dr. mark weinberger practiced medicine usually have all the luster of wet cotton. r and his wife, michelle, late december 2001 was just another blue skied caribbean holiday. >> it's a beautiful day here at parakay. >> it's perhaps good the happy 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. >> it could have been a n