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Them off, a team of police officers set out on a cross-country trek to a remote area near the swiss border. >> in the distance, we could see a man walking around a tent. >> did he seem startled to see you? >> yes. >> and what does he say? >> there were not wearing the uniform. they approached, asking him, what are you doing here? he answered, i want to live a quiet life. >> i want to live a quiet life. >> yeah. they asked him, who are you? he answered, my name is mark weinberger. >> and that was...

>> a customer. >> yeah. he came to bring milk, bananas, some cheese. >> he was buying milk, banana, cheese from you. >> yeah. >> monica spaconi, a transsexual, had recently had an operation to become female. she said the man who walked into her store bought groceries from her more than two dozen times in the winter of 2007-2008. sometimes he paused to make small talk. >> what name did he use? >> mark stern. >> then she says she didnt see him for a while. >> in the springtime, disappear. summerti...

Clue perhaps but only for someone familiar with the life story of a certain free-spending, philosophy-loving fugitive doctor from america. philosophy, after all, had always been a pet passion of mark weinbergers. but that tidbit meant nothing to monica. she had never even heard of mark weinberger. all she knew was that this man, this mark stern, loved her. >> from the first day he was a really good man with me. with me, my family, with my friends, was a good man. for me was a good man. >> in the...

The rust belt region of northwest indiana where he made his fortune. mark weinberger was not from indiana. he didnt grow up on hoop dreams or the hope of a union job. in fact, he didnt even live here. according to this pulitzer prize winning writer who consulted with "dateline" on this story mark weinberger was a nerdy kid from a wealthy new york suburb driven by sibling rivalry to out shine his brothers. >> mark figured the way to be the apple of my parents eye is to do very well in school. he ...

>> i love you. dont forget me or dont forget the mountain. so he search to be real with me. he was i think real with me. >> its noteworthy that shortly after weinbergers capture in italy, his italian girlfriend began corresponding with his american ex via facebook. >> i was picturing a thin blonde girl who was maybe about 20, 25. i was 25 when i met him. thats what i had picture. >> monica is about the opposite of you. >> yes. we shared one thing in common. he lied to her and he lied to me. and ...

Things. >> love. >> yeah. yeah. first time with him and after i was always -- it was always good. >> monica says even in their moments of intimacy the man she knew as mark stern clammed up whenever she asked for details about his past. >> what he told me was, dont ask me my past, please. >> dont ask. >> exactly. >> still, monica says the relationship became serious enough that she introduced him to her parents, who were quite taken by this sophisticated american. >> with my parents, talked about...

About his life. >> he told me to be married and to be divorced. and to have a strange wife, asking money, money, money, money, money. mercedes first. >> he said his wife wanted all these things. >> exactly. he laughed about her. >> he laughed about her. >> yeah. >> monica says mark stern told her he was a stockbroker from new york who had made a lot of money but now only wanted to live a peaceful life. >> and he told me, my life was really, really, really stressed, and now -- and here i enjoy he...

After five years on the run, the capture of mark weinberger in the italian alps was almost anticlie mack tick. no shootouts, car chases or international intrigue. just friendly cops chatting up an amiable american over pictures, pasta and wine. >> its very italian and everything seems cool. >> any sense of what was about to happen next? >> none. no. i think they were shocked. he says he has to go to the

Monicas boyfriend and the deadbeat renter were one in the same, thanks to monica, they also knew which of three campsites he was currently using. >> she also told us mark was going to stay there for a week. >> he would be in this location for a week. >> for a week, yes. >> without her doing that, who knows if they ever would have found him? you know, its the alps. there are a lot of places to hide. >> the next day, police put a helicopter in the air to search the area. though they saw tracks in ...

How that advice could backfire at carvana, no matter what car you buy from us, you get the freedom of a 7-day return policy. this isnt some dealership test drive around the block. its better. this is seven days to put your carvana car to the test and see if it fits your life. load it up with a weeks worth of groceries. take the kiddos out for ice cream. check that it has enough wiggle room in your garage. you get the time to make sure you love it. and on the 6th day, well reach out and make sure...