josh mankiewicz (voiceover): eric bechler could barely speak. ankiewicz (voiceover): eric told the coast guard he tried to body board on the way out and said there was a pretty good swell in the ocean. eric said they stopped out here on the water to enjoy some margaritas pegye had made. and then later in the day, they decided to try the body board again, this time, on their way back to the harbor. pegye was driving. eric was being pulled on the board. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): and so pegye bechler was simply gone, maybe even within sight of the same beach that had spawned her marriage. eric seemed devastated, fearing his wife and business partner was dead. but eric's mother, linda, saw things quite differently. i was sure that they would find her, that it would all turn out well. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): not just because pegye was a strong swimmer, everyone knew that. linda knew more, a secret about her daughter-in-law. and you thought what? pegye faked her death? or disappeared deliberately? uh-huh. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): coming up,