Page 13 - Eric S News Today

Talking. >> thats right. >> and thats what happened two weeks after erics apparent confession. a neighbor called 911 after hearing yelling coming from tinas apartment. when police arrived, eric was gone but tina was angry and she still had the business card detective murphy had given her almost two years earlier. >> i grab my partner. we went out there in the middle of the night and we met up with tina. >> she told detective murphy and his partner gary jones what eric had said, a big break, yes,...

Would he go to get proof. here again is josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." >> to detective sean murphy, it sounded more than suspicious. eric bechler taking up with a gorgeous redhead just three months after his wife was lost at sea. but murphy didnt have much more than a gnawing in his gut until his phone rang. >> we got a call from kobis lawyer, said he wanted to arrange an interview again with kobi. >> kobi laker, erics best friend and volleyball buddy. he told sheriffs detectives the be...

Before or after i met him, you know, what i did with myself has nothing to do with what he did. >> after seven days, the verdict. guilty of first-degree murder. >> youre thrilled that the man who did it is behind bars, but nobody wins in this situation, nobody. the children now have no mother and no father. >> the jury did not believe eric killed pegye for the money. he was found not guilty of murder for financial gain. at his sentencing, he addressed the judge, again, denying he killed her. >> ...

A big break, yes, but not nearly enough for an arrest. remember, teen yafs pretty far from an ideal witness. detectives knew they would need more than her word against erics. so they asked tina -- >> are you willing to wear wire? i said, yes, thats the only way youll get him. >> why would you turn down a guy that had bakley taken you from a terrible life and given you a great life? >> because i couldnt live with myself. i mean, no way. >> sheriffs homicide detectives -- this dinner date, tina to...

You know? what i did with myself has nothing to do with what he did. >> after seven days, the verdict. guilty of first degree murder. >> youre thrilled that the man who did it is behind bars, but nobody wins in this situation. nobody. the children now have no mother and no father. >> but the jury did not believe eric killed peggy for the money. he was found not guilty of murder for financial gain. at his sentencing, eric bechler addressed the judge, once again denying that he killed peggy. >> th...

Erics best friend, what exactly did he know and how far would he go to get proof. lets return to troubled waters. >> reporter: to detective sean murphy, it sounded more than suspicious. eric bechler taking up with a gorgeous redhead just three months after his wife was lost at sea. but murphy didnt have much more than a gnawing in his gut until his phone rang. >> we got a call from -- kobis lawyer said he wanted to arrange an interview again with kobi. >> reporter: kobi laker, erics best friend ...

Morbid kind of way, because we knew it was going to go sideways. >> because when relationships go sideways, sometimes people start talking? >> thats right. >> reporter: and thats what happened two weeks after erics apparent confession. a neighbor called 9-1-1 after hearing yelling coming from tinas apartment. when police arrived, eric was gone. but tina was angry. and she still had the business card detective murphy had given her almost two years earlier. >> i grabbed my partner. and we went out...

Guy? >> hows it going? im john. >> reporter: a few days earlier, john the contractor was at their house, eric thought, to fix the ac. >> thats cool, man. >> you did chat with him at our house. so, theres definitely familiarity. >> reporter: now, we have set up hidden cameras at a builng a few blocksrom erics house. we will arrange it so eric runs into the friendly contractor again, this time, our actor will say he needs some help and ask eric to get in his truck. so, let me get your prediction. ...

Nothing to do with what he did. >> after seven day, the verdict, guilty of first-degree murder. >> youre thrilled that the man who did it is behind bars, but nobody wins in this situation, nobody. the children now have no mother and no father. >> the jury did not believe eric killed pegye for the money. he was found not guilty of murder for financial gain. at his sending eric faced the judge again and denied once again killing pegye. >> the accident was a horrible tragedy for both of our familie...

A neighbor called 911 after hearing yelling coming from tinas apartment. when police arrived, eric was gone but tina was angry and she still had the business card detective murphy had given her almost two years earlier. >> i grabbed my partner, we went out there in the middle of the night and we met up with tina. >> reporter: she told detective murphy and his partner, gary jones, what eric had said. a big break, yes, but not nearly enough for an arrest. remember, tina was pretty far from an idea...