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Talking. >> that's right. >> and that's what happened two weeks after eric's apparent confession. a neighbor called 911 after hearing yelling coming from tina's apartment. when police arrived, eric was gone but tina was angry and she still had the business card detective murphy had given her almost two years earlier. >> i grab my partner. we went out there in the middle of the night and we met up with tina. >> she told detective murphy and his partner gary jones what eric had said, a big break, yes, but not nearly enough for an arrest. remember, tina was pretty far from an ideal witness. detec...

Would he go to get proof. here again is josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." >> to detective sean murphy, it sounded more than suspicious. eric bechler taking up with a gorgeous redhead just three months after his wife was lost at sea. but murphy didn't have much more than a gnawing in his gut until his phone rang. >> we got a call from kobi's lawyer, said he wanted to arrange an interview again with kobi. >> kobi laker, eric's best friend and volleyball buddy. he told sheriff's detectives the bechler marriage was great. now he had a different story. >> eric's told me on several occasions t...

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. >> the jury did not believe eric killed pegye for the money. he was found not guilty of murder for financial gain. at his sentencing, he addressed the judge, again, denying he killed her. >> the accident was a horrible tragedy for both of our families as much as the marshals are hurting, m...

A big break, yes, but not nearly enough for an arrest. remember, teen yafs pretty far from an ideal witness. detectives knew they would need more than her word against eric's. so they asked tina -- >> are you willing to wear wire? i said, yes, that's the only way you'll get him. >> why would you turn down a guy that had bakley taken you from a terrible life and given you a great life? >> because i couldn't live with myself. i mean, no way. >> sheriff's homicide detectives -- this dinner date, tina told eric, was to get their story straight in case the cops questioned her again. tina wired up, ...

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 peggy for the money. he was found not guilty of murder for financial gain. at his sentencing, eric bechler addressed the judge, once again denying that he killed peggy. >> the accident was a horrible tragedy that has befallen both of our families. and as much as the marsha...