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Criminal

Mar. 20, 2001

Convicted Killer Gets Life for Wife's Murder

SANTA ANA - Eric Bechler, convicted last month of first-degree murder after bludgeoning his wife, Pegye, to death and then dumping her body in the Pacific, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.

        SANTA ANA - Eric Bechler, convicted last month of first-degree murder after bludgeoning his wife, Pegye, to death and then dumping her body in the Pacific, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
        At his sentencing in an Orange County Superior Court Friday, Bechler, 33, shook his head from side to side as members of the victim's family took ...

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