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>> 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, youll 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 wor...

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, youll 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 werent surprised. the place wa...

Would have had to pry me away from that scene, if it was still at the top of the cliff. he was willingly got into his patrol car. without a word. >> stranger still is how calm the husband seemed. when the officer heard stephen describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. there was no emotion in it. none at all. it was like he was reading a script. >> did it occur to you that, maybe hes in shock? >> no. ive seen people who have lost loved ones, ive never seen anybody act that way. but...

When the officer heard stephen describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. >> there was no emotion in it. no emotion at all. like he was reading a script. >> did it occur to you, well, maybe hes in shock? >> no. ive seen people who have lost loved ones, and ive never seen anybody act that way. >> but it was a particular moment later inside the station house that really caught the officers attention. >> he asked if he could get a drink from the water fountain. he was looking like ove...

She should have been right down where i got off the ropes. thats where she should have been. >> someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with stephens behavior while the search was under way. officer walter sirry was surprised stephen was willing to leave the lookout as rescuers were still looking for jody. >> did he give any indication i dont want to leave, my wife could still be alive down there? >> no. none at all. >> sirry says he couldnt beli...

>> she was like 30 to 40 feet away from us to the north. a person falls off the cliff, usually theyre going to go south or theyre going to go right down. she should have been right down where i got off the ropes. thats where she should have been. >> someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with stephens behavior while the search was under way. officer walter sirry was surprised stephen was willing to leave the lookout as rescuers were still lookin...

Where i got off the ropes. thats where she should have been. >> reporter: someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with stephens behavior while the search was under way. officer sery was surprised stephen was willing to leave the lookout as rescuers were still looking for jody. did he give any indication, i dont want to leave, my wife could be alive down there? >> not at all. >> reporter: sery said he couldnt believe how willingly scharf got into ...

A person falls off the cliff, usually theyre going to go south or theyre going to go right down. she should have been right down where i grot off the ropes. thats where she should have been. >> someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with stephens behavior while the search was under way. officer walter sirry was surprised stephen was willing to leave the lookout as rescuers were still looking for jody. >> did he give any indication i dont want to...

Talking to stephen about what happened to jody when stephen interrupted him. >> he finally looked at me and he goes, you dont believe me. >> reporter: then the officer says he said something that almost knocked him off his feet. >> i said, i believe an accident occurred. i said, was it an accident? he put his head down and he said, no. >> reporter: aaronburg believes that was a stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives, including linum but they had spent hours grilling the man. >>...

Have someone new. a famous fame to join the investigation into jodys death. dr. michael bodden, a world renowned forensic pathologist who investigated the deaths of john f. kennedy and john belushi and testified at the trial of o.j. simpson. he was about to turn up the heat on a cold case. >> dr. bodden reviewed the evidence and determined that it could not have been an accidental fall. >> reporter: in december of 2008, detectives paid one more visit to stephen. >> they wouldnt tell me what it w...