the defense lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad, who was motivated by greed. if stephen scharfson would get all that insurance money. >> who's the money go to? >> it goes to me. >> in the end the lawyer called stephen scharf's son a spoiled brat. >> that sounds like some spoiled kid. >> who was not a credible witness. in closing, valinkas insisted this wasn't a murder case, just a sad story about a woman who tumbled drunkenly to her death. >> this case is an accident, nothing more, nothing less. >> soon it would be in the hands of a jury. >> coming up -- >> it was the light bulb. you couldn't help but think, hmm, that's interesting. >> the jurors speak. what would they decide? >> stephen, did you kill your wife, jody? >> the verdict. when "over the edge" continues. s i'm not picking it up. you pick it up! i'm not picking it up. i'll pick it up! they're clean! ♪'cuz my hiney's clean.♪ ♪oh yeah i'm charmin clean.♪ charmin ultra strong just cleans better. enjoy the go with charmin. (danny) after a long day of hard work... ...you have to do more work? (vo) automatically sort your e

the defense lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad, who was motivated by greed. if stephen scharfd get all that insurance money. >> who's the money go to? >> it goes to me. >> in the end the lawyer called stephen scharf's son a spoiled brat. >> that sounds like some spoiled kid. >> who was not a credible witness. in closing, bilinkas insisted this wasn't a murder case, just a sad story about a woman who tumbled drunkenly to her death. >> this case is an accident, nothing more, nothing less. >> soon it would be in the hands of a jury. >> coming up -- >> it was the light bulb. you couldn't help but think, hmm, that's interesting. >> the jurors speak. what would they decide? >> stephen, did you kill your wife, jody? >> the verdict. -♪ he's got legs of lumber and arms of steel ♪ ♪ he eats a bowl of hammers at every meal ♪ ♪ he holds your house in the palm of his hand ♪ ♪ he's your home and auto man ♪ big jim, he's got you covered ♪ ♪ great big jim, there ain't no other ♪ -so, this is covered, right? -yes, ma'am. take care of it for you right now. giddyup! hi! this is jamie. we need so

>> i did. >> reporter: jonathan scharf said he realized his father had likely killed his mother only08. this videotaped interview shows him recalling the dark past for the first time to police. >> she got coffee thrown at her by him. >> reporter: now in court, he had even more to tell about his childhood. like the afternoon he sat cowering in the back seat of a car watching his mother suffer. >> my mom was driving and my dad was hitting her with the bottom of his fist. i was just begging him to stop doing it. >> reporter: he also remembered the last day of his mother's life. he was 10 and said his mother told his father that she didn't want to go out with him alone. >> she said, if i wanted to go out with you, i wouldn't be divorcing you. >> reporter: where was the proof that stephen planned to kill jody that night? well, there was the hammer in the picnic bag. but there was also testimony from this woman -- one of stephen's old girlfriends. >> i even mentioned to my girlfriend that it was a perfect relationship. >> reporter: terry schofield had been dating stephen months before jody