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
about pegye, at least according to linda bechler, eric s mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she disappeared. she stopped me on the stairway as i was leaving. and said, i have to talk to you. she said, i m afraid i m going to jail. according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company, but they stayed on as employees. then, just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired. amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more than a million dollars. so when linda heard pegye had vanished i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye s friend glenda said no way. was peggy bechler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare over-billing?
to jail. according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company, but they stayed on as employees. then, just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired. amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more than a million dollars. so when linda heard pegye had vanished i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye s friend glenda said no way. was peggy bechler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare over-billing? in my opinion, no. but if you re wrong about that uh-huh. then maybe the idea that she faked her death to escape possible prosecution for that, maybe that s a little bit more plausible. but white collar crime and faking your death and leaving your children and your family are two really separate issues. glenda said pegye adored her children and woul