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These years. bergen county had a new prosecutor, and he was eager to revisit old case files. among them an unexplained death here on the cliffs of the palisades so many years ago. the death of jody scharf. >> it was this renewed push since 2002 to look into the cold cases. >> kibat marcos covered the trial for the "record" newspaper in new jersey. on one hand, he says, it didnt seem the prosecutor had any reason to pursue the cold case. >> in terms of hard evidence, it had absolutely nothing new...

Husband himself. cool and collected in the back of a police car. >> i didnt see any emotion from him at all, sir. >> who later confessed, the prosecutor said, to killing his wife. >> and then i said, "it was an accident?" and he said, "no." >> but those facts were not where the case ended. the prosecutor argued that they simply set the stage for the real case, a story told by the victims friends, family, and most importantly by a star witness. >> my opinion is that the manner of death is homicid...

>> dr. michael baden has reviewed the evidence and has determined that this could not have been an accidental fall. >> in december of 2008 detectives paid one more visit to stephen scharf. >> they wouldnt tell me what it was for. i had no idea what this was about. i mean, it didnt make sense. >> 16 years after that fatal night on the cliff police were back and stephen scharf was in for a shock. >> after all these years you thought it was done. >> not until they reached behind and hand me this th...

Of .12. that was over the legal limit. >> would be equivalent to approximately four average sized drinks, wine or beer, something like that. >> a drunken slip and fall, argued the defense. to back that up, the lawyer had his own heavy hitter. famed forensic pathologist dr. cyril wecht. wecht posted a resume of star-studded investigations too, as high-profile as the prosecutions dr. baden. only wecht had a totally different take on how jody scharf died. >> i would call this an accidental death. >...

Prosecutor, and he was eager to revisit old case files. among them? an unexplained death here on the cliffs of the palisades so many years ago -- the death of jody scharf. >> there was this renewed push since 2002 to look into the cold cases. >> gilbert marcos covered the trial for the record newspaper in new jersey. on one hand he says it didnt seem the prosecutor had any reason to pursue the cold case. >> in terms of hard evidence, it had absolutely nothing new. >> but the prosecutor did have ...

>> would be the equivalent of approximately four average-size drinks, wine or beer, something like that. >> a drunken slip and fall, argued the defense. to back that up, the lawyer had his own heavy hitter, famed forensic pathologist dr. cyril wecht. he boasted a resume of star-studded investigations, too, as high profile as the prosecutions dr. badden. only wecht had a totally different take on how jody scharf died. >> i would call this an accidental death. >> in wechts version, which he demons...

The back of a police car. >> i didnt see any emotion from him at all, sir. >> who later confessed, the prosecutor said, to killing his wife. >> and then i said, it was an accident? and he said, no. >> but those facts were not where the case ended. the prosecutor argued that they simply set the stage for the real case, a story told by the victims friends, family, and, most importantly, by a star witness. >> my opinion is that the manner of death is homicide. >> dr. michael baden, the famous foren...

>> yes, it can. so you to do a very good job to get it all out. >> what is interesting is brandons mother says he came home with bleach on his pants. what does that tell you? >> well, it indicates he was involved in it. it doesnt necessarily indicate that steven was involved in it. and the issue brought up earlier about his brothers. he had two brothers who the same mitochondrial dna as he does both had sexual history, sexual criminal histories and -- >> so youre not convinced? >> somebody did i...

That fellow. and they have fingerprints. theyll be looking for fingerprints in both houses. we dont know if there was a sexual assault or not. >> its rare for a burglar to return to the same street in a couple of hours in view of the fact he took a television set. >> fascinating. well continue to watch this case. thanks for helping us dig into this a little bit. michael badden and steve rogers. heather. speaking of help, the investigators are offering a $2,500 award leading to the arrest and m...

Wade -- here is where i am. michael badden all but said this guy is shot first. >> greta: that is not the prosecution theory. the prosecution stepped in it i think for the defense. >> yeah, in terms of passion. and jim is right, premeditation like that but prosecutors is have all these little gimmicky tricks. this is ridge. this woman is sick. >> greta: you can be perfectly sane and have rage. >> look at ted. perfectly -- >> but this is the key here. i have been watching this prosecutor. this pr...