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Show "baywatch nights." but that turned out to be the peak of her career. soon tina found herself slipping into the darker side of showbiz. she started doing drugs and lost custody of her two young children because of it and fell for a succession of guys who did not treat her kindly. >> i mean, i had an ex-boyfriend put a gun to my head, play russian roulette between me and him. i was held over the balcony by my neck. >> reporter: tina, who was broke and near rock bottom, was desperate. >> i got down on my knees, literally begging. and i said, "i'll do whatever you want, lord. just help me. i ...

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, ...

>> if you guys can still hear me, meet me at my house that's where i'm going to be. >> reporter: just like that, tina new drove away from her old life. >> in the end you got enough? >> oh, absolutely, yeah. >> you understand you're under arrest? >> reporter: eric was arrested and charged with pegye's murder. >> well, what was it like to get the call that eric had been arrested? >> well, i just trembled all over. i couldn't really-- couldn't really believe it. >> reporter: but two weeks after eric's arrest made headlines, tina made some headlines of her own. that put the whole case in jeopardy....

Death. >> do you think she died accidentally and her body still hasn't been found? >> that's right. >> the prosecutor argued peggy's death was eric's doing. >> he basically had 3.5 million reasons to kill her. 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 peggy and then sink her body. and what about the blood? a lumi the nol test conducted on the boat indicated there might ha...

Greene machine were marveling at a school of dolphins playing in the water when they came across the unexpected. >> we've got a loose boat out here about five miles out of newport beach. >> reporter: the captain radioed the coast guard that a small speedboat was circling, out of control. in the water nearby was a man holding on to a body board. >> i have a husband, apparently fell off the boat and the wife apparently fell off the boat. >> reporter: the man in the water was frantic. >> copy. and does he still look like he's pretty distraught? over. >> absolutely, very. >> reporter: his name was...