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
Terrible. Im the only person that knows the truth. I had to do something. Reporter he swept her right off her feet. I was drawn to him right away. A dreamy single dad, wealthy, charming, smitten. I had never been spoiled like that. I remember thinking i was like Julia Roberts in pretty woman. Reporter he had been so much. A mysterious accident at sea. He went under and when he came up he no longer saw his wife. He was hysterical. Reporter it was a heart wrenching story. So why, then, were so many people so suspicious . No one knows exactly what happened on that boat. Reporter an accident . A disappearance . You thought what, she faked her death . Reporter or, maybe a murder. There is no way. Absolutely no way. I felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. Reporter now, she would be the one to unravel it all. I thought i could do this. In a dangerous undercover operation. My heart was was so fast. I said you y need to tell me th truth. Id reporter welcome to dateline
when eric bechler confessed to his girlfriend that he had tossed his wife in the ocean, he may have sunk himself. but as the trial moved tina s determination wavered. would she take the stand? here s josh mankiewicz with the conclusion of troubled waters. beach volleyball is a kid s game played by grownups. murder for profit is played only by adults. and it s for keeps. prosecutors believed eric bechler was trying to be successful at both. detectives had put him in jail. but then, two weeks after eric s arrest, came this headline in the local paper. witness in murder case doubts suspect s guilt. tina new, who d worn a wire and helped police nail eric, now said maybe he didn t kill pegye.
so hard she didn t feel a thing. and i m just like, what do you mean you hit her so hard? and he goes, i hit her over the head with the weight. she said he told her there was blood everywhere. then, tina says eric bechler told her how he got rid of his wife. he did some knot that he knows, and he he did her wrists and her ankles together so she was completely bent in half. he said he took the two trash bags that he had and put her body in it, and then he said he put the weights and tied it down to the rope and threw her in. two years after pegye vanished. a stunning confession. and then do you go to sleep next to a man that you believe is a killer. no.