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As the reality of what had been done to Mary Eifford began to sink in, Robert Henderson started asking questions about Dr. Christopher Dunnch.

I said anyone with a minimal amount of training would have hesitated to go forward with the next step when they realized that they were lost.

Or could this possibly be an imposter impersonating a physician and a surgeon?

He began to investigate.

I got a copy of his picture that he had submitted with his application. And then I got a hold of Dr. Kevin Foley, who is his fellowship mentor in Memphis, Tennessee.

And did you talk to Dr. Foley?

I did. I spoke to Dr. Foley. He essentially told me that during his mentorship, he had noticed any issues with Dr. Dunnch.

Henderson couldn't understand how a surgeon this incompetent could have ever made it out of residency. He decided to double check.

I said, can I just send you a picture from his application to find out if we're dealing with the same person and make sure we don't have an imposter circulating in the community here.

And so he said, sure, so I sent him a picture.

Within minutes, Foley confirmed that the doctor in the photo was, in fact, Christopher Dunnch. He had graduated from medical school.

He had completed a residency in neurosurgery. He was a bona fide MD and a PhD.

It's an unbelievable story. Hard for me to fathom, that that's the guy that used to be my close friend and used to hang out and was my roommate.

Cooper Bailey was Chris's roommate in Memphis when he was finishing college.

Cooper knew Chris Dunnch as a smart, driven, if somewhat absent-minded friend.

You know, he was athletic and, you know, in great shape. He's a good looking guy. You know, all the girls liked him. You know, he's an excellent student.

I mean, he was just, you know, you think of you all an American guy, then that's what he was.

If Dr. Henderson had trouble believing Dunnch was a real doctor, the people who'd known him a long time, people like Cooper Bailey,

would later have trouble believing the doctor he became.

The news media has made, they make him out of yuck, he has Dr. Death. You know what? That is what he is. He's become that.

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