The Cliff’s Edge

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🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, a romantic night out goes terribly wrong when Jody Scharf falls from the edge of a cliff. But was it an accident -- or was she pushed? Chris Jansing reports. Originally aired on NBC on August 12, 2011.

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0:00.0	We were in love.
0:03.8	They were so happy at first, sharing a lover's purge high atop a cliff.
0:09.4	But romance turned to danger.
0:11.4	She fell from the edge.
0:13.2	I would call this an accidental death.
0:15.8	What was it?
0:16.8	She said that if anything happens to me, you'll know who did it.
0:24.2	A mystery of nearly 20 years, heads to court, and the husband is on the precipice.
0:30.8	Did you kill your wife, Jody?
0:32.0	I did not hurt Jody.
0:34.6	What happened on the cliff's edge?
0:36.9	I'm Lester Holt and this is Deadline.
0:44.9	Here's Chris Jampsey.
0:54.1	Every couple has it.
0:55.8	A shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place.
1:01.5	Steven Sharf says for him and his wife Jody, this was it.
1:06.3	Two rocks forming a lover's chair on the edge of a cliff.
1:11.6	That was our spot.
1:13.2	We bring a hybachi, a couple of lawn chairs, a cooler, and she'd bring her work from graduate
1:19.8	school.
1:20.8	We've been escaping to this magical place for years ever since they were newlyweds in
1:26.0	a starter apartment in New Jersey.
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