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Rob stafford: monica says that when mark stern returned at the end of november, 2008, he told her he'd been bicycling around europe. it was then, monica says, she and that outdoorsy american began skiing together practically every day, and he began telling her stories 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. rob stafford: monica says mark stern told her that he was a stockbroker from new yo...

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 grindenwald at the foot of famed mount eiger that mark told her he wanted to spend one night on the mountain alone. monica: next morning, i bring my cycle and up the mountain to him. he come close to me with a big smile, screaming, thank you, monica, thank you, monica, thank you, monica. why, mark? because i passed the best night of my life. rob stafford: after returning to courmayeur, mo...

For an entire year. rob stafford: that september, monica says, mark set up and equipped three separate campsites in the mountains above courmayeur. really beautiful, really beautiful. rob stafford: she says he told her at after publishing that book he was writing, they would move to switzerland together and, perhaps, adopt children. mark: this is my little city i started building. rob stafford: and so as the temperatures dropped in the fall of 2009, and the snow came, the man monica knew as mark stern set to make a name for himself in the alps. to her, it seemed crazy, but writer, buzz bissing...

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 day, 2009, he arrived with this rose with a big smile. it was an amazing night. so there happen private things. you know, when-- - love. yeah. yeah. first time with him, and after, i was-- always was good. rob stafford: but 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, don't ask-- don't ask me my past...

It's not true. 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...