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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...

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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...

Have seen. thank you. that was a detective inspector stephen - have seen. thank you. that was a detective inspector stephen shawj detective inspector stephen shaw talking to the press outside derby crown court following the sentence of shannon marsden and stephen boden for the murder of their ten—month—old son. detective inspector stephen shaw said the pair were despicable, reprehensible, he found their action incomprehensible and said the injuries with the most horrific he had seen during h...

>> but why would stephen have killed his wife? the biggest reason, the prosecutor argued, was that stephen did not want to divorce. he did not want to custody fight. and he didnt want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for stephen, said the prosecutor. a potential payout. >> usa a life insurance company. >> an insurance representative testified about a 500,000 dollar policy taken out against jody scharf months before his death. payable to a primary beneficiary. >> can yo...

Propelled from that point. >> jody had to have been thrown or pushed to her death, he said, and likely from another spot entirely on those cliffs. he wasnt the only expert who saw it that way. >> the head and chest injuries are not consistent with someone that tumbles down the cliff face. >> reporter: dr. marianne clayton was the bergen county medical examiner who first ruled the circumstances of jodys death could not be determined. now on second look she said the victims wounds, or lack of them...

Or pushed to her death, he said, and likely from another spot entirely on those cliffs. he wasnt the only expert who saw it that way. >> the head and chest injuries are not consistent with someone that tumbles down the cliff face. >> reporter: dr. marianne clayton was the bergen county medical examiner who first ruled the circumstances of jodys death could not be determined. now on second look she said the victims wounds, or lack of them, told her something different, something vital. if jody ha...

The top of the cliff and 30 feet to the north. >> she had to have been propelled from that point. >> jody had to have been thrown or pushed to her death, he said, and likely from another spot entirely on those cliffs. he wasnt the only expert who saw it that way. >> the head and chest injuries are not consistent with someone that tumbles down the cliff face. >> reporter: dr. marianne clayton was the bergen county medical examiner who first ruled the circumstances of jodys death could not be dete...

>> she had to have been propelled from that point. >> reporter: jody had to have been thrown or pushed to her death, he said. and likely from another spot entirely on the cliffs. he wasnt the only expert who saw it that way. >> of the head and chest injuries are not consistent with someone that tumbles down the cliff face. >> reporter: dr. clayton was the bergen county medical examiner who first ruled the circumstances of jodys death could not be determined. now on second look she says the victi...

To the north. >> she had to have been propelled from that point. >> jody had to have been thrown or pushed to her death, he said, and likely from another spot entirely on those cliffs. he wasnt the only expert who saw it that way. >> the head and chest injuries are not consistent with someone that tumbled down the cliff face. >> dr. marianne clayton was the bergen county medical examiner who first ruled the circumstances of jodys death could not be determined. now, on second look, she said, the ...