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Maybe alive. mm-hmm, i did, because she was a fabulous swimmer. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): glenda went to the bechler house to see eric. how'd he look? hysterical a little bit. he'd been crying, and his face is red and all of those things. he looked-- he looked upset. as he should be, one would expect. (crying) she was the best-- she was the best person. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): this video from local news shows a devastated eric. it was now day two of the search for pegye. still nothing. the next day, the coast guard interviewed eric. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): eric bechler could barel...

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): 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 had an ex-boyfriend put a gun to my head. we played russian roulette between me and him. i was held over the balcony by my neck. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): 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, jus...

Josh mankiewicz (voiceover): and eric reassured tina-- she was good. she was really good. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): but the drama wasn't over. tina left the restaurant with eric, still wired up. this is where it gets really scary. so we're walking out of the car, and he says to me, let me drive. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): that was not part of the plan. we lose sight of them. now in a movie, this is where you hear the sound of gunshots. [laugh] that would not have been good. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): in the car, with eric now behind the wheel, tina cranked up her acting skills and the t...

He said i hit her over the head with a weight. >> reporter: she said he told her there was blood everywhere. then tina says eric bechler told her how he got rid of his wife. >> he just did her wrists and ankles together so she was completely bent in half. he said he took two trash bags he had, put her body in it and then he put the weights and tied it down to the rope and threw her in. >> reporter: two years after pegye vanished, a stunning confession. then you go to sleep next to a man that you believe is a killer? >> no, actually then we had sex. i felt like i had to do it because i think th...

Even so, he stuck to his story that pegye's death was a terrible accident. >> i was there. i know what happened. i tried so hard to understand that people can think anything else. >> you never said hey, look, man, i don't know what the [ bleep ] you guys are talking about. i'm innocent. you never said anything about anything. >> i have so. do i have to say it every week? >> reporter: kobe tried again. >> i protected you. i basically made you look like a saint in the interview i had with the detectives. >> reporter: a dead end. but detectives were now convinced that eric killed his wife. >> eve...