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Who had basically taken you from a terrible life and given you a great life? >> because i couldn't live with myself. i mean, no way. >> reporter: police planted microphones in her car, in her purse, and on her body. and tina arranged a meeting. she told eric that after the domestic violence call, sheriff's homicide detectives came in to ask questions about eric. this dinner date - tina told eric - was to get their stories straight in case the cops questioned her again. tina - wired up - picked up eric from his home and drove to a restaurant called el torito. >> were you worried about this? >> ...

Murphy's 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 didn't take his word for it? >> no. in our game, we don't take anyone's word for anything. we look into it. and that's what we did. >> reporter: they met with the improbably-named kobi laker, eric's best friend. and kobi 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, ...

Myself. i mean, no way. >> reporter: police planted microphones in her car, in her purse, and on her body. and tina arranged a meeting. she told eric that after the domestic violence call, sheriff's homicide detectives came in to ask questions about eric. this dinner date - tina told eric - was to get their stories straight in case the cops questioned her again. tina - wired up - picked up eric from his home and drove to a restaurant called el torito. >> were you worried about this? >> not really. i was more worried that i wasn't going to get him to confess it again. >> i have two stories in m...

No. in our game, we don't take anyone's word for anything. we look into it, and that's what we did. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): they met with the improbably named kobi laker, eric's best friend, and kobi backed up eric. they had a terrific marriage, and there was no problems whatsoever. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): 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-- and came running up and ...