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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: Trouble In Paradise

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

When Pegye Bechler goes missing in a mysterious boating accident, all signs point towards her husband Eric. Without a body, the case goes cold until Eric’s new girlfriend teams up with investigators to bring the correct criminal to justice. This Reopened episode of Cold Case Files has been previously published.

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you.

0:03.3

We're bringing you double the episodes every week.

0:06.0

We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes.

0:09.9

So every Thursday, we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons.

0:15.2

Let us know which classic episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments.

0:18.8

And don't worry, we'll see you back here every Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files too.

0:23.8

Now onto the episode.

0:31.6

This episode contains descriptions of violence. Use your best judgment.

0:42.5

In 1997, Peggy Beckler and her husband Eric had been married for five years.

0:48.3

To celebrate, they took a vacation to Newport Beach in California.

0:51.9

Peggy had been a champion swimmer when she was younger and at 37, she was still athletic.

0:57.8

The couple rented a speedboat and planned to do some boogie boarding.

1:02.1

But it didn't quite turn out as they had planned.

1:04.8

On July 6th, 1997, the couple's rental boat was discovered empty, moving in circles in the water.

1:13.2

Eric Beckler was spotted floating in his life jacket drifting nearby.

1:18.7

The Coast Guard was alerted immediately.

1:31.6

The Coast Guard couldn't see Peggy anywhere. No one could. Peggy Beckler was never seen again.

1:38.1

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

1:49.7

The Orange County Sheriff's Office was notified about Peggy's disappearance.

1:53.8

And Deputy Gary Goff was the first to arrive at the scene.

1:57.6

When we arrived on scene, we saw the good Samaritan boat standing by and there was a person in the

2:03.2

water later identified as Eric Beckler. Deputy Goff took his patrol boat to where Eric was floating

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