reporter: and he was available. 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 day in 1997 when the unimaginable happened.
re-interviewing eric and asking him about his relationship with pegye. he said his marriage was good, there was no problems with it. reporter: 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. that s what we did. reporter: they met with the improbably named kobe laker. eric s best friend. and kobe backed up eric. they had a terrific marriage and there was no problems whatsoever. reporter: but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions 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, came up and said i have to talk to you. she said i m afraid i m going to jail. reporter: 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 mont
reporter: and he was available. 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.
good, there was no problems with it. reporter: 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. that s what we did. reporter: they met with the improbably named kobe laker. eric s best friend. and kobe backed up eric. they had a terrific marriage and there was no problems whatsoever. reporter: but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions 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, came up and said i have to talk to you. she said i m afraid i m going to jail. reporter: 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 fo
volleyball on the beach. reporter: dave was glenda s husband. i asked pegye if she wanted to come down with me and she said absolutely. she immediately spotted eric and said, who s that? reporter: eric bechler, then in his early 20s, was a walking commercial for the california beach life. i m going to guess when she notices a guy playing beach volleyball, he s good looking and in great shape. indeed he was. and handsome. very. he was all those things. reporter: and he was available. 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, you know, she when she sets her sight on something, she s going to make it happen. and it developed really quickly, really, really, quickly. reporter: within a year they were married. within four years they had three beautiful kids. pegye and eric went into business together. she opened up her own physical