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He says he wanted to given the marriage another chance. and as for that former girlfriend, terry schofield? th marriage another chance. and as for that former girlfriend, terry schofield? she recounted stevens mysterious statement just before her death. >> give me to the end of september and everything will be okay. the stress will be -- a lot of the stress will be gone. >> the defense attorney says that was stevens clumsy way of trying to dump his girlfriends. and speaking of which he added, th...

>> what stuck in his mind -- >> every murder trial time is an invisible but crucial player for both sides. >> 16 years. >> sometimes it hurts a case, memories fade and evidence is lost, witnesses die. but time can also put evidence in a new light. such was the case in the trial of steven sharp, accused of killing his wife nearly two decades ago. >> there is no statute of limitations on murder. >> the prosecutor promised the evidence would tell a story as simple as it was brutal. a husband determ...

According to him. >> according to him, yes. >> he told detectives he and jody became unhappy with the free love lifestyle so they came to this spot to recommittee to each other, to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went, not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives werent buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside sharps car, a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you...

Belluchi and testified at the trial of o.j. simpson. he was about to turn up the heat on a very cold case. >> michael baden has reviewed the evidence and determined this could not have been an accidental fall. >> in december of 2008, detectives paid one more visits to steven sharp. >> 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 steven sharp was in for a shock. >> after all ...

Exciting? >> yes, they were -- we were in love. we were ecstatic. >> from there, marriage, a house, a son johnson in 1983. >> how would you describe jody as a mom? >> she was really devoted. >> life was good. and even as the years went by, even with the demands of work and family, steven says he and jody still made time for each other. like that last summer sunday in september of 1992, steven says it was supposed to be a date night. >> it wasnt -- no idea that that would be the most critical day...

It started as a romantic date for a new jersey couple but ended in tragedy. jody and steven sharp hiked to a spot to take in the view but a short while later joedy fell ovr the edge and questions began to mount. >> it was the worst night of his life and now steven sharp, in the early morning hours of september 21st, 1992, had to tell his 10-year-old son jonathan his mother was dead. >> come on, jonathan, we need to take a walk and told him and he immediately burst into tears and i cried. i cried...

The obvious, what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? >> he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with the hammer and he just forgot to put it back in the garage. put it in the bag with the picnic items and it was just convenient, a convenient excuse for having the hammer. >> detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of stevens house that night. he agreed. but as it turned out, something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> and i said, ...

When he heard the officer describe how the wife had fallen, he made a mental note. >> no emotion in it. like he was reading a script. >> did it occur maybe hes in shock? >> no, ive seen people who have lost loved ones and never seen anybody act that way. >> 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 and looking over his shoulder and splashing water in his face and rubbing his eye...

>> did he tell you whether or not he was married? >> actually, he said he was not married. >> and remembered something strange steven said to her on the beach over that labor day weekend. >> he was under a lot of stress and stress would be resolved by the end of september. >> two weeks later, jody scharf was dead and terry sees that cryptic statement in a dreadful light, oh, no, the end of september, and then the light bul bulb went off immediately. in perhaps the most chilling testimony of the ...

Flimsy as well. jody and steven had been talking break-up for years. those divorce papers just the latest legal salvo in an ongoing marital spat. >> the prosecutor paints a picture of someone who frankly is furious about this divorce. >> no one person ever indicated that my client was furious over this divorce. they had talked about divorce for years, maybe she was, you know, saying one thing and not following through. >> though it is true steven scharf did not want a divorce, he wanted to give ...