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Growing volatile. >> we were excited about it in a morbid kind of way because we knew it would go sideways. >> reporter: because when relationships go sideways sometimes people start talking. >> that's right. >> reporter: 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 grabbed my partner, we went out there in the middle of the night and we met up with...

Extra. with a new live-in girlfriend, eric bechler seemed to be recovering quickly from losing his wife pegye and that didn't sit well with quite a few people. certainly not the police or pegye's family. but eric's best friend, what exactly did he know and how far would he go to get proof? >> 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 arran...

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. so this -- there is no winner. >> 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 faced the judge, once again denying he killed pegye. >> the accident was a horrible tragedy for both of our families as much as the marshals are hurtin...

Detectives knew they would need more than her word against eric's. so they asked tina -- >> would i be willing to wear a wire. i said yes. that's the only way you're going to get him. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: 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 questions about eric. this dinner date, t...

Ex-commando? why? they are scared. i know this. i'm here, he's not here, you know? he's in a cell. he's watching tv now, "sex and the city" maybe, you know? >> the two inmates will have separate hearings and eric's is held first. after the charges are read, officials ask to hear his side of the story and he responds in his native dutch. >> i know him for many, many years and personally i never, never have any problem with erik. >> a short time later burack is escorted to the hearing room and his outlook is less than hopeful. >> what's going on? they want to [ bleep ] me.