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Obvious. what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? >> well, he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with a hammer. he put it in the bag with his picnic items. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. >> detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of steven's house that night. he agreed. but as it turned something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> and i said, look, mr. scharf, i'm your local police department. >> he was a local officer told to keep an eye on stephen scharf that night as detectives combed through his house. t...

Been cheating on her. >> she couldn't prove anything, but women called the house. and sometimes they'd call and hang up on her. >> in fact, linem learned jody had served her husband divorce papers on september 8, 1992. less than two weeks later she was dead at the base of the palisades. the timing made him even more eager to talk to the widower scharf. there's a sit down with scharf. he's consented to talk, right? >> yes. >> two days of his wife's death, stephen scharf was freely answering detectives questions. yes, he told them, he and his wife were talking divorce as they had sometimes done ...

The top of the cliff and 30 feet to the north. >> she had to have been propelled from that point. >> jody had to have been thrown or pushed to her death, he said, and likely from another spot entirely on those cliffs. he wasn't the only expert who saw it that way. >> the head and chest injuries are not consistent with someone that tumbles down the cliff base. >> dr. maryan clay was the bergen county medical examiner who first ruled the circumstances could not be determined. now on second look, she says, the victim's wounds or lack of them, told her something different. something vital. if jody...

So they came to this romantic, if treacherous spot, to recommit to each other steven said. to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went, not a spot where you go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives weren't buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside scharf's car. a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hammer. i mean, red flags are going off. they reach the top of the pole at that point. >> did you think that might be a murder weapon. >> i thought that mig...

From the kitchen with that hammer. he forgot to put it in the garage. he put it in the basket with the picnic items. it was convenient. >> they asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of steven's house that night. he agreed. as it turned out, something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> i said, look, mr. scharf, i'm your local police department. >> he was a local officer told to keep an eye on mr. scharf as they looked through his house. he started talking to him about jody and steven interrupted me and he looks at me and he goes, you don't believ...