Ted Aronberg News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Occurred and i said was it an accident and he put his head down and he said no. >> aronberg believed that was a stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives including lynam but they had just spent hours grilling the man. >> we weren't getting that feeling that a re-interview at that point would have done anything. >> the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf but they didn't. >> we took it as far as we could do. there hadn't been -- the cause of death was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn't a homicide. >> in time, the detect...

Push or throw jody off that cliff so detectives asked stephen scharf the obvious, what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? >> well, he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with the hammer and he just forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items. it was just convenient. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. >>: 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. schar...

It back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the pickny items. it was just convenient. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. >> reporter: detectives ask fundamental 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. scharf, i'm your local police department. >> reporter: ted aronberg was told to keep an eye on steven scharf that night as detectives combed through his house. the officer says he began talking to steven about ...