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North. finally, about 30 feet away, the beams landed on something white. it was jodi, 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 the severe impact took. that's whereer she really -- >> jodi sharp had not survived the fall. to chiofi it was clear. she had slammed into that tree. asd they began to move the bod he noticed something else. >> she had an odor of an alcoholic beverage. that emanated from her body. >> so when you smelled that, did you think, well, maybe she had had too much to drink and fel...

>> errenberg 3w4r50e6believed ta stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives, including lineham. but they had just spent hours grilling the man. >> we weren't getting that feeling, that a reinterview at that point would have done anything. >> the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf, but they didn't. >> we took it as far as we could go. it hadn't been -- the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn't a homicide. >> in time the detectives moved on to other cases. stephen scharf moved on too. 14 yea...

Me? >> and that's when an officer walked into the room and broke the news to stephen. jodi was gone. >> i don't even remember who came in and told me. >> and what was your reaction? >>t denial. it was, you know, how could this -- how could this happen? >> that question would haunt him and many others, and it would take years for the answers to finally come. >> coming up -- >> he was rubbing his eyes to make it look like he was crying. >> you thought he was faking tears? >> absolutely. >> curious behavior puts a husband under the microscope.ur when "over the edge" continues. when "over the edge...

In many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. welcome back to "dateline". the jury is about to decide the fate of steven sharp. here's chris jansen with the conclusion to our story. 18 years after a night that ended in his wife's death off a cliff, steven sharp stood accused of murder by the state of new jersey. and through it all, one thing he wants you to know is this. he would never have laid a hand on his beloved jodi. never. >> steven, did you kill your wife, jodi >> i did not kill jodi. i did not. >> did you throw her off --

>> i did not. i did not. i didn't hurt jodi. i didn't push her. i didn't cause her to die. i didn't kill my wife. we talked to steven sharp where he was held for two years after 2008. he and his wife tina said they paid a high price for something he didn't know. >> our daughter is 2 1/2. we don't have contact visits. >> it's not just a tragedy for jodi, it's a tragedy for john. it's a tragedy for my wife. it's a tragedy for my daughter. and for myself. >> still, he decided not to take the stand in his own defense. but told "dateline" that what he first said years ago about his wife's death w...