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i felt guilty. i couldnt live with that.lt i said, "i know something and its terrible." "im 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. >> id never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in "pretty woman." >> hed been through so much. a mysterious accident at sea. >> he went under, and when he came up, he said he no...

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, reall...

>> they said it doesnt appear to be feasible to them given the sea conditions. >> reporter: thats when the coast guard called the orange county sheriffs office. detective sean murphy was put on the case. >> they werent able to duplicate even close to what was alleged by eric bechler that his wife was tossed off by a rogue wave. >> reporter: if pegyes disappearance was no accident, murphys job was find out what did happen. detectives started by re-interviewing eric and asking him about his relati...

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 didnt take his word for it? >> no. in our game we dont take anyones word for anything. we look into it. thats what we did. >> reporter: they met with the improbably named kobe laker. erics 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, the...

Starting to set in and it was painful. >> at this point you didnt think she was alive anymore? >> i kept thinking that she was, but how could she, you know, that length of time. >> reporter: unless, of course, what appeared to be an accident was not. the coast guard conducted a re-enactment at sea to try to understand how pegye could have fallen off the boat and they couldnt do it. >> they said it doesnt appear to be feasible to them given the sea conditions. >> reporter: thats when the coast gu...

>> at this point, you didnt think she was alive anymore? >> i kept thinking that she was. but how could she, you know, that length of time? >> reporter: unless, of course, what appeared to be an accident was not. the coast guard conducted a reenactment at sea to try to understand how pegye could have fallen off the boat. and they couldnt do it. >> they said it just -- it doesnt appear to be feasible to them, given the sea conditions. >> reporter: thats when the coast guard called the orange coun...

Re-interviewing eric and asking him about his relationship with pegye. >> he said his marriage was good. there was no problems with it. >> you didnt take his word for it? >> no. in our game we dont take anybodys word for it. we look into it. and thats what we did. >> they met with the improbably named kobi laker, erics best friend, and kobi backed upper eric. >> they had a terrific marriage, there was no problems whatsoever. >> but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions about pegye. ...

Murphys job was to find out what did happen. detectives started by re-interviewing eric and asking him about his relationship with pegye. >> he said his marriage was good. there was no problems with it. >> you didnt take his word for it? >> no. in our game, we dont take anyones word for anything. we look into it. and thats what we did. >> reporter: they met with the improbably-named kobi laker, erics best friend. and kobi backed up eric. >> they had a terrific marriage. and there was no problems...

Starting to set in and it was painful. >> at this point you didnt think she was alive anymore? >> i kept thinking that she was, but how could she, you know, that length of time. >> reporter: unless, of course, what appeared to be an accident was not. the coast guard conducted a re-enactment at sea to try to understand how pegye could have fallen off the boat and they couldnt do it. >> they said it doesnt appear to be feasible to them given the sea conditions. >> reporter: thats when the coast gu...

I kept thinking that she was, but how could she for that length of time? josh mankiewicz (voiceover): unless, of course, what appeared to be an accident was not. the coast guard conducted a re-enactment at sea to try to understand how pegye could have fallen off the boat, and they couldnt do it. they said it just doesnt appear to be feasible to them given the sea conditions. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): thats when the coast guard called the orange county sheriffs office. detective sean murphy wa...