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He says he wanted to given the marriage another chance. and as for that former girlfriend, terry schofield? th marriage another chance. and as for that former girlfriend, terry schofield? she recounted steven's mysterious statement just before her death. >> give me to the end of september and everything will be okay. the stress will be -- a lot of the stress will be gone. >> the defense attorney says that was steven's clumsy way of trying to dump his girlfriends. and speaking of which he added, those other women did not bother jody at all. she was seeing other people herself. >> the person on ...

>> what stuck in his mind -- >> every murder trial time is an invisible but crucial player for both sides. >> 16 years. >> sometimes it hurts a case, memories fade and evidence is lost, witnesses die. but time can also put evidence in a new light. such was the case in the trial of steven sharp, accused of killing his wife nearly two decades ago. >> there is no statute of limitations on murder. >> the prosecutor promised the evidence would tell a story as simple as it was brutal. a husband determined to avoid a costly divorce, lured his wife to the edge of a cliff and forced her off it. >> if h...

According to him. >> according to him, yes. >> he told detectives he and jody became unhappy with the free love lifestyle so they came to this spot to recommittee to each other, to kiss and make up. >> the spot where they went, not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives weren't buying the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside sharp's car, a bag filled with items you would expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not. a hammer. >> you have wine and cheese and crackers and opener and claw hammer. i mean, red flags are going up. the...

Belluchi and testified at the trial of o.j. simpson. he was about to turn up the heat on a very cold case. >> michael baden has reviewed the evidence and determined this could not have been an accidental fall. >> in december of 2008, detectives paid one more visits to steven sharp. >> wouldn't tell me what it was for. i had no idea what this was about. i mean, it didn't make sense. >> 16 years after that fatal night on the cliff, police were back. and steven sharp was in for a shock. >> after all of these years, you thought it was done. >> not until they reached behind and hand me this thing, ...

Exciting? >> yes, they were -- we were in love. we were ecstatic. >> from there, marriage, a house, a son johnson in 1983. >> how would you describe jody as a mom? >> she was really devoted. >> 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. hu...