i felt guilty. i couldn t live with that.lt i said, i know something and it s terrible. i m the only other person who knows the truth. i had to do something. he swept her right of her feet. i was drawn to him right away. a dreamy single dad. wealthy. charming. smitten. i d never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in pretty woman. he d been through so much. a mysterious accident at sea. he went under, and when he came up, he said he no longer saw his wife. he was just hysterical. they were never able to find her. it was a heart-wrenching story. so why then were so many people so suspicious? no one knows exactly what happened on that boat. an accident? or a disappearance? you thought, what? ea she faked her death? or maybe a murder? there s no way. absolutely no way. i felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. now, she would be the one to unravel it all. i thought, i could do this.
italian clothing, and a spectacular bluff side home in newport beach. they were the little dream story. beautiful girl, good-looking guy, driving nice cars, beautiful children. until that summer day in 1997 when the unimaginable happened. male. kind of. distraught said that his wife fell overboard. it was a boating accident, said eric, and the coast guard agreed. something they see all too often. but soon, secrets emerged that would make some people wonder what, really happened to her? where was pegye, and what had gone wrong on the boat? coming, up it would be a sea of questions to come. you thought, would, pegye faked her death? when dateline continues. when dateline continues in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. announcer: ozempic® provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk o major cheart attack, eventsch, or death in adu
it doesn t appear to be feasible to them, given the sea conditions. that s when the coast guard called the orange county sheriff s office. detective sean murphy was put on the case. they weren t able to duplicate even close to what was alleged by eric bechler, that his wife was tossed off by a rogue wave. if pegye s disappearance was no accident, murphy s job was to find out what did happen. detectives started by re-interviewing eric and asking him about his relationship with pegye. he said his marriage was good. there was no problems with it. you didn t take his word for it? no. in our game, we don t take anyone s word for anything. we look into it. and that s what we did. they met with the improbably-named kobi laker, eric s best friend. and kobi backed up eric. they had a terrific marriage. and there was no problems whatsoever. but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions
a big break, yes. but not nearly enough for an arrest. remember, tina was pretty far from an ideal witness. detectives knew they d need more than her word against eric s. so they asked tina. will you be willing to wear a wire? and i said, yes, that s the only way you re going to get him. why would you turn in a guy who had basically taken you from a terrible life and given you a great life? because i couldn t live with myself. i mean, no way. police planted microphones in her car, in her purse, and on her body. and tina arranged a meeting. she told eric that after the domestic violence call, sheriff s homicide detectives came in to ask questions about eric. this dinner date - tina told eric - was to get their stories straight in case the cops questioned her again. tina - wired up - picked up eric from his home and drove to a restaurant called el torito.
police planted microphones in her car, in her purse, and on her body. and tina arranged a meeting. she told eric that after the domestic violence call, sheriff s homicide detectives came in to ask questions about eric. this dinner date - tina told eric - was to get their stories straight in case the cops questioned her again. tina - wired up - picked up eric from his home and drove to a restaurant called el torito. were you worried about this? not really. i was more worried that i wasn t going to get him to confess it again. i have two stories in my head, i don t want to screw up at all. okay, there s nothing. there s no story to tell, you weren t there, it was an accident. let s go have some margaritas. once inside the restaurant, tina tried to get eric to repeat the details of pegye s death. eric wouldn t go there. you don t need to worry about details, details are not important. so tina tried to get him to