beautiful girl, good-looking guy, drove 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 peggy beckler? coming up i absolutely had to find her. may be alive? mm-hmm, i did. she s a fabulous swimmer. where was peggy and what had gone wrong on that boat? you know, i d been crying and face is red, and he looked upset. there would be a sea of questions to come. you thought what? peggy faked her death? when dateline extra continues. you know, in any job,
story. beautiful girl, good looking guy, drive nice cars, beautiful children. until that summer day in 1997, when the unimaginable happened. male, kind of distraught, said 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 pegye bechler? i absolutely thought they d find her. maybe alive? i did. she s a fabulous swimmer. where was pegye and what had gone wrong on that boat? he was crying, face was red. there would be a sea of questions to come. you thought, what, pegye faked her death? when dateline extra continues. generosity is its own form of power.
he was also eight years younger. was that a problem for either one of them? it was not a problem for either one of them. peggy, you know, when she sets her sight on something, she s going to make it happen and it developed really quickly, really, really quickly. within a year they were married. within four years they had three beautiful kids. peggy and eric went into business together. she opened up her own physical therapy business and eric, a computer whiz, managed the technical side of their venture, which quickly became very pro t profitab profitable. her business does doing good and she was happily married. and the happy couple was also happily spending a lot of money, on a german sports car, italian clothe, and a spectacular bluff side home in newport beach. they were the little dream story. beautiful girl, good-looking guy, drive nice cars, beautiful
he was also eight years younger. was that a problem for either one of them? it was not a problem for either one of them. pegye, when she sets her sight on something, she s going to make it happen. it developed really quickly. really, really quickly. reporter: within a year, they were married. within four years, they have three beautiful kids. pegye and eric went into business together. she opened up her own physical therapy business and eric, a computer whiz, managed the technical side of their venture which quickly became very profitable. her business was doing good and she was happily married. reporter: and the happy couple was also happily spending a lot of money on a german sports car, italian clothing, and a spectacular bluffside home in newport beach. they were the little dream story. beautiful girl, good-looking guy, drive nice cars, beautiful children. reporter: until that summer
beautiful girl, good-looking guy, drive nice cars, beautiful children. reporter: until that summer day in 1997 when the unimaginable happened. male, kind of distraught, said that his wife fell overboard. reporter: 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 pegye bechler? coming up i absolutely thought they would find her. reporter: maybe alive? i did. she was a fabulous swimmer. where was pegye? and what had gone wrong on that boat? he had been crying and his face was red. he looked upset. there would be a sea of questions to come. reporter: you thought what? pegye faked her death? when dateline extra continues. made historyhen itold r a recoco pce ost under $3million.