maybe she was, you know, saying one thing and not following through. >> though it is true stephen scharfe says he wanted to give the marriage another chance. and as for that former girlfriend, terry schofield, she recounted stephen's mysterious statement just before jody's death. >> just 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 stephen'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 the bottom half in both of those is who? >> jody scharf. >> the recordkeeper of a dating service testified that jody's name was on an application. she even checked off the interests she would like to share with a mate. the attorney offered that as proof of stephen and jody's open marriage. but what really rankled the defense, what had torn at the heart of stephen scharf, was the testimony of his son, jonathan. >> remember her showing me her bruises. >> he had painted

maybe she was, you know, saying one thing and not following through. >> though it is true stephen scharf he says he wanted to give the marriage another chance. and as for that former girlfriend, terry schofield, she recounted stephen's mysterious statement just before jody's death. >> just 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 stephen'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 the bottom half in both of those is who? >> jody scharf. >> the recordkeeper of a dating service testified that jody's name was on an application. she even checked off the interests she would like to share with a mate. the attorney offered that as proof of stephen and jody's open marriage. but what really rankled the defense, what had torn at the heart of stephen scharf, was the testimony of his son, jonathan. >> remember her showing me her bruises. >> he had paint

if stephen scharf was convicted, his son would get all that insurance money. >> who does the money goit goes to me. >> in the end, the lawyer called steven scharf's son a spoiled brat. >> that's some spoiled kid. >> who was not a credible witness. in closing the attorney 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 that's interesting. >> the jurors speak. what would they decide? >> steven, did you kill your wife jody? >> the verdict when "dateline" continues. what does life look like during your period? it's up to you, with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. tampax pearl and pocket pearl for on the go. they work togetherf doing important stuff. the hitch? like you, your cells get hungry. feed them... with centrum micronutrients. restoring your awesome, daily. centrum. feed your cells. they can't