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>> they were so happy at first, sharing a lovers perched high atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger, she fell from the edge. >> i would call this an accidental death. >> but whas 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, jody? >> i did not. >> what happened on the cliffs 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....

atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger. she fell from the edge. >> i would call this an accidental death. >> but whas 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, jody? >> i did not. >> what happened on the cliffs 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 ...

Would have had to pry me away from that scene, if it was still at the top of the cliff. he was willingly got into his patrol car. without a word. >> stranger still is how calm the husband seemed. when the officer heard stephen describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. there was no emotion in it. none at all. it was like he was reading a script. >> did it occur to you that, maybe he's in shock? >> no. i've seen people who have lost loved ones, i've never seen anybody act that way. but it was a particular moment later inside the station house, that really caught his attention. he ...

When the officer heard stephen describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. >> there was no emotion in it. no emotion at all. like he was reading a script. >> did it occur to you, well, maybe he's in shock? >> no. i've seen people who have lost loved ones, and i've never seen anybody act that way. >> but it was a particular moment later inside the station house that really caught the officer's attention. >> he asked if he could get a drink from the water fountain. he was looking like over his shoulder at me and splashing water up into his face and then like rubbing his eyes to make...

She should have been right down where i got off the ropes. that's where she should have been. >> someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with stephen's behavior while the search was under way. officer walter sirry was surprised stephen was willing to leave the lookout as rescuers were still looking for jody. >> did he give any indication i don't want to leave, my wife could still be alive down there? >> no. none at all. >> sirry says he couldn't believe how willingly stephen scharf got into his patrol car. >> i tell you, if it was my wife, girl...