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Before or after i met him. you know, what i did with myself, has nothing to do with what he did. >> after seven days, the verdict. guilty of first degree murder. >> you're thrilled that the man who did it is behind bars, but nobody wins in this situation, nobody. the children now have no mother and no father. >> but the jury did not believe eric killed pegye for the money. he was found not guilty of murder for financial gain. at his sentencing, eric bechler addressed the judge, once again denying he killed pegye. >> the accident was a horrible tragedy that has befallen both of our families. as...

>> now, you know, in a movie this is where you hear the sound of gunshots. >> that would not have been good. >> in the car - with eric now behind the wheel. tina cranked up her acting skills and the tension. >> i can't live with the lie. >> tell them just tell them -- i haven't talked about it for over a year and half and you don't remember the details. >> you are making me lie and it's not easy for me. >> i'm not making you do anything you can turn me in if you want to. >> turn you in for what? >> turn me [bleep] in i don't care at this point. >> turn me in for what? >> [bleep] tell them ever...

Eric's own words. the jury heard all of them. >> nobody knows anything but you! >> barnett offered his own explanation. >> i argued that the reason he said it is to shut her up, to calm her down. in any event, the defense said -- eric never said on tape that he hit pegye. the only person who heard him say that was tina. a drug user. a woman with a fraud conviction on her record. >> without that statement, they have a lot of circumstantial evidence and a lot of what ifs, but they don't have anything that makes this a homicide. >> the defense offered another theory about pegye bechler. >> she wa...

Knows, and he-- he did her wrists and her ankles together so she was completely bent in half. he said he took the two trash bags that he had and put her body in it, and then he said he put the weights and tied it down to the rope and threw her in. >> two years after pegye vanished. a stunning confession. >> and then do you go to sleep next to a man that you believe is a killer. >> no. and-- no, actually then we have sex. and i felt like i had to do it because i think that made him feel like i was going to be quiet, and you know, that he was, i don't know, sealing the deal with me or something....

>> it was not a problem for either one of them. pegye, you know, she -- when she sets her sight on something, she's going to make it happen. and it developed really quickly, really, really, quickly. >> within a year they were married. within four years they had three beautiful kids. pegye and eric went into business together. she opened up her own physical therapy business and eric, a ed computer whiz, managed the technical side of their venture which quickly became very profitable. >> her business was doin'good. and she was happily married. >> and the happy couple was also happily spending a ...