difference? doesn t matter what i did before or after i met him whachlt i did to myself has nothing to do with what he did. after seven days, guilty. you are thrilled the man who did it is behind bars, but nobody wins in this situation, nobody. the children now have no mother or father. the jury did not believe eric killed peggy for the money. he was found not guilty for murder of financial gain and the sentencing, eric addressed the judge, once again, denying he killed peggy. the accident was a horrible tragedy that has befallen both of our families. as much as they are hurting, my family is hurting because i did not commit this crime. the judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole. eric s mother, linda, thinks the verdict was wrong. is it possible you don t know
death? no, i do not think that. you think she died accidentally and her body hasn t been found? right. they argue peggy s death was eric s doing. he had 3 million reasons to kill her. and, the circumstantial evidence was compelling. he had a weight tree that appeared to be incomplete. they believed he used the missing weights to kill peggy, then sink her body. what about the blood? a test indicated there might have been a lot of blood in the boat, but it was cleaned up, matching tina s testimony about blood everywhere. of course, there was tina, herself. despite her past and criminal record and drug use, she rang true to you? yes. absolutely. who would the jury believe and would tina s past make a
then the recorded conversation. eric s own words. nobody knows anything but you. barnett offered his own explanation. i argued the reason he said it was to shut her up, to calm her down. in any event, eric never said on tape that he hit beg peggy. the only person that heard that was tina, a drug user. they have a lot of circumstantial evidence. nothing makes it a homicide. the defense offered another theory about peggy. she was under a great deal of pressure and could be distracted and, in combination with alcohol, which she rarely drank, but did on that day, could contribute to a lack of care driving the boat. you don t think she faked her
your son as well as you think you do? baloney. i know that kid like the back of my hand. look, i can understand a mother not wanting to believe her son committed a crime. listen, if my kid was a druggy, doper, thief, rapist murderer. whatever well, yeah, but he isn t. he isn t. peggy s body has never been found. you want to know what happened, but you don t want to hear murder. at least now you know. it s still hard to take. even with all this information, we don t have a body. you all right? yeah. you discover you were stronger than you thought you were? oh, yeah. peggy s mother and sister ended up raising her kids. one more person who was stronger than she thought, tina new. you are leading a different life? completely different.