of the search for pegye bechler.ied to remain hopeful, reality was slowly starting to set in and it was painful. >> at this point, you didn't think she was alive anymore? >> i kept thinking that she was. but, how could she, you know, with that length of time? >> reporter: unless of course what appeared today be an accident was not. the coast guard conducted a reinactment at sea to understand how pegye could have fallen off the boat. and, they couldn't do it. >> they said it just, it doesn't appear to be feasible to them given the sea conditions. >> reporter: that is when the coast guard called the orange county sheriff's office. detective shawn murphy was put on the case. >> they weren't able to duplicate close to what was alleged by eric bechler that his wife was tossed off by a rogue wave. >> reporter: if pegye's disappearance was no accident, murphy's job was to find out what did happen. they reinterviewed eric and asked him about his relationship with pegye. >> he said his marriage was good. no problems with it.