famed forensic pathogi d cyril wecht. he had star-studded investigations as high profile as dr.ly different take on how jody scharf died. >> i would call this an accidental death. >> reporter: in wecht's version, which he demonstrated with, of all things, a teddy bear, jody fell off the cliff and onto jagged rocks below causing her mortal wounds. her body then catapulted. >> out goes the body and it hurtles into the air. >> reporter: into the tree canopy which then carried her through the abyss into the distant tree. >> this is what i think happened to explain those injuries of the chest and of the head. >> reporter: but there was another bubble to burst in the prosecution's case. the motive for murder. stephen of scharf wasn't a greedy killer, his attorney said. his client never made a claim on that insurance policy. it was only after the money was turned over to the state, years later, he said, that stephen scharf even bothered to collect. >> would it throw fuel on the fire not to do it? well, i know i look guilty because i am guilty. i better not make the claim. >> damned if

they exumes the body and cyril wecht examines the body. >> i lean strongly towards it being a homicide>> they coroner examined it. >> it was on the dr. phil show. it's terrible. >> he can say it's foolish. we say it's justice. >> reporter: rebecca's family petitions to reopen rebecca's case but in a crushing blow the request is denied. >> the interest in the case remains years and years and years later. i hope somebody looks again. >> reporter: it turns out someone is re-examining the case. his name is herman wiseberg. he is a seasoned private investigators in new york city. "20/20" obtained him to investigate the case. he has things to say about what happened on the balcony. concluded that because her footprints were on the balcony she could have thrown herself off. but could an attacker throw her stepping on it and without leaving footprints. wise weisberg brought to this baame is this the same size? good way to determine if it. >> reporter: letall right, let's see if you can do it. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: it's not easy but it's possible for to you not step out there. >> it sh

cyril wecht conduct a second autopsy.hemorrhages on rebecca's scalp that he says could be a possible indicator of foul play. >> i lean very strongly to it being a homicide. >> reporter: the san diego county coroner also found those head wounds, but concluded rebecca's head could have struck something as she fell from the balcony. >> her body was exhumed on television, on the dr. phil show, disgustingly. it's -- it's terrible. >> he can say it's ghoulish, you know. what we say is it's justice. they know what happened to her, and she didn't kill herself. >> reporter: rebecca's family petitions the california attorney general to re-open rebecca's case. but in a crushing blow -- their request is denied. >> to have it rejected without comment was really, really difficult. anyone that's heard of this case says, "that's not a suicide." let's get the answers. let's get the answers. >> reporter: coming up -- "20/20" enlists this former nypd detective to take a new look at the zahau case. >> it's a mystery. and i don't like mysteri

. >> reporter: on another episode, rebecca's family controversially exhumes her body and has au wecht rebecca's that he says could be a possible indicator of foul play. >> i lean very strongly to it being a homicide. >> reporter: the san diego co w rebecca's head could hav fell from the television, on the dr. phil show, disgustingly. it's -- it's terrible. >> he can say it's ghoulish, you know. what we say is it's justice. they know what happened to her, and she didn't kill herself. >> reporter: rebecca's family petitions the california attorney general to re-open rebecca's case. but in a crushing blow -- their request is den >> to haveent was really, real difficult. anyone that'se sa" let's get the answers. let's get the answers.orte "20/20" enlists this former nypd detective to take a new look at the zahau case. >> it's a mystery. and i ( ♪♪ ) ♪♪ jen, i've got questions. boots or flip-flops? boot! great. smokey or natural eye? ugh, natural. good choice. how about calling or texting? definitely calling. puppies or kit sorry, cats. dry eyes or artificial tears? wait, that's a trick qu

and if i zoom out and show you doppler radar, let's talk about what wecht the next couple hours. you see a lot of thunder and lightning going out. it is this disturbance sitting off the coast that will be kicking up that rain for the next several days. in fact, we've got a colder system moving in on thursday. let's take you through futurecast. by about 12:30, you notice the majority of the showers off to the east. what is left behind is cloud cover. we'll see some pockets of scattered showers throughout the day. if i fast forward, until about 8: 8:00, 8:30, you see the showers moving through. we'll get a couple more showers moving in late tonight. 10:00, 12:00, into the overnight hours. scattered showers through the early morning hours. the models are showing light to moderate rain at times but definitely seeing some of the heavier pockets of rain after the 11:00 a.m. hour. as far as rain totals go, we're seeing the majority of rain totals a little higher. if i take time line, thursday, friday, we're expecting to see the rain ahead. you can see higher rain totals. another thing w

for those discussions, of course, all eyes will be on what happens as far as the slel wecht lal propertyariffs are concerned as well. >>> meanwhile, pimco doesn't expect a trade war the investment manager says while it's concerning china is unlikely to respond aggressively but rather to try to de-escalate tensions i'm happy to say global six of pimco does join us on "street signs. thanks very much for joining us this morning taking a step back and looking at the back or the trade rhetoric effect on markets, the worst week for equity markets in a couple years now do you think all of that sis on the back of the trade talks? >> i don't think it's very hopeful, you look at the uss international leadership, and here's the u.s. threaten on trade, threatening to work outside of the wto, i think you can make an argument it's not just trade there's the unpredictability of the white hairs, a lot of senior people have left, some of the people have, you know, senior jobs in the private sector, the well-known people have left. and you have a more unpredictable volatile, maybe, white house, as reasons

. >> i want to get to one other thing in the news, which wecht had the chance to talk about on the shownton appeared in india and he was asked about some of the reasons why donald trump won. here's a brief excerpt of her remarks. >> so i won the places that were optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward. and his whole campaign, make america great again, was looking backwards. you know, you didn't like black people getting rights, you don't like women, you know, getting jobs, you don't want to see that indian american succeeding more than you are. whatever your problem is, i'm going to solve it. >> what's your response when you hear her talking, saying that? >> well, my state is one of those states. so in defense of ohio, that voted twice for president obama in 2008 and 2012, the quintessential swing state, no republican has ever won the presidency without us. and president obama won my state. so it was very hurtful to lump all ohioans and all people -- in politics, we should not criticize the voters. the onus is on the person that is running for office. and just to do that just conti

wecht along with sanctions. three days ago he condemned them for the poison attacks in britain.at his actions, not past his words. hopefully there is a grand plan. steve: let's look at the actions of barack obama. he did exactly the same thing. he also, if the mainstream media is going to call president trump on i can't believe you picked up the phone and congratulations you won. look at the things that the president of the united states by the name of barack obama did in 2012. he congratulated him. ainsley: yeah. he congratulated also the islamic brotherhood candidate when he won egypt's presidential election in 2012. he broke three decades of precedent in 2013 when he congratulated the winner of the iranian presidential election. and then congratulated turkey's president erdogan in 2014 the guy who said there is no such thing as moderate islam. brian: erdogan has done despicable things with that country as a nato ally. consolidated power and jailed the media. for him to call him. says he gets along with great that was abhorrent. steve: president obama called putin to congratul