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about pegye, at least according to linda bechler, eric's mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she disappeared. >> she stopped me on the stairway as i was leaving. and said, "i have to talk to you." she said, "i'm afraid i'm going to jail." >> according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company, but they stayed on as employees. then, just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired. amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more than a million dollars. so when linda heard pegye had vanished -- >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. >> and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye's friend glenda said no way. was peggy bechler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare over-billing?
to jail." >> according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company, but they stayed on as employees. then, just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired. amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more than a million dollars. so when linda heard pegye had vanished -- >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. >> and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye's friend glenda said no way. >> was peggy bechler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare over-billing? >> in my opinion, no. >> but if you're wrong about that -- >> uh-huh. >> -- then maybe the idea that she faked her death to escape possible prosecution for that, maybe that's a little bit more plausible. >> but white collar crime and faking your death and leaving your children and your family are two really separate issues. >> glenda said pegye adored her children and would never abandon them. >> i will say that people who have never been in the inside of a courtroom or the inside of a jail cell -- >> uh-huh. >> -- sometimes do pretty crazy things when they realize that
>> no. in our game, we don't take anyone's word for anything. we look into it. and that's what we did. >> they met with the improbably-named kobi laker, eric's best friend. and kobi backed up eric. >> they had a terrific marriage. and there was no problems whatsoever. >> but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions about pegye, at least according to linda bechler, eric's mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she disappeared. >> she stopped me on the stairway as i was leaving. and said, "i have to talk to you." she said, "i'm afraid i'm going to jail." >> according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company, but they stayed on as employees. then, just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired. amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more than a million dollars.
eric's best friend. and kobe backed up eric. >> they had a terrific marriage and there was no problems whatsoever. >> reporter: but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions about pegye. at least according to linda bechler, eric's mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she disappeared. >> she stopped me on the stairway as i was leaving and said, came up and said i have to talk to you. she said i'm afraid i'm going to jail. >> reporter: according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company but they stayed on as employees. then just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for over $1 million. so when linda heard pegye had vanished -- >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. was pegye bechler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare overbilling? >> in my opinion, no. >> reporter: but if you're wrong about that, then maybe the idea that she faked her death to escape possible prosecution for that, maybe that's a little bit more plausible. >> but white collar crime and faking your death and leaving your children and your family are two really separate issues.
were fired amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for over $1 million. so when linda heard pegye had vanished -- >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. >> reporter: and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye's friend glenda said no way. was pegye bechler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare overbilling? >> in my opinion, no. >> reporter: but if you're wrong about that, then maybe the idea that she faked her death to escape possible prosecution for that, maybe that's a little bit more plausible. >> but white collar crime and faking your death and leaving your children and your family are two really separate issues. >> reporter: glenda said pegye adored her children and would never abandon them. >> i will say that people who have never been in the inside of a courtroom or inside of a jail cell sometimes do pretty crazy
good, there was no problems with it. >> reporter: you didn't take his word for it? >> no. in our game we don't take anyone's word for anything. we look into it. that's what we did. >> reporter: they met with the improbably named kobe laker. eric's best friend. and kobe backed up eric. >> they had a terrific marriage and there was no problems whatsoever. >> reporter: but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions about pegye. at least according to linda bechler, eric's mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she disappeared. >> she stopped me on the stairway as i was leaving and said, came up and said i have to talk to you. she said i'm afraid i'm going to jail. >> reporter: according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company but they stayed on as employees. then just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for over
>> he said his marriage was good. there was no problems with it. >> you didn't take his word for it? >> no. in our game, we don't take anyone's word for anything. we look into it. and that's what we did. >> reporter: they met with the improbably-named kobi laker, eric's best friend. and kobi backed up eric. >> they had a terrific marriage. and there was no problems whatsoever. >> reporter: but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions about pegye, at least according to linda bechler, eric's mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she disappeared. >> she stopped me on the stairway as i was leaving. and said, "i have to talk to you." she said, "i'm afraid i'm going to jail." >> reporter: according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company, but they stayed on as employees. then, just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired. amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more
were fired amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more than $1 million. so when linda heard pegye had vanished -- >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was, about going to jail. >> and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye's friend, glenda, said no way. was pegye bechler capable of committing white collar crime, medicare overbilling? >> in my opinion, no. >> but if you're wrong about that, then maybe the idea that she faked her death to escape possible prosecution for that, maybe that's a little bit more plausible. >> white collar crime and faking your death and leaving your children and your family are two really separate issues. >> glenda said pegye adored her children, and would never abandon them. i will say that people who have never been in the inside of a courtroom, or the inside of a
beckler, linda's mother. she said she told her something if dfs. >> she stopped me on the stairway as he was leaving and said i have to talk to you. she said i'm afraid i'm going to jail. >> according to court documents, the couple sold their physical therapy businesses to another company. they stayed on as employees. then just four months before peggy vanished the becklers were fired amid allegations this he had overbilled medicare for more than $ 1 million when linda heard peggy had vanished. >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. >> and she wondered if peggy had somehow stabled her own disappearance. peggy's friend glenda said no way. >> was peggy beckler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare overbill? >> in my opinion no.
then, just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired. amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for more than a million dollars. so when linda heard pegye had vanished -- >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. >> reporter: and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye's friend glenda said no way. >> was peggy bechler capable of committing white collar crime? medicare over-billing? >> in my opinion, no. >> but if you're wrong about that -- >> uh-huh. >> --then maybe the idea that she faked her death to escape possible prosecution for that, maybe that's a little bit more plausible. >> but white collar crime and faking your death and leaving your children and your family are two really separate issues. >> reporter: glenda said pegye adored her children and would never abandon them. >> i will say that people who have never been in the inside of a courtroom or the inside of a jail cell --