suicide? and he said, well, i called dr. webster he told me that she committed suicide. reporter: why do you have to call dr. webster for a diagnosis? reporter: the utah medical examiner s office said webster didn t have any influence over her stated cause of death, which makes what happened next even more puzzling. maybe five weeks later, i get a revised autopsy report. cause of death, undetermined. reporter: when it came back undetermined, was there an explanation? they just changed it. it has been four years since she died, her husband still wonders why his pleas for help to the staff at life tree and especially lind webster fell on deaf ears. you blame dr. webster for your wife s death? i do. to this day i regret that i did not go down there and find him.
and barely breathing. you took pictures of your wife essentially unconscious. correct. reporter: must have been hard to do. very hard. reporter: he says he tried to show the photos to dr. webster and other staff members and tried calling the clinic to vent concerns. he was shut down with staff siting patient privacy or hip pa. you weren t so much asking for information as you wanted to provide it. i said i am not asking for information and i was given the hippa excuse and thacht was the end of it. reporter: what does dr. web store have to say? despite the best efforts, not much. he did however respond to lawsuits filed against him and his clinic and denied responsibility for the deaths. we called a spokesperson. we certainly want to give them an opportunity to comment and respond. but he declined our interview so
my response to him is, my wife is addicted. reporter: about a year after that appointment, after taking his advice, carol ann bosley overdosed again, this time fatal. her story does not end there. weeks after her death, the medical examiner had ruled her death a suicide. i said why did you label it suicide? and he says well, i called dr. webster, he told me she committed suicide. why do you have to call dr. webster to get a diagnosis? shouldn t the diagnosis be based on the evidence in front of you? reporter: the utah medical examiner s office says webster didn t have any influence over the stated cause of carol ann s death, which makes what happened next even more puzzling. maybe five weeks later, i get a revised autopsy report. cause of death, undetermined. reporter: when it came back undetermined, was there an explanation? they just changed it? it s been four years since carol
management specialist who is considered a leading expert how to safely prescribe powerful painkillers including of yoids. the accusations against him are stunning, but he still has his prescription pad. reporter: you don t want to answer questions? no. reporter: why is this man walking away from our cameras, refusing to answer questions? webster is considered a leader in the field of pain management. he s president of the american academy of pain medicine. we have over 100 million americans experiencing chronic pain. reporter: he s the author of a scoring system used by doctors to distinguish painkiller addicts and the founder of this pain clinic in salt lake city. what is his reputation? his methods are incorporated into almost every single
examiner s office says webster didn t have influence over the stated cause of death, which makes what happened next more puzzling. maybe five weeks later, i get a revised autopsy report. cause of death, undetermined. reporter: when it came back undetermined, was there an explanation? they just changed it? it s been four years since carol ann bosley died. her husband still wonders why his pleas for help and lee webster fell on deaf ears. do you blame dr. webster for your wife s death? i do. to this day i regret that i did not go down there and find him. i would have pinned him to the wall, and i would have made him listen, and then i would have warned him with his life. leave my wife alone. wow, sanjay, it s clear dr.