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It was telling james something sinter had just happened. so you didnt think was a horrible accident? >> no. >> there wasnt any smoking gun, really. just something dark he thought he could read between the lines notice police notes he reviewed the day after jodys degtd. >> he did not react to somebody that just lost his wife should have reacted. >> and so the detective moved his investigation from the physical evidence to the less tangible clues. he quickly learned from the friends this was a cou...

I literally have no idea what im getting, dennis quaid. thats why theyre making it simple, man in cafe. and more affordable. thank you, dennis quaid. youre welcome. thats a prop apple. id tell you more, but i only have 30 seconds. so heres a dramatic shot of their tagline so youll remember it. esurance. its surprisingly painless. it was the worst night of his life and now steven sharp in the early morning hours of september 31, 1992 had to tell his 10-year-old son jonathan his mother was dead....

Dad as a good guy. >> i think he was a, you know, fairly decent guy. fairly decent parent. >> it was only after detectives told him his dad had just been arrested that the son turned on his father. >> she got coffee thrown at her by him. father. >> before you found out that your dad was arrested, did you lie >> yes, sir. >> did you lie more than once? >> yes, sir. >> why would jonathan turn on his father and lie? the defense lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad, who was motivated by greed. i...

Club. im innocent. >> but had the jury gotten that same message? when they walked into that deliberating room for the first time some jurors, in fact, planned to vote not guilty. >> there wasnt enough evidence, for me. thats what it was. >> others were thinking guilty. >> it was several thing. no one thing that had made up my mind. >> the jurors went back and forth over the evidence. and heres what they came to believe. that jodi was likely drunk, and that her husband knew it. that if that was t...

Him, if jody had tumbled, why hadnt she hit the side of the cliffs? there was no blood or hair anywhere on the rocks, and the location of jodys body seemed off to chioffi. way off. >> 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 right down. should have been right down where i got off the ropes. thats where she should have been. >> someone else was scratching their head that night for different reasons. it had to do with s...

The palisades, to their spot. steven remembers pulling up to the scenic lookout, sitting in the car with jodi, sharing a wine cooler. >> there were other people sitting in the spot, the spot where the binoculars and walked up into the this sort of open view. >> he says they then turned and took a well-worn path into the those rocks. they sat there he with the rock against her back holding her. at some point something goes terribly wrong. >> yes. >> he says he stood up to go back to the car to ge...

Them that she was terrified of her husband. >> possibly she was telling everyone if something happened to me its my husband. >> it was another woman in stevens leif that swayed the jury. >> that was something that pushed me towards what we decided in the end. >> it was the light bulb. >> to them, it wasnt jodey who slipped, but her husband. they believe it wasnt just a fall from the cliffs, it was a cold-blooded execution. steven sharp was sentenced to life in prison. he says the jurors condemne...

Interviewed jonathan back in 2008, the young man described his dad as a good guy. >> i think he was a, you know, fairly decent, you know, fairly decent guy. >> it was only after detectives told him his dad had just been arrested that >> she got -- >> before you found out that your dad was arrested, did you lie? >> yes. >> and did you lie more than once? >> yes. >> why would jonathan turn on his father and lie snd.the defense lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad, who was motivated by greed. i...

Horrible accident. >> no. >> reporter: there wasnt any smoking gun really. just something dark lynam thought he could read between the lines in the police notes he reviewed the day after jodys death. >> he did not react like somebody who just lost his wife should have reacted. >> reporter: and so the detective moved his investigation from the physical evidence to the less tangible clues. he quickly learned from jodys friends that this was a couple not in love but in crisis. the subject wasnt win...

Hello and welcome to "dateline" extra. when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they werent surprised. the place was known to be dangerous but even they couldnt 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. heres chris jansing. >> 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...