below causing her mortal wounds. her body than catapulted. >> and out goes the body, and hurdles into the air. >> into the tree canopy, which then carried her through the abyss and into that distant tree. >> this is what i think happened to explain those injuries of the chest and over the head. >> but there was another bubble to burst in the prosecution's case, the motive for murder. stephen scharf was not a greedy killer, his attorney said. his client never medic lame on that insurance policy. it was only after the money was turned over to the state, years later, he said, that stephen scharf even bothered to collect. >> would it throw fuel on the fire not to do it? well, i know i look guilty because i am guilty, i'd better not make this claim. >> you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. >> the other alleged motive, divorce, was flimsy as well he said. jody and steven had been