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What was that hammer doing in the picnic bag? >> he told us he fixed a adraer in his kitchen with the hammer and forgot to put it back in the garage. >> detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of steven's house that night. he agreed. but as it turned out something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> and i said, look, mr. sharp, i'm your local police department. >> he was told to keep an eye on steven sharp that night as detectives combed through his house. the officer says he began talking to steven about what had happened to jody when s...

From a cop's point of view things were adding up and not in steven's favor. >> not just one thing. it was like the totality of the circumstances. every little thing is clicking in my mind, and i'm saying to myself, you know, this isn't right, something is wrong here. >> gut instinct is one thing, evidence is another. maybe their view of steven was too jaundiced. there really was nothing to indicate that jody's fall was anything but an accident. a few months later the ruling was in. the burgen county medical examiner concluded the manner of jody sharp's death could not be determined. an acciden...

Feet. >> i said was it an accident, and he put his head down and he said no. >> he believed that was a stunning confession. he ran to tell other detectives including linum, but they'd just spent hours grilling the man. the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate steven sharp, but they didn't. >> we took it as far as the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined, so officially it wasn't a homicide. >> in time detectives moved onto other cases. steven sharp moved on, too. 14 years after his wife's degtd he remarried. tina sharp says he's been a loving, ...

>> but he willingly got into a patrol car? >> without a word. >> stranger still was how calm steven seem. when the officer heard him describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. >> there was no emotion at all. >> did it occur to you maybe he was in shock. >> no, i've seen people who lost loved ones and i've never seen them act that way. >> but it was a particular moment later that caught his attention. >> he asked if he could get a drink from the water fountain, he was looking over and splashing water on his face and rubbing his eyes to make it look like he was crying. >> you thoug...

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 --