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Were they loving? exciting? >> yes. they were -- we were in love. ecstatic. >> from there, marriage, a house, a son jonathan in 1983. >> how would you describe her as a mom. >> sn. >> she was devoted. >> life was good. each as the years went by, each with the demands of work and family, steven said he and jody made time for each other. like that last summer sunday in september of 1992. steven said it was supposed to be a date night. >> no idea that would be the most critical day in our lives, our marriage. >> it was a day like any other day? >> yes. >> husband and wife would drive into manhatt...

There was no blood or hair anywhere on the rocks. and the location of jody's body seemed off to cioffi. way off. >> she was like 30 to 40 feet away from us to the north. a person falls offer the cliff usually they're going to go south or they're going to go right down. >> 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 stephen 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 ...

>> i'm saying, she's not here, at the first point, i said maybe this is a hoax, maybe she never went off the cliff. >> he and another rescuer began to walk along the base pointing their flashlights north. finally about 30 feet away, they landed on something white. it was jody lying motionless next to a tree. >> there was a lot of blood on that tree. the blood was draining down the tree. that's where the severe impact took. >> jody sharp had not survived the fall. it was clear. she had slammed into that tree. as he began to move the body, he noticed something else. >> note an alcoholic beverage...

Life was good, and even as the years went by, even with the demands of work and family, steven says he and jody still made time for each other. like that last summer sunday in september of 1992. steven says it was supposed to be a date night. >> it wasn't -- no idea that that would be the most critical day in our life, in our marriage. >> it was a day like any other day. >> yes. >> here was the plan. husband and wife would drive into manhattan and go to a comedy club, a lighthearted night on the town. but they made a detour here to the palisades, to their spot. steven remembers pulling up to t...

Their 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 the severe impact took. that's where she really, you know -- >> jody sharp had not survived the fall. to chiofi 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. >> so when you smelled that, did you think, well, maybe she had had...