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Ledge or any part of the cliffs. nothing. no blood, no hair, no clothing, no fibers, no skin. >> reporter: by that point officer walter serrie had arrived up at the lookout. since there was nothing the husband could do to help in the rescue, serrie was told to get him out of the way and drove him back down to police headquarters. on the way, steven recounted the awful moment when his wife disappeared. >> we were walking and she said for me to go back to the car and get the blanket and she slipped and i didn't see her anymore. >> reporter: as they arrived at the station rescue cioffi made it to...

Base pointing flashlights north. finally about 30 feet away the beams landed on something white. it was jody 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 severe impact took. that's where she really, you know -- >> jody sharp had not survived the fall. to cioffi it was clear she had slammed into that tree. as they began to move the body, he noticed something else. >> she had an odor of an alcoholic beverage that emanated from her body. >> when you smelled that did you think well maybe she had had too mu...

Cliffs on a summer night? stephen's new wife says the prosecution has it all wrong. >> my husband is not capable, that is not the man he is. my husband is sweet, kind, loving, considerate. >> the prosecutor -- >> reporter: the defense was ready to show how stephen scharf far from villain was the real victim in this story. coming up -- >> they destroyed the crime scene area. >> reporter: new questions about the evidence and was there another reason why a son might implicate his dad? >> who does the money go to? >> it goes to me. >> when "over the edge" continues.

His wife had died in a freak accident, off a cliff of all places, how could that happen? and that's exactly what police who were there the night of jody's death wanted to know too. >> right away i got a feeling that there was something definitely wrong. >> reporter: it nagged at res e rescurescu rescuer michael cioffi. why was her purse on a ledge? >> where is she? she should be ear or the pocketbook should be down with her and it wasn't fitting. >> reporter: another thought dawned on him. if jody had tumbled, why hasn't she hit the side of the cliffs? there was no blood or hair anywhere on th...

Usually they're going to go south or they're going to go right down. should have been right down where i got off the ropes. >> reporter: someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with steven's behavior while the search was under way. officer walter serrie was surprised steven 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, not at all. >> reporter: serrie says he couldn't believe how willingly steven sharp got into his patro...