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That i've known in the past. maybe you don't like your wife, or maybe you do. he leaves in september of 2004-- never, ever contacts her again. he's got a brother, neil, who he's very close to-- never, ever contacts him again. so that's what we're dealing with. rob stafford: it must have been exhilarating at first using fake names and covering your tracks like a character in some spy novel, but in all pulp fiction stories, there comes a time and place where a woman enters the story, and carefully wrought plans begin to crumble. for the man calling himself mark stern, the place was courmayeur, a...

He said his wife wanted all these things. exactly. he laughed about her. he laughed about her? yeah. rob stafford: monica says mark stern told her that he was a stockbroker from new york who'd made a lot of money, but now only wanted to live a peaceful life. monica: and he told me, my life was really, really, really, really, really stress. and now, so i'm here. i enjoy here, and so i found finally the quiet. and that was impressive for me, because i'm quiet. rob stafford: according to monica, her mark stern was a born romantic who knew how to sweep a girl off her feet. monica: so valentine's d...

And my friend-- you didn't believe it. yeah. i don't believe it. rob stafford: a quick internet search confirmed the dimensions of a lie that left her dazzled and undone. her lover, mark stern, was actually mark weinberger, an international fugitive, and he was apparently capable of anything. monica: first thing, ok, i go to the carabinieri, to the police. i know where he is. i'm sorry, mark, but-- you need to tell the truth. exactly. buzz: i think that was a very tortuous decision, but i think at the end of the day, she felt she had an obligation. i give her a tremendous amount of credit. she...

Philosophy-loving fugitive doctor from america. philosophy, after all, had always been a pet passion of mark weinberger's, but that tidbit meant nothing to monica specogna. she'd never even heard of mark weinberger. all she knew was that this man, this mark stern loved her. monica: from the first day, was a really good man with me, with me, with my people, my family, with my friends, was a good man. for me, was a good man. rob stafford: in the spring of 2009, monica says she and mark took a grueling bike trip through alpine passes to switzerland. monica says it was in the swiss village of grin...

A name for himself in the alps. to her, it seemed crazy, but writer, buzz bissinger, says monica's mark stern was actually behaving true to form. buzz: i think when he decided, i'm living this philosophical, ascetic monk-like life, i have to do it big time. i'm going to go to the mountain, and i'm going to live up to my butt in snow in 15-degree below weather and prove my manhood, unlike anyone else has ever proven it. it makes perfect sense to me, because that's exactly what a narcissist does. mark: so this is base camp. rob stafford: monica recorded this video of her boyfriend's mountain cam...