maybe this is a hoax. maybe she never went off the cliff. >> he and another rescuer began to walk along the base, pointing their flashlights north. finally, about 30 feet away, the beams landed on something white. it was jody, lying motionless next to a tree. >> there was a lot of blood on that tree, and the blood was actually draining down the tree. that's where a severe impact took. that's where she really, you know. >> jody sharp had not survived the fall. it was clear that she had slammed into that tree. as they began to move the body, he noticed something else. >> she had an owner of an alcoholic beverage that emanated from her body. >> so when you smelled that, did you think maybe she had had too much to drink and fell? >> that entered my mind, yes. >> at that moment, stephen sharp was sitting in a room at the police station, waiting for someone to tell him what had happened to his wife.