the night before he vanished, mark had seemed so happy, posing for a dinner time picture with michelle and a friend. now he was gone. by midafternoon michelle was a frantic ball of nerves, clearly mark was not out jogging, as the yacht s captain had told her earlier that morning. so she demanded answers. the captain finally said, well, i m just going to tell you where he is now because you re on the brink of having a nervous breakdown. soy want you to know that he bought some kind of a present in town and he took a jet to paris to finish the present and he s going to come back by the end of the day, before the sun goes down. that story didn t surprise michelle. for the past few days, mark had been acting like a man who was planning something big. he was always running and doing something and i was kind of, like, this is our vacation. this is our time to spend together. i would rather not have some big fabulous present and just have you lay with me by the pool and not be sneakin
man i had ever met. really a prince charming? absolutely. the night before he vanished, mark had seemed so happy, posing with a dinnertime picture with michelle and a friend. now, he was gone. by mid-afternoon, michelle was a frantic ball of nerves. clearly, mark was not out jogging as the yacht captain said earlier that morning she demanded answers. the captain said, will tell you where he is now because you re on the brink of having a nervous breakdown. he bought some kind of present for you in town and took a jet to paris to finish the present and will come back by the end of the day, when the sun comes up. reporter: that story didn t surprise michelle. for the past few days, mark had been acting like man planning something big. he was always running and doing something. i said, this is our vacation, time to spend together.
company would settle, his medical license would be taken away and everything destroy. his life is flashing before his eyes? uh-huh. one of those former patients now had terminal cancer and she was suing him for not diagnosing it sooner. michelle says for mark, the malpractice suit was more than a blemish on his reputation, a blow on his vanity. although michelle assured him of her love and support she said she could feel him pulling away. i knew he was stressed about the lawsuits but felt i could help him. reporter: a few weeks later it was michelle that needed support when she suffered a miscarriage and had to be hospitalized. he promised and swore he would be there before i went under anesthesia. he in insisted he had to go to
couple couldn t see the future on this because there was so much unhappiness ahead. in three years he would be on the run somewhere in europe and she would be alone, brokenhearted and bankrupt. of course, they had no way of seeing any of this coming, not here, not on this night. new year s eve, 2002. i ve never been so happy in my whole life. my dream. farther north in indiana, one of doctor weinberger s patients, phyllis barnes could clearly see her future was looking grim. my sister went through hell. reporter: her sister said her road through hell began three months earlier when she went to see dr. weinberger. ? she had trouble catching her breath, she seemed to have sort of cold-like symptoms or bronchitis. she seemed run down. you thought it might be allergies or a cold? yeah.
for a dinner time picture with michelle and a friend. now he was gone. by midafternoon michelle was a frantic ball of nerves, clearly mark was not out jogging, as the yacht s captain had told her earlier that morning. so she demanded answers. the captain finally said, well, i m just going to tell you where he is now because you re on the brink of having a nervous breakdown. soy want you to know that he bought some kind of a present in town and he took a jet to paris to finish the present and he s going to come back by the end of the day, before the sun goes down. that story didn t surprise michelle. for the past few days, mark had been acting like a man who was planning something big. he was always running and doing something and i was kind of, like, this is our vacation. this is our time to spend