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Prosecutor argued, was that stephen did not want a divorce. he didn't want a custody fight. he didn't want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for stephen, said the prosecutor, a potential payout. >> usaa life insurance company. >> reporter: an insurance representative testified about a $500,000 policy taken out against jody scharf months before her death. payable to a primary beneficiary. >> can you tell us the policy owner? >> stephen f. scharf. >> reporter: jody scharf was worth more dead than alive. her friend marion testifieded that jody feared stephen fight do som...

>> reporter: jody scharf was worth more dead than alive. her friend marion testifieded that jody feared stephen fight do something violent if she pushed for divorce. even so, marion said, jody was determined to get away from her husband. >> she was going to have divorce papers served on stephen and she was very afraid of it. >> reporter: yet, was stephen violent enough to kill his wife? an unlikely but powerful witness was about to testify against stephen scharf. >> i'm here for my mother. >> reporter: his own son took the stand against him. now a businessman, jonathan scharf painted his fathe...

He didn't want a custody fight. he didn't want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for stephen, said the prosecutor, a potential payout. >> usaa life insurance company. >> reporter: an insurance representative testified about a $500,000 policy taken out against jody scharf months before her death. payable to a primary beneficiary. >> can you tell us the policy owner? >> stephen f. scharf. >> reporter: jody scharf was worth more dead than alive. her friend marion testifieded that jody feared stephen fight do something violent if she pushed for divorce. even so, marion sa...

The biggest reason, the prosecutor argued, was that stephen did not want a divorce. he didn't want a custody fight. he didn't want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for stephen, said the prosecutor, a potential payout. >> usaa life insurance company. >> reporter: an insurance representative testified about a $500,000 policy taken out against jody scharf months before her death. payable to a primary beneficiary. >> can you tell us the policy owner? >> stephen f. scharf. >> reporter: jody scharf was worth more dead than alive. her friend marion testifieded that jody fea...