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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 ...

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): it's said there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline. this was supposed to be something like that-- a romantic outing, an anniversary and birthday gift eric bechler planned for his wife pegye. but it turned into something else, and now, pegye was gone. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the coast guard immediately launched a search, but by nightfall, no sign of pegye, alive or otherwise. and so eric called pegye's mom, june. he says, we can't find pegye. and i said, what do you mean you can't find her? where is she? what a...

All they saw was this hot young woman who had been brought in to replace their missing daughter. right, right, and exactly three months to the day. i can't even imagine what they were thinking. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): pegye's family wasn't alone. detective sean murphy had also noticed the new woman in eric bechler's life. she was just a hot number, as they say, and she was cohabiting with him right after this horrible boating accident with his wife. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): so murphy arranged to bump into tina. and said, hey, if you have any information about this boating accident inv...

Called the greene machine were marveling at a school of dolphins playing in the water when they came across the unexpected. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the captain radioed the coast guard that a small speedboat was circling out of control. in the water nearby was a man holding onto a body board. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the man in the water was frantic. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): his name was eric bechler. his wife was pegye, but she was nowhere to be found.

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): eric told june that pegye was driving the boat, towing him on a body board, when all of a sudden, a wave wiped him out. when he came up from under the water, he said, he could no longer see pegye inside the boat. we thought they should be finding her because we really just thought she would swim out of it. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): you see, pegye was quite at home in the water. growing up, it was the only time she didn't have to wear that back brace. and she became a very accomplished swimmer. she wouldn't panic. she would swim. because she loved the water. josh...