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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 testified that jody feared stephen fight do somet...

>> why would steven have killed his wife? the biggest reason, the prosecutor argued, was that steven 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 steven, said the prosecutor, a potential payout. >> usaa life insurance company. >> 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? >> steven f. scharf. >> jody scharf was worth more dead than alive. her friend marion testif...

Now, on second look, she said, the victim's wounds, or lack of them, told her something different. something vital. if jody had tumbled innocently down the palisades, she would have had broken bones everywhere. she did not. >> there were no visible injuries on the back of mrs. scharf's body. >> why would stephen have killed his wife? the biggest reason, the prosecutors argued, was that stephen did not want a divorce. he didn't want a custody fight and 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 ins...

The biggest reason, the prosecutors argued, was that stephen did not want a divorce. he didn't want a custody fight and 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. >> 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. >> jody scharf was simply worth more dead than alive. her friend, mary anne hilferdi testified that jody fe...

Scharf's body. >> why would stephen have killed his wife? the biggest reason, the prosecutors argued, was that stephen did not want a divorce. he didn't want a custody fight and 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. >> 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. >> jody scharf was simply worth more dead than al...