywhere. she did not. there were no visible injuries on the back of her body. but why would stephen kill his wife. the biggest reason the prosecutor argued is he didn t want a divorce, he didn t want a 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 pay out. ussa life insurance company. an insurance representative testified about a $500,000 policy taken out against jody scharf months before her death, payable to a primary beneficiary. you can tell us the policyowner? stephen f. scharf. jody scharf was simply worth more dead than alive. her friend testified that jody feared stephen might do something violent if she pushed for that divorce.
killed his wife? the biggest reason, the prosecutor argued, was that steven did not want a divorce. he didn t want a custody fight and he didn t want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for steven, said the prosecutor. a potential payout. usa life insurance company. an insurance representative testified about a $500,000 policy taken out against jody scharf months before her death. payable to a primary beneficiary. can you tell us the policy owner? steven f. scharf. jody scharf was simply worth more dead than alive. her friend, marian feared that he might do something violent if she pushed for the divorce. even so, marian said she was determined to get away from her husband. she was going to have the divorce papers served on steven
everywhere, she did not. there were no visible injuries on the back of her body. why would steven have killed his wife. the biggest reason was that steven did not want a divorce. he didn t want a custody fight. and he didn t want to split assets with jodi. there was yet another motive for steven, so the prosecutor. a potential payout. usaa life insurance policy. a $500,000 policy taken out months before her death. payable to a primary beneficiary. can you tell us the policy owner? stephen f.scharf. jodi was worth more dead than alive. her friend testified that jodi feared stephen might do something violent if she pushed for that divorce. even so, jodi was determined to
face. reporter: the medical examiner first ruled the circumstances of the death could not be determined. now on second look she said the victim s wounds or lack of them told her something different. something vital. if jody had tumbled innocently down, she would have had broken bones everywhere. she did not. there were no visible injuries on the back of her body. reporter: why would steven had killed his wife? the biggest reason the prosec e prosecutor argued was that steven did not want to divorce. he didn t want a custody fight. and he didn t want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for steven, said the prosecutor. a potential payout. usaa life insurance company. reporter: an insurance representative testified about a $500,000 policy taken out
is really hard not to believe something wet bring terrible happened there, he is preying on a young woman in the middle of a custody fight and then behaved beyond, way beyond inappropriately with her. yeah, two separate encounters, allegely, is what she says, taking her to his house. where do you think this goes next, lauren? what is your prediction? well, i think if the election goes forward as scheduled in december. i happen to think he will be elected. that s unfortunate. because i think republicans across the board if you look at the 2018 election cycles will have to answer for him. reporter: you said