i did not. what happened on the cliff s edge? hello, and welcome to dateline. when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren t surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. but even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here s chris jansen. reporter: every couple has it. a shared song. a favorite movie. or maybe a special place. steven sharp says for him and his wife, jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lover s chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. we would bring a couple of lawn chairs, a cooler, and she would bring her work from graduate school. reporter: they had been escaping to this magical place for years. ever since they were newlyweds in a starter apartment in new jersey. up here, the air was fresh and the views seemed limitless. it sort of framed by trees that you can look down to the light and see the view of
hello and welcome to dateline extra. when police got word someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren t surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. even they couldn t guess it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. reporter: every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. steven says for him and his wife jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lover s chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. we would bring a couple of lawn chairs, a cooler and she would bring her work from graduate school. reporter: they had been escaping to this place for years, ever since they were newlyweds in a starter apartment in new jersey. up here, the air was fresh and the views seemed limitless. it framed by trees. you could look down and to the right and see the view of the george washington bridge. reporter: what they couldn t see from here, of course, was the future. ha
she fell from the edge. i would call this an accidental death. but was it? she said that if anything happens to me, you ll 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, jodi? i did not. what happened on the cliff s edge? hello and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren t surprised. the place was known to be dangerous, but even they couldn t guess it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here s chris janson. every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie or maybe a special place. steven sharp says for him and his wife jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lovers chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. they d been escaping to this magical place for years, ever since they were newly weds for a starter apartment in new je
reporter: what they couldn t see from here, of course, was the future. had they caught even a glimpse of what was to come, surely they would have abandoned this place forever. stephen and jody met in the late 70s in georgia. he was in the army. a bookworm who loved civil war. she taught history. theirs was first a meeting of minds, then hearts. how would you describe the early years? were they loving, exciting? yes. they were you know, we were in love. ecstatic. reporter: from there, marriage, a house, a son jonathan in 1983. how would you describe jody as a mom? she was really devoted. reporter: life was good. and even as the years went by, even with the demands of work and family, stephen says he and jody still made time for each other. like that last summer sunday in september of 1992. stephen says it was supposed to be a date night. it wasn t no idea that that would be the most critical day in our life, in our marriage. it was a day like any other day?
is on the precipice. did you kill your wife, jody? i did not hurt jody. what happened on the cliff s edge? hello and welcome to dateline extra. i ll craig melvin. when police got word someone fell off a cliff, they weren t surprised. they couldn t guess to take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here s chris jansing. every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie. or maybe a special place. steven says for him and his wife jody this was it. two rocks forming a lover s chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. we d bring a couple of lawn chairs, a cooler. and she d bring her work from graduate school. they had been escaping to this magical place for years, ever since they were newlywednesday in a starter apartment in new jersey. up here, the air was fresh and the views seemed limitless. it sort of framed by trees that you could look down to the right and see the view of george was