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
without that statement, they have a lot of circumstantial evidence and a lot of what ifs, but they don t have anything that makes this a homicide. the defense offered another theory about pegye bechler. she was under a great deal of pressure and could easily be distracted, and, in combination with alcohol which she rarely drank but she did on that day, could contribute to a lack of care in driving the boat. you don t think pegye bechler faked her death? you think she s dead? i don t think she faked her death. no, i do not think that. you think she died accidentally and her body still hasn t been found? that s right. prosecutor debbie lloyd argued pegye s death was eric s doing. he basically had 3.5 million reasons to kill her. and that s about what he stood to gain if he had gotten away with it. and, said the prosecutor, the circumstantial evidence was compelling. eric had a weight tree back at home that appeared to be
accidentally that s and her body still hasn t been found? that s right. prosecutor debbie lloyd argued pegye s death was eric s doing. he basically had 3.5 million reasons to kill her. and that s about what he stood to gain if he had gotten away with it. and, said the prosecutor, the circumstantial evidence was compelling. eric had a weight tree back at home that appeared to be incomplete. investigators believed eric used the missing weights to kill pegye and then sink her body. and what about the blood? a luminol test conducted on the boat indicated there might have been a lot of blood in the boat, but that it was cleaned up, matching tina s testimony about blood everywhere. and of course, there was tina herself. despite despite her past and her criminal record and her drug use, she rang true to you.