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 jail cell, sometimes do pretty crazy things when they realize that might happen to them. >> i believe that. but not pegye. >> glenda did tell the detectives that pegye and eric were having some issues, like how pegye was busy with work and kids, while eric seemed occupied on the volleyball court. >> she just confided in me that they were having some financial troubles. because, you know, they had a pretty high lifestyle to keep up with. >> glenda

pegye called me and said what are you doing? i said well, i'm going to go down and watch dave play some volleyball on the beach. >> dave was glenda's husband. >> i asked pegye if she wanted to come down with me. and she said, absolutely. she immediately spotted eric and said who's that? >> eric bechler then in his early 20s was a walking commercial for the california beach life. >> i'm going to guess when she notices a guy playing beach volleyball, he's good-looking and in great shape. >> indeed he was. >> and handsome. >> very. he was all those things. >> and he was available. he was also eight years younger. was that a problem for either one of them? >> it was not a problem for either one of them. pegye, when she sets her sight on something, she's going to make it happen. it developed really quickly. really, really quickly. >> within a year, they were married. within four years, they have three beautiful kids. pegye and eric went into business together. she opened up her own physical therapy business and eric, a computer whiz, managed the technical side of their venture which quickly became very profitable. >> her business was do