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>> the spot where they went is not a spot you go to reconcile with anybody. >> reporter: detectives werent buying the story for another reason. they found something suspicious inside the car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you have wine, cheese, crackers, opener -- claw hammer. if red flags were going off, they reached the top of the pole at that point? >> reporter: did you think it was a murder weapon? >> i thought that might h...

Free love lifestyle so they came to this romantic, treacherous spot to recommit to one another. to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went is not a spot you go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives werent buying the story for another reason. they found something suspicious inside the car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you have wine, cheese, crackers, opener claw hammer. if red flags were going off, they reached the top...

Pole at that point. >> did you think that might be a murder weapon? >> i thought that might have been plan a. he didnt use it, so he went to plan b. >> which linum believed was to push or throw jody off that cliff. so detectives asked stephen scharf the obvious. what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? >> he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with the hammer and he just forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items. it was a convenient excuse for having...

Jody had become unhappy with their free love life-style, so they came to this romantic, if treacherous spot, to recommit to each other, stephen said, to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went is not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives were not buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside scharfs car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you have your wine, cheese...

Their free love life-style, so they came to this romantic, if treacherous spot, to recommit to each other, stephen said, to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went is not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives were not buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside scharfs car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you have your wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hamm...

Push or throw jody off that cliff so detectives asked stephen scharf the obvious, what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? >> well, he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with the hammer and he just forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items. it was just convenient. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. >>: detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of stevens house that night. he agreed. but as it turned out, someth...

Romantic if treacherous spot to recommit to each other, steven said, to kiss and make up. >> and the spot where they went is not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives werent buying the story for another reason, they had found something suspicious inside scharfs car, a bag filled with items youd expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not, a hammer. >> you have your wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hammer. i mean, red flags are goldstone up. they reached th...

One another. to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went is not a spot you go to reconcile with anybody. >> reporter: detectives werent buying the story for another reason. they found something suspicious inside the car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you have wine, cheese, crackers, opener -- claw hammer. if red flags were going off, they reached the top of the pole at that point? >> reporter: did you think it was a murder...

Treacherous spot to recommit to one another. to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went is not a spot you go to reconcile with anybody. >> reporter: detectives werent buying the story for another reason. they found something suspicious inside the car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you have wine, cheese, crackers, opener -- claw hammer. if red flags were going off, they reached the top of the pole at that point? >> reporte...

Obvious. what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? >> well, he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with a hammer. he put it in the bag with his picnic items. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. >> detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of stevens house that night. he agreed. but as it turned something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> and i said, look, mr. scharf, im your local police department. >> he was a local ...