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As a successful physical therapist. she had almost everything she wanted. she did want to find a guy. and the clock was ticking a little bit. it was. and tn one da on the beach, you found somebody for her. we did. so one afternoon, on a weekend, pegye called me and said, what are you doing? and i said, well, i'm going to go down and watch dave play some volleyball on the beach. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): dave was glenda's husband. i asked pegye if she wanted to come down with me, and she said, absolutely. she immediately spotted eric and said, who's that? josh mankiewicz (voiceover): eric be...

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): detectives convinced kobi to wear a wire and to meet eric at a restaurant in orange county. eric had no idea the police were listening in. even so, he stuck to his story that pegye's death was a terrible accident. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): kobi tried again. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): a dead end. but detectives were now convinced that eric killed his wife. even though it didn't lead to anything, that conversation with kobi, that got you from suspicion to knowing. yeah, it moved it all the way over, so we knew we had a homicide.

She could not imagine that a man who had killed his wife would want to see her face everywhere. eric was really the answer to all your problems for a while, wasn't he? yeah, he was. so you weren't too anxious to question him. no, i believed him. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): and after about six months-- he says, will you marry me? yes. and you say? i said yes. you don't say no a lot. yeah, i mean, he treated me so good. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): she also admits she knew eric was due to collect more than $2 million in insurance money once he was cleared in his wife's disappearance. josh manki...

Detectives knew they'd need more than herord against eric's, so they asked tina-- josh mankiewicz: will you wear a wire? would you be willing to wear a wire? and i said, yes, that's the only way you're going to get him. why would you turn in a guy who had basically taken you from a terrible life and given you a great life? because i couldn't live with myself. no way. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): 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 ques...

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): now tina tried to get eric out of the car. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): eric pulled over and got out, and tina hopped in the driver's seat. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): and 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. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): eric was arrested and charged with pegye's murder. 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. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): but tw...