cyril wecht. he had star-studded investigations as high profile as dr. bodden.rent 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 you do,