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I'm tamron hall. with the 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 with the police, or pegye's family. but eric's best friend, what exactly did he know, and how far would he go to give 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...

But then two weeks after eric's arrest came this headline in the local paper -- "witness in murder case doubts suspect's guilt." tina had worn a wire and helped police nail eric. now she said maybe eric didn't kill pegye. >> i knew the kids had lost their mom and maybe they were going lose their dad for a long time, so i felt guilty. >> guilty that she helped jail a man she once thought she'd marry. >> he called me from jail and told me he had tried to hang himself with his sheets. >> it was eric's frantic behavior from the lockup that was enough to make you think twice. >> didn't want him to ...

Certainly not with 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? 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...

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...

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? 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. >> repor...