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Exactly did he know and how far would he go to get proof? here again is josh mankiewicz with "troubled waters." >> reporter: 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 kobe's lawyer, said he wanted to arrange an interview again with kobe. >> reporter: kobe laker, eric's best friend and volleyball buddy. he told sheriff's detectives that the bechler marriage was great. now he had a d...

>> reporter: now, we have set up hidden cameras at a building a few blocks from eric's house. we will arrange it so eric runs into the friendly contractor again, this time, our actor will say he needs some help and ask eric to get in his truck. so, let me get your prediction. what do you think he will do? >> i think he will help and then when it's, like, hey, can you hop in the car, i think it's gonna click with eric, you know what i'm not comfortable with that. >> eric, what's uup? >> john, remember me? >> reporter: will he walk away or fall for the trap? >> do you mind helping me out real qu...

Now he had a different story. eric's told me on several occasions that he's sick and tired of his wife. and he'd tell me that he just couldn't take it anymore, he was tired of it. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): about seven months before pegye vanished, kobi says he and eric had a conversation that kobi describes as haunting him ever since. eric asked me about what i thought of the idea of him killing his wife. and i, um-- i was shocked. i didn't know what to say. he told me, subsequently, that he was thinking of taking her out to the ocean and dumping her in a barrel. he said that when he saw th...

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. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): 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. and as much as the marshalls are hurting, my family is also hurting because i did not commit this crime. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the judge...

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...