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Nobody. the children now have no mother and no father. so this -- there is no winner. >> 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 families as much as the marshals are hurting, my family is also hurting because i did not commit this crime. >> the judge sentenced him to life without the possibili...

Morbid kind of way because we knew it would go sideways. >> reporter: 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 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 ...

>> after seven days, the verdict is guilty of first degree murder. >> you are thrilled that the man who did it is behind bars. >> nobody wins, the children have no mother or father. there is no winner. >> the jury did not believe that eric killed peggy for the money. he was found not guilty for murder of financial gains. >> once again he denied he killed peggy. >> the accident was a horrible tragedy. thats the fallen of both of our families and as much as the marshals are hurting, my family is a...

They knew the relationship was growing volatile. >> we were excited about it in a morbid kind of way because we knew it was going to go sideways. >> reporter: 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 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 m...

His wife pegye and that didnt sit well with quite a few people. certainly not the police or pegyes family. but erics best friend, what exactly did he know and how far would he go to get proof? here again is josh mankiewicz with "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...

They knew the relationship was growing volatile. >> we were excited about it in a morbid kind of way because we knew it would go sideways. >> reporter: 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 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 h...

His wife pegye and that didnt sit well with quite a few people. certainly not the police or pegyes family. but erics best friend, what exactly did he know and how far would he go to get proof? here again is josh mankiewicz with "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...

>> 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. so this -- there is no winner. >> 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 families as much as the marshals are hurting, my family is also hurting ...

Put me here. why i would fight an ex-commando? why? they are scared. i know this. im here, hes not here, you know? hes in a cell. hes watching tv now, "sex and the city" maybe, you know? >> the two inmates will have separate hearings and erics is held first. after the charges are read, officials ask to hear his side of the story and he responds in his native dutch. >> i know him for many, many years and personally i never, never have any problem with erik. >> a short time later burack is escorte...

>> you fought that guy? >> yeah. theyre scared of him and they put me here. why i would fight an ex-commando? why? they are scared. i know this. im here, hes not here, you know? hes in a cell. hes watching tv now, "sex and the city" maybe, you know? >> the two inmates will have separate hearings and erics is held first. after the charges are read, officials ask to hear his side of the story and he responds in his native dutch.