When the medical board strikes off popular Arkansas pain doctor Randeep Mann amid allegations about his practice, they also uncover a monster. He will stop at nothing to regain his practice, unleashing an explosive plot to regain power.
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00:00Big man. Big man.
00:03Dr. Mann took an oath to help people and to do no harm.
00:07Just a really nice guy.
00:09He loved that power that prescribing narcotics gave him.
00:13Just what kind of doctor are you?
00:15Anybody that would do that to girls, to women, is just evil.
00:22He was not going down without a fight. He was not going to lose his power.
00:26I could never imagine how far he could go.
00:56My family are Arkansas people.
01:02We were born and raised in Arkansas, my husband, myself.
01:06We got married in 1979, and we had one child, Ellie.
01:12Ellie loved to hunt with her dad.
01:15She loved the woods. She loved to fish.
01:19Ellie decided that she would love to be a park ranger of some type,
01:24where she could work outside.
01:27We had a fishing boat. We had all kinds of hunting gear.
01:31So it was a fun time in our lives to watch her grow from being a little girl
01:37to a young woman, growing into adulthood.
01:46January, February of 1999, we were looking to move to Russellville,
01:50and we made several trips up there, and Ellie went with us to look at some property.
01:55On one of these trips, there was an ice storm,
01:58and she fell and injured her back very severely.
02:02She needed pain medication to keep the pain at bay.
02:07We shopped around and asked for some referrals on a doctor
02:15that would help us with the pain that she was having.
02:20We went to Randeep Mann.
02:24I have my brother there.
02:26Huh?
02:26I have my brother here.
02:30Hi, Viti.
02:32Hi, Viti.
02:33My brother has been a guiding light in my life.
02:38Both of us went through public school education in India.
02:43He became a doctor.
02:44He was a successful person.
02:46And from that point on, there was no looking back.
02:49Randeep knew that his potential would not be achieved in India,
02:54and decided to move to the United States
02:56to be able to learn more,
03:00be a better doctor,
03:01and be able to help a lot more people.
03:03Well, that's the hospital there.
03:06That's where it's six, seven months or something
03:08of my residency.
03:12Heck yeah!
03:13Did you see that?
03:15At 25, he got married.
03:17About two years,
03:19about three years after he moved to the United States,
03:21he was blessed with a son.
03:23Another two years later,
03:24a daughter,
03:25and three years later,
03:26another daughter.
03:28Randeep is very much a family person.
03:31For him,
03:32it's family is everything.
03:34Another view from our new apartment.
03:36Randeep wanted to live the American dream.
03:39It's pretty good.
03:40And that was the reason
03:42why he decided to go to the United States.
03:44And I'm just going to get a panoramic view from here.
03:53As you can see,
03:55there's a lot of greenery in this state,
03:57but only now that the summers have eased off.
04:00Emergency medicine was his calling,
04:04and he was very good at it.
04:06It was a passion for him.
04:08He always strove to be the best.
04:10Big man.
04:12Big man.
04:13His whole life was practicing medicine.
04:16He said he went into medicine
04:18to give back to the community.
04:20He held a number of jobs
04:22at major hospitals in the country.
04:24John Hopkins, Mount Sinai in Wisconsin.
04:29His patients were from almost every walk of life.
04:33He was loved.
04:34He was looked up to,
04:36and he was revered by his patients.
04:38I like to send that.
04:40I want to mail this tape to you
04:41before we finish it, actually.
04:45Come here soon, dad.
04:47I think it is great.
04:49He used to send us videos of his life
04:52in the United States,
04:53and it was awesome to see
04:55him and the family grow.
05:01My brother was earning good money.
05:04He had bought a number of cars,
05:06a nice house.
05:09I like my new bike.
05:10He cherished the American dream.
05:13He lived the American dream.
05:15It's my new bike.
05:19I think a lot of physicians,
05:23and I think it's my new bike.
05:24I think it's my new bike.
05:25In 1998, Dr. Mann had a motorcycle accident
05:29and injured his back.
05:31That resulted in him being unable to practice
05:34in the emergency room
05:36because you're supposed to be able to stand
05:38for long periods of time.
05:40He decided that he wanted to change
05:44the persona of Dr. Mann.
05:46I think a lot of physicians
05:49are inspired by things
05:51that happened to them personally.
05:53I think having a chronic pain injury
05:55gave Dr. Mann a little more empathy
05:57to what other people
05:58might be going through themselves.
06:03He decided he was going to move
06:06to Russellville
06:07and start his own practice here.
06:10It was a tough decision for him,
06:14but he felt that it was time
06:16to make the change.
06:18And the next best thing
06:19to the emergency room
06:20was to have his own practice.
06:23It was like starting life all over again.
06:26It was not a choice for him.
06:27He had to make it.
06:29He did some general medicine,
06:30but then he progressed strongly
06:32into prescribing pain medications,
06:35opiates,
06:35and that became, at the time,
06:37his predominant practice.
06:39There was an opportunity there
06:41in Russellville for him
06:42to practice and do well
06:45and help that community.
06:50In Russellville,
06:51if you said Dr. Mann
06:53or Randeep Mann,
06:54a lot of people knew who he was.
06:57Several other people had said
06:58that they had been to Dr. Mann's office,
07:01and they were impressed
07:03with him as their doctor.
07:05Very quickly,
07:06his roster of patients
07:08began to grow
07:09really large.
07:12If you had an appointment with him,
07:14the waiting room
07:15would be completely packed,
07:18and there'd be people
07:18standing up outside
07:19waiting to see him.
07:22He would visit patients
07:2424-7.
07:27His clinic often went
07:28much later in the evening.
07:30That was just, I guess,
07:30his work mode
07:31that he wanted to do.
07:35He seemed very personable
07:38and kind.
07:40He came across
07:40as a very caring doctor,
07:43and I trusted him.
07:45He was just really nice.
07:48Made you feel comfortable
07:49around him,
07:50safe,
07:51and he was very accommodating.
07:53Dr. Mann would let you
07:55pay out your office visit fee.
07:57So, say it was $50,
07:58you couldn't pay $50
07:59all at once
08:00to go see him.
08:01He would let you pay
08:02like maybe $20.
08:04Yeah,
08:05just really nice guy.
08:07I made an appointment
08:08and we went to see him.
08:10He was very casual.
08:13If you had passed him
08:13on the street
08:14or in the grocery store,
08:15you would not know
08:16that he was a doctor.
08:17Even the staff,
08:19they just wore street clothes.
08:22He met us in his office.
08:24He directed most of his questions
08:27to Ellie
08:27because she was the patient.
08:30He told us
08:31that he'd had an injury
08:32and he injured his back
08:33and he understood
08:34the pain that comes along
08:36with that
08:36when you want to continue.
08:38He offered himself,
08:40anytime that you need me,
08:41you call.
08:42I'm available after hours.
08:45If you're having pain,
08:46if you're having a problem,
08:47you call me.
08:48I'll take care of my patients.
08:50And it looked like,
08:52you know,
08:52this is good
08:53that he's working with her.
08:56I could see the progress.
08:58She was getting there.
08:59But as time progressed,
09:12Ellie was less maybe alert
09:16as she should have been
09:17and she slept longer hours.
09:21Her symptoms suggested
09:23something was badly wrong.
09:24I got the prescriptions
09:28and man had increased the dosage.
09:32I looked up the hydrocodone.
09:36The very first sentence
09:38was how addictive
09:40this pain medicine was
09:42and that patients
09:44who have had addiction problems
09:47in the past
09:48should not be taking this.
09:51when Ellie was finishing
09:59ninth grade,
10:01Leo and I noticed
10:02a change in her personality
10:04and communication
10:06that was distant
10:08and secretive.
10:10So then we had
10:11our sit down with her.
10:14She did confess
10:16that she had used hard drugs,
10:18that she had injected heroin
10:20and she had done it
10:20with a group of friends
10:22and she had done it
10:23when she was alone
10:24in her bedroom.
10:26I felt just overwhelmed
10:28being the parent
10:29and thinking
10:30this is up to me
10:32to help her.
10:35We knew we had
10:36to do something.
10:37Obviously,
10:38she needed rehab.
10:41I think it was
10:41the very next day
10:43she went into
10:44an inpatient program.
10:47Addiction is a lifelong
10:49struggle for people.
10:51Anyone who's had
10:52an addiction problem
10:52and overcome it,
10:54even if they're
10:55five years sober,
10:56they still realize
10:57it can re-trigger.
10:59You always ask a patient
11:00before you're going to give
11:01any kind of chronic
11:01pain medication
11:02what their background
11:04history is
11:04with other drugs
11:05if they had a substance
11:06problem in the past.
11:09Dr. Ban prescribes
11:11Ellie two addictive drugs,
11:13Xanax and Hydrocodone,
11:14knowing she had
11:14an addiction history.
11:15After educating myself
11:19on Hydrocodone
11:21and the amount
11:22that man was given her,
11:25that was the very first
11:27big indication
11:29that man was not
11:31treating Ellie
11:32with good medicine.
11:36A doctor can prescribe
11:38a medicine
11:39if the patient
11:40so decides
11:41that they will abuse
11:43what they have
11:44should the doctor
11:45be held responsible
11:46for it.
11:47I called,
11:49I sent faxes,
11:50I want to make
11:50an appointment,
11:51I want to talk to you
11:52about what you're
11:54prescribing Ellie.
11:56In his office,
11:58they did not respond
11:59to me at all,
12:00never.
12:01I'm mad,
12:02I'm confused,
12:03I'm worried,
12:05just what kind
12:05of doctor are you?
12:06It's devastating.
12:09Your lifeline's gone.
12:11You thought that
12:12I'm doing the right thing,
12:13this is a doctor
12:14and he's going to help us
12:16and then he doesn't.
12:19To look at him,
12:20you'd never know
12:21what was going on inside.
12:22I could never imagine
12:24how far he could go.
12:26My brother expanded
12:35his practice
12:36to seven days a week.
12:38He would see anyone
12:39and everyone
12:39without any ulterior motive.
12:42He was one of the most
12:43successful doctors
12:44in the area.
12:46I would say
12:47even in a hundred mile radius.
12:50I think most people
12:51who go into medicine,
12:52it is to help people.
12:53He had a strong reputation
12:55and had developed
12:56a very large practice.
12:58My brother,
12:59he had thousands of patients.
13:01He made a lot of money
13:02but that was not
13:03his primary motivation.
13:05And when it came to
13:06spending on himself,
13:08there were only two things.
13:10It was either cars
13:11or guns.
13:13This is my
13:15Galileo rifle.
13:17This is we keep
13:17all our swing cars in here.
13:19This is the fun guy.
13:25We had everything
13:28from a Lamborghini,
13:30Benz,
13:31Porsche,
13:32Supra,
13:33Viper,
13:34Lexus,
13:35Narek 7,
13:36Ford GTs,
13:37Maxima,
13:38Shelby Cobra,
13:42Lexus with the boots on it.
13:46That's that.
13:47We had a trip planned.
13:52Ellie and a cousin
13:54were going to watch
13:55the apartments
13:55while we were gone.
13:57We landed in Las Vegas
13:59and as soon as we got
14:01off the plane,
14:02my phone rang.
14:05Leo was right beside me
14:06and I said,
14:06this is a cousin
14:08and I think you need
14:09to talk to him.
14:11And I couldn't hear
14:12what Leo was saying
14:12but I knew
14:13it was not good.
14:17He walks over
14:18and, you know,
14:20he's teared up
14:22and crying
14:22and tells me.
14:26They found Ellie
14:27in our apartment
14:28and she had passed away.
14:32We lost Ellie that day.
14:35You know,
14:43a widow is a woman
14:44who's lost a husband
14:45and a widower
14:46is a man
14:49lost his wife
14:50but
14:51there's not a word
14:55for us.
14:57I don't know
14:57what it would be
14:58but
14:59I think your heart
15:03actually breaks
15:05something it does.
15:06I know it's
15:07empty
15:09so
15:10A toxicology report
15:16reveals she has
15:17a lethal dose
15:19of opioids
15:20in her bloodstream,
15:22specifically
15:22hydrocodone.
15:25Over the next few months
15:27the coroner notices
15:28an increase
15:29of overdose deaths
15:32in the community.
15:33We began to question
15:36the amount of pain
15:37medications
15:37that were being prescribed.
15:39We didn't know
15:39why they were getting
15:40prescribed
15:41in the ways
15:41they were getting
15:42prescribed.
15:44Investigators who
15:45look into these deaths
15:47collected evidence
15:48and noticed a pattern.
15:51A lot of the
15:52prescription bottles
15:53lead back to
15:54Dr. Mann.
15:56We saw that
15:57throughout the country
15:58during that time
15:59in particular.
16:00a lot of doctors
16:01found themselves
16:02making very quick money,
16:03a lot of cash money
16:04people would pay
16:05and they developed
16:07large patient followings.
16:13I had the grief.
16:14Oh wait.
16:14The great one.
16:16I don't have to say that.
16:18I have to do it for the drama.
16:20My sister,
16:20Shelly,
16:21had just graduated
16:22high school
16:22when she first
16:24went to see Dr. Mann.
16:25Okay,
16:26this is interesting.
16:27What's one, Shelly?
16:27Sit on the couch.
16:28Shelly was a very bright,
16:32talented child.
16:33She was a straight-A student.
16:35She played in
16:36the high school band.
16:37She was on the drill team.
16:39She was in acting classes.
16:41She loved public speaking.
16:43She was just
16:43full of potential.
16:45Do a couple model walks
16:47or something.
16:47Yeah, I don't know.
16:49That'll do that.
16:52Okay.
16:54I just want to go to bed.
16:56No, don't go to bed.
16:57Shelly was very sweet,
16:59very innocent,
17:00got out of trouble
17:02a lot,
17:03got me into trouble a lot.
17:05I got into trouble
17:06with her
17:07because she would
17:08push my buttons.
17:10When Shelly was
17:11between 14 and 15,
17:13our parents got divorced.
17:14It was a pretty gnarly divorce.
17:17So for Shelly,
17:19that divorce really
17:20shook her foundation.
17:22I think it affected her
17:23a lot stronger
17:24than it did me.
17:25She started
17:33partying more
17:35and started drinking.
17:38She started experimenting
17:39with party drugs.
17:41But I just assumed
17:43that she was going
17:43through a phase
17:44like most teenagers do
17:47and that she'll
17:47grow out of it.
17:48But soon,
17:49it was obvious
17:50that she had
17:52an addiction problem.
17:55She did go
17:56into rehab several times,
17:58but it just never stuck.
18:00As soon as things
18:01in life got difficult,
18:04she would go back
18:05to taking drugs,
18:07drinking.
18:10Shelly found out
18:11from her friends
18:13that it was easy
18:15to get pain medication
18:16from him.
18:17So Shelly began
18:18to see Dr. Mann
18:20and he would
18:21prescribe her
18:22pain medication.
18:25Shelly has a drug problem
18:26and that's a medical problem
18:28in my opinion.
18:30Dr. Mann has a responsibility
18:31if he's going to
18:32prescribe opiates
18:33to set those boundaries
18:35and hold the patient
18:36accountable
18:37to the rate of use.
18:39To me,
18:39if they can't control
18:40that rate of use,
18:41he has an obligation
18:42to address that,
18:44either getting him
18:44to a proper rehab facility
18:46or simply saying
18:47we've got to lower this down.
18:55On May 30, 2002,
18:57my mother found Shelly
19:00in her bed unconscious.
19:01She couldn't wake her up.
19:06I was in shock
19:07and I was scared to death
19:09that I was going to lose
19:11my little sister.
19:14And I felt powerless.
19:19The police came,
19:21went through her purse
19:21to see what she could have
19:23possibly taken
19:24to cause her
19:25to be unconscious.
19:26And there were so many
19:27pill bottles in her purse.
19:29It's a wonder
19:29that she didn't die
19:31in her sleep.
19:33They found Demerol.
19:35So she was arrested
19:37and the judge ordered her
19:39to go to rehab.
19:41Demerol is a synthetic opiate.
19:44Giving Demerol typically
19:45is only done
19:46either in an urgent care situation
19:48or if you're doing
19:50a painful procedure.
19:52As far as I'm aware,
19:53the only person
19:54she could have gotten
19:55something like that from
19:57was Dr. Mann.
19:59What kind of doctor is that?
20:00It's not a doctor
20:01that's a drug dealer.
20:03The power that a doctor
20:05has when he becomes
20:06a drug dealer
20:06is no different
20:07than a pimp
20:08who sends their
20:09prostitutes out
20:10to make money.
20:11I think Dr. Mann
20:13put himself
20:13in the same category
20:14as a drug dealer.
20:17I don't think he intentionally
20:17wanted to kill anybody,
20:18but he didn't care
20:19if someone died
20:20if he was prescribing.
20:21I think that was
20:21not a concern to his.
20:24He had a great facade.
20:27Absolutely great facade.
20:28But I really didn't know
20:30what was going on underneath.
20:32Psychopaths or sociopaths
20:34are really good at the mask.
20:37It's an art.
20:38They craft their persona.
20:40When she was questioned
20:43by the police,
20:44they asked her
20:45how she was getting
20:46so many prescriptions
20:47from her doctor.
20:49She said,
20:50I don't need health insurance.
20:51I go in every two weeks.
20:53I get a prescription.
20:55She then tells the police
20:57that they are trading
20:59sexual favors for drugs.
21:01Shelly told detectives
21:12that she would go
21:13into the clinic
21:13at the end of the day
21:15and Dr. Mann
21:16would give her
21:17a shot of Demerol
21:18and they would have sex.
21:23And Dr. Mann
21:24would give her
21:24more prescription pills.
21:26That kind of abuse
21:32of power
21:33is just
21:34sick and twisted.
21:37Anybody that would
21:38do that
21:39to girls,
21:41to women,
21:42is just
21:43evil.
21:47There were accusations
21:49of an inappropriate
21:50sexual relationship
21:51between Dr. Mann
21:52and multiple patients.
21:53Was he power hungry?
21:55Did he like
21:56having control
21:58and power
21:59over vulnerable people?
22:01Did that make him
22:02feel more
22:03of a man?
22:05I don't know.
22:07My brother
22:08is a very good person
22:11by heart.
22:13Very professional person
22:14as a doctor.
22:16Anyone can accuse
22:17anyone of anything.
22:20But are they true?
22:21These are just
22:23acquisitions.
22:25The power
22:26to take his patients
22:27pain away
22:28was in his hands.
22:29You had a clinic
22:30full of drug-dependent
22:32and some addicted patients.
22:34And that's a pretty
22:34powerful thing
22:35to have over somebody.
22:37I know that he was
22:38making quite a bit
22:39of money
22:40off of all
22:41of these people.
22:42From a law enforcement
22:43standpoint,
22:44it was an anticipation
22:46of what's next.
22:49Detectives
22:50asked Shelly
22:51to wear a wire
22:52to get evidence
22:53for this case,
22:55but Shelly
22:56refuses to do so.
22:58Dr. Mann
22:59had the position
23:00of power,
23:01and it is embarrassing
23:03for a lot of women
23:03to step forward
23:04and say,
23:04this is what I did
23:05or what I became
23:06under the influence
23:07of these drugs.
23:08He was
23:09their provider.
23:11If they went
23:12against Dr. Mann,
23:14then they would
23:14no longer be able
23:15to get the drugs
23:16that they wanted,
23:17that they were addicted
23:18to,
23:18that he got them
23:19addicted to.
23:25Detectives
23:25tried to investigate
23:27Dr. Mann's
23:28medical clinic,
23:29but Dr. Mann's
23:30able to hire
23:32some of the best
23:32attorneys in Arkansas
23:34to defend him.
23:36To me,
23:37when a doctor
23:37doesn't want
23:38their clinic searched,
23:39it's kind of a red flag
23:40because it's the easiest thing.
23:43You want to come
23:44search my clinic?
23:45Okay.
23:45I mean,
23:45if there's nothing there,
23:47there's nothing there.
23:47Why the concern?
23:50The police aspect
23:51of the case
23:52against him
23:53just stalls.
24:03I was on the
24:04pain committee
24:05for the state
24:05medical board.
24:08In the interview process,
24:10Shelly said
24:11that she was
24:11exchanging sex
24:13for drugs.
24:15Dr. Mann acknowledged
24:16the complaints
24:16but said clearly
24:17he wasn't doing
24:18anything wrong,
24:19denied any
24:20inappropriate sexual
24:22contact with a patient.
24:23He said
24:24that the allegations
24:25of sex
24:27for drugs,
24:27he just,
24:28he flat out denied
24:29those completely,
24:29that they were not true.
24:30I wanted to be there.
24:41I wanted to hear
24:42him.
24:43I wanted to hear
24:44his answers.
24:46I wanted
24:46some justice.
24:48I wanted him
24:49and whoever else
24:50to be accountable
24:52for Ellie.
24:53So he's trying
24:56to fight
24:56and preserve
24:57his reputation
24:58at that point.
24:59We're not far
25:00apart
25:01from each other,
25:02maybe six feet,
25:04and he was getting
25:06carried away
25:07being questioned,
25:09and he just
25:10sneered at me.
25:12I'm stunned.
25:14They were not
25:15interested
25:16in what he had
25:17to say.
25:18They wanted
25:18to cut him
25:19down to size.
25:20People took advantage
25:21of my brother
25:22all his life,
25:24but it did not matter.
25:25If you wanted
25:26to steal from him,
25:28he would fight
25:28to the last.
25:30He's not going
25:31to be told
25:31that he's doing
25:32anything wrong.
25:33There's obviously
25:33that kind of arrogance
25:34that goes with it,
25:35and he's going
25:36to protect
25:36his business interests
25:38by pushing back
25:39on anyone
25:40who would dare
25:41come after him.
25:44of those 22 patients,
25:53nine overdosed
25:54and five had died.
25:57They were able
25:57to suspend
25:58his DEA license.
25:59He could still work
26:00in some extent,
26:01but he could not
26:02prescribe any narcotics.
26:05When Dr. Mann's
26:06licenses pulled,
26:08the overdose deaths
26:10in the area fall.
26:12There was a direct
26:13correlation,
26:13between license
26:15suspension
26:15and lessening
26:17of the opioid deaths
26:18that were occurring.
26:21Dr. Mann wanted
26:23his DEA license back.
26:25He wanted to go back
26:25to doing exactly
26:26what he was doing.
26:27I think that he didn't
26:28want to give that up.
26:29I think showed
26:30that he loved that power
26:31that prescribing narcotics
26:33gave him
26:33over these patients.
26:35At that point,
26:36he files lawsuits
26:38at every angle
26:38saying it was discrimination.
26:40the people of Arkansas
26:41are very welcoming people.
26:43That was not the issue,
26:45but he's able
26:46to make that argument
26:46and win.
26:49So, not quite a year later,
26:53July 2004,
26:54he gets his DEA license back.
26:58I'm just stupefied
26:59and dumbfounded.
27:00Like, how could anybody
27:02think that this man
27:04would be responsible
27:04with that license?
27:06I'm worried about my sister
27:07going back to see him,
27:09having access to more drugs.
27:12Dr. Mann,
27:14he's more popular than ever.
27:15he got basically
27:16free advertising
27:17from the publicity
27:17of his license
27:18being suspended.
27:20The patients were coming
27:21from all over the state
27:22to see Dr. Mann.
27:25But within two
27:27or three months,
27:29the patterns
27:30start emerging again
27:32with people overdosing
27:34and deaths.
27:37A lot of these patients
27:37didn't have the drug tolerance
27:38they had
27:39prior to him losing
27:40his license.
27:41They go back
27:42taking their usual dose
27:43and it's killing them.
27:45Shelly went to visit my mother.
27:52There was some kind
27:53of argument
27:53and Shelly punched
27:55my mother in the face.
27:58This is not
28:00normal behavior.
28:02The police came.
28:05They went through her purse
28:07to see what she might
28:09possibly have taken.
28:11They found
28:12so many prescription bottles
28:14in Shelly's purse
28:16that they actually
28:17charged her
28:18with intent
28:18to sell.
28:20She was arrested
28:21and went to jail.
28:23This is how many prescriptions
28:24Dr. Mann
28:25was writing her.
28:26When I found out
28:27that Shelly
28:28was going to jail,
28:30I honestly
28:31was relieved.
28:32This would give her
28:33a chance,
28:34a chance to get sober.
28:35When Shelly
28:47got out of prison,
28:49she seemed
28:49to be
28:50doing so much better.
28:52She was working,
28:54she had her own apartment,
28:55things were looking
28:56hopeful.
28:57I think she really
29:01did try
29:02to stay sober.
29:04But as soon
29:05as things
29:05got difficult,
29:07it was just
29:09all too easy
29:10to convince
29:11a doctor
29:12and get a prescription.
29:14And that's
29:15what happened.
29:17At this point,
29:18I'm literally
29:19scared for her life.
29:20It's gotten
29:21out of control.
29:22I'm scared
29:23I'm going to lose
29:24my baby sister.
29:27I got
29:33the phone call
29:34that I had
29:35been dreading.
29:37Shelly was
29:37in the hospital
29:38and she had
29:39OD'd.
29:40And it was
29:41bad.
29:42So bad
29:42that I need
29:43to come now.
29:46Upon arriving,
29:47she was unconscious
29:48and they said
29:49to say your
29:50goodbyes.
29:51There was nothing
29:52more that they
29:52could do for her
29:53and this was it.
29:55This was it.
29:56so we had
29:58time to say
29:59goodbye.
30:01That's one of
30:02the hardest
30:02days of my life.
30:05Losing my sister.
30:08And I told
30:08Shelly,
30:09you know,
30:09I love you.
30:10We're going to
30:11let you go now.
30:13I'll see you soon.
30:15And she was gone.
30:16Shelly was only 24
30:26when she died.
30:28I have a daughter
30:28who's 22 now.
30:30I think about
30:31she's not much
30:33younger than Shelly
30:33was.
30:35It's just hard
30:36to imagine that.
30:37Which is
30:38light enough.
30:40She was just a baby.
30:41She had her whole
30:41life ahead of her.
30:42You got
30:48responsible people
30:50who love
30:50their relatives,
30:52their friends,
30:53who see these
30:53overdoses.
30:54They want it
30:55stopped.
30:56They're sending
30:56more complaints
30:57back to the
30:57medical board
30:58saying,
30:59you got to
31:01stop this.
31:01You know,
31:02you did for a
31:02period of time
31:03and now he's
31:03back.
31:04This needs to
31:04stop before
31:05he kills
31:05somebody else.
31:06Dr. Mann
31:16has his
31:16license back.
31:17More overdose
31:18deaths are
31:19occurring and
31:20we're getting
31:21more and more
31:21complaints about
31:22his practice.
31:23We knew we
31:24needed to
31:24stop his
31:24clinic.
31:25We needed to
31:26stop Dr. Mann
31:26as quickly as
31:27we could before
31:28more people got
31:29killed.
31:29The
31:36allegations are
31:37exactly the
31:38same allegations,
31:39just different
31:39people this
31:40time.
31:41Overdose,
31:41deaths,
31:42nothing's
31:43changed.
31:44At that
31:45time,
31:45Dr.
31:46Pierce was
31:47the head of
31:47the Arkansas
31:48State Medical
31:48Board.
31:49He was the
31:49chairman.
31:51Dr. Pierce
31:52told Dr. Mann
31:53very forthrightly
31:54that he's been
31:55in practice
31:55for 18 years
31:57and has not
31:57had a single
31:57accidental overdose
31:58of his
31:59patients.
31:59And that
32:00what Dr. Mann
32:01was doing
32:02was not
32:02considered
32:03the practice
32:03of medicine.
32:06I know my
32:07brother and
32:08I know what
32:08he's capable
32:09of.
32:11The last
32:11thing you
32:12would do
32:12would be
32:13to jeopardize
32:14the profession
32:16he loves
32:16and jeopardize
32:18the life
32:20of his
32:21patients.
32:25At that
32:26point,
32:26the Arkansas
32:26State Medical
32:27Board suspended
32:27Dr. Mann's
32:28medical license
32:29all together
32:30actually shuts
32:31down his
32:31clinic,
32:32shuts down
32:32his revenue
32:33source.
32:35I was happy
32:36and very
32:37relieved when
32:38his license
32:38was taken
32:39away,
32:39but, you
32:40know,
32:40that doesn't
32:41make up
32:42for the
32:43devastation
32:44that was
32:44left, you
32:45know,
32:45in his
32:45path.
32:47The blow
32:48to Dr. Mann's
32:49ego was
32:50significant.
32:52Dr. Pierce,
32:53the chairman
32:53of the
32:53medical board
32:54had taken
32:56all the
32:57power
32:57away from
32:58Mann.
32:59He was
32:59angry about
32:59it.
33:00There was
33:00no humility
33:01to him.
33:02He took
33:02it very
33:02personally.
33:05Dr. Mann
33:05thought the
33:06decision
33:06of the
33:07board
33:07was a
33:08hostile
33:09act.
33:14On the
33:14morning of
33:15February 4th,
33:162009,
33:17Dr. Trent
33:17Pierce was
33:18leaving his
33:19home,
33:20heading out
33:20to his
33:20vehicle.
33:22He's going
33:23to work,
33:23take care of
33:23his patients
33:24and goes
33:25out to
33:25his car.
33:27Dr. Pierce
33:28noticed a
33:29spare tire
33:29blocking
33:30his vehicle.
33:40This
33:40most
33:41horrific
33:42thing
33:42happens
33:43and it
33:43changes
33:43his
33:44life.
33:48Dr. Pierce's
33:50wife
33:50sees her
33:51husband
33:52just
33:53sitting
33:54there
33:54with
33:54his
33:55eye
33:55out
33:56of
33:56his
33:56socket,
33:57bloody,
33:58his
33:58clothes
33:59are
33:59burned
33:59off.
34:00The
34:00shock
34:01she
34:01must
34:01have
34:02felt
34:02was
34:02there
34:03are
34:03no
34:04words
34:04for
34:04that.
34:05This
34:06was
34:06crazy
34:06news
34:07to
34:07me.
34:07This
34:08is
34:08not
34:08something
34:08that
34:09happens
34:09every
34:09day
34:10around
34:10here.
34:11A
34:11bomb?
34:13What
34:13is
34:13going
34:13on?
34:16The
34:17local
34:17police
34:18responded
34:18as
34:19well
34:19as
34:19agents
34:20from
34:20the
34:20ATF.
34:21The
34:21investigators
34:21when they
34:22arrived
34:22on scene
34:23realized
34:24that the
34:24explosion
34:24occurred
34:25outside
34:25of the
34:26vehicle
34:26itself.
34:27They
34:28found
34:28parts
34:29of the
34:29spare
34:29tire,
34:30a
34:30string
34:31attached
34:31to the
34:31spare
34:31tire,
34:32and
34:33then
34:33upon
34:33closer
34:34investigation
34:35they
34:36found
34:36the
34:36other
34:36end
34:37of
34:37the
34:37strings
34:37attached
34:37to
34:38a
34:39hand
34:39grenade.
34:40And
34:41a
34:41grenade
34:41is
34:42not
34:42designed
34:42to
34:43maim,
34:43it's
34:43designed
34:44to
34:44kill.
34:45We
34:45knew
34:45at
34:45that
34:45point
34:46it
34:46was
34:46an
34:46intentional
34:47act
34:47and
34:48it
34:48was
34:48designed
34:48to
34:49cause
34:49death
34:50to
34:50Dr.
34:50Pierce.
34:54They
34:54immediately
34:55got him
34:55up and
34:56they
34:56started
34:56with
34:57the
34:57abdominal
34:57surgery.
34:58They
34:58removed
34:59the
34:59shrapnel
35:00in his
35:01intestine.
35:03Miraculously,
35:04Dr. Pierce
35:05survives,
35:06but he
35:06has broken
35:07bones,
35:08loss of the
35:09left eye,
35:10burns
35:11over 18%
35:12of his
35:12body.
35:14I don't
35:14know how
35:15it didn't
35:15kill him.
35:16I mean,
35:16he's lucky.
35:17It's
35:17amazing that
35:19he survived.
35:20I mean,
35:21that was
35:21definitely
35:21intent
35:22to kill.
35:24I mean,
35:24it's just
35:24no two ways
35:24around.
35:25That wasn't
35:25like a
35:26scare tactic.
35:28It wasn't
35:28a firecracker.
35:30It was a
35:30grenade.
35:31The
35:32family is
35:32concentrating
35:33on his
35:33recovery,
35:34but Ferguson
35:35can't help
35:35but wonder
35:36why his
35:36prominent
35:37friend and
35:38neighbor,
35:38chairman of
35:39the Arkansas
35:39State Medical
35:40Board,
35:40would be
35:41victim to
35:42an intentional
35:42explosion.
35:43Is there
35:44a decision
35:45that he's
35:45been involved
35:46with that
35:46someone was
35:47unhappy with?
35:50I was in
35:51town,
35:52I was in
35:52Russellville,
35:53when I heard
35:54the news
35:54about the
35:55attempted
35:56murder,
35:57and I said,
35:59man did
35:59that.
36:01It was
36:02nobody else
36:03that would
36:04have done
36:04that.
36:05It was
36:05him.
36:09You know,
36:10if there
36:11was ever
36:11any doubt
36:12in your
36:12mind,
36:12is Dr.
36:13Man crazy
36:14or not,
36:16this should
36:16prove to
36:18you that
36:18he is
36:18absolutely
36:19crazy.
36:20Normal,
36:21sane people
36:22don't go
36:22trying to
36:22blow other
36:23people up.
36:23we felt
36:30the need
36:30to go
36:31pay a
36:31visit
36:31to
36:31Dr.
36:32Man,
36:32and he
36:33was very
36:34pleasant.
36:35Didn't show a
36:36deep concern
36:36for what
36:37happened.
36:38He was more
36:39interested in
36:40showing the
36:41investigators
36:41some of his
36:43prized possessions,
36:44his firearms.
36:44We asked
36:47him about
36:48where he
36:48was at
36:49the time
36:49of the
36:49explosion
36:50and prior
36:50to that,
36:51and he
36:52denied
36:52being in
36:53West Memphis.
36:55For the
36:56morning of
36:56the bombing
36:57itself,
36:57Dr.
36:57Man said
36:58he was
36:58at home
36:59with his
36:59wife
37:00and had
37:01not left
37:02the house
37:02that morning.
37:03And we
37:04never could
37:04place Dr.
37:05Man at
37:05the scene
37:06of Dr.
37:06Pierce's
37:07home.
37:08We had
37:08no evidence
37:09at that
37:09time to
37:10think
37:11Dr.
37:11Man
37:12was
37:12the
37:12person
37:13involved.
37:22On
37:23March 4th,
37:232009,
37:25a city
37:26utility
37:26worker
37:27was doing
37:27inspection
37:28on a
37:28piece
37:28of
37:29property
37:29next to
37:30Dr.
37:30Man's
37:30house.
37:32During
37:33that
37:33inspection,
37:33he
37:33found
37:34some
37:34freshly
37:35disturbed
37:36dirt.
37:37And as
37:38he looked
37:38at that
37:39dirt,
37:39he noticed
37:40a container
37:41that was
37:42partially
37:42buried
37:42in the
37:43ground.
37:45He saw
37:46a box
37:47containing
37:4840-millimeter
37:49grenades.
37:50There were
37:51actually 98
37:51grenades in
37:52that box.
37:53Once he
37:53uncovered and
37:54realized what
37:55he had,
37:55he immediately
37:56notified law
37:57enforcement who
37:58responded to
37:58the scene.
38:00These are the
38:00grades that were
38:01similar to what
38:02was used in
38:02Dr.
38:02Pierce's
38:03bombing.
38:08During the
38:08search of his
38:09house, we
38:10found an
38:10empty box that
38:11had lot
38:12numbers.
38:14Those lot
38:14numbers that
38:15were on the
38:15box inside
38:15the house
38:16were consistent
38:17with the lot
38:18numbers of the
38:18grenades that
38:19were found
38:19buried on the
38:20property next
38:21to Dr.
38:21Mann's.
38:22We knew
38:23then that
38:24Dr.
38:24Mann was
38:25intentionally
38:26trying to
38:26hide evidence.
38:27Now we've
38:28determined that
38:29we cannot trust
38:29anything that
38:30Dr.
38:30Mann has told
38:31us.
38:33The
38:33investigators
38:34looked inside
38:35a bathroom
38:36upstairs in
38:37Dr.
38:37Mann's house
38:38and inside
38:40the shower
38:40stall was
38:41a spare
38:42tire.
38:44Who puts
38:44a spare
38:45tire in
38:46an upstairs
38:46bathroom?
38:47We were
38:48pretty confident
38:49that this tire
38:50is being used
38:50by Dr.
38:51Mann to
38:52practice
38:52building a
38:53device similar
38:54to what was
38:54used at
38:55Dr.
38:55Pierce's
38:55house.
38:56I'm sure
38:57he felt
38:58like he
38:58was above
38:58any kind
38:59of retribution.
39:01You know,
39:01he's above
39:01the law.
39:08During the
39:09trial itself,
39:09I saw Dr.
39:10Mann sitting
39:11there.
39:11He was
39:12very calm,
39:13quiet,
39:15seemed very
39:15confident in
39:16his defense
39:17of the case.
39:18In my opinion,
39:19he thought he
39:19was going to
39:20get away with
39:20what he did.
39:23Dr.
39:24Mann's defense
39:25was that
39:25the grenade
39:26was not
39:27meant to
39:27kill anyone
39:28or injure
39:29anyone.
39:29It was just
39:29meant to
39:30scare Dr.
39:30Pierce.
39:31That's a
39:32ridiculous
39:32defense.
39:34Obviously,
39:35it's a weapon
39:35designed to
39:36kill and
39:36inflict injuries.
39:38Not just
39:38one person,
39:39they're designed
39:39to kill
39:39multiple people.
39:40That's why
39:40the military
39:42uses grenades.
39:43So to
39:44insinuate that
39:46this was only
39:46intended to
39:47hurting and
39:48not killing
39:49not only
39:49shows you
39:50a mindset,
39:51a warped
39:52mindset,
39:53but also
39:54is a
39:55falsehood.
39:56And it's
39:57a falsehood
39:57that bared
39:58out with
39:58the jury's
39:58verdict.
40:07Randeep Mann
40:08abused his
40:09position of
40:11power,
40:13presenting himself
40:14as a caring,
40:17compassionate
40:17doctor.
40:18doctor, and
40:20he abused
40:21the trust
40:22that we
40:22just naturally
40:23would give
40:24a medical
40:25doctor.
40:26He may not
40:27be out of
40:28the world,
40:28he may not
40:29be gone,
40:29but at least
40:30he's not
40:31able to
40:32wield that
40:33weapon
40:34anymore.
40:37She was
40:38my heart.
40:39He just
40:40took my
40:40heart.
40:42And I
40:42still call him
40:43a monster.
40:44He's just a
40:45monster.
40:45pastor
40:47Shermer, did
40:59you himself as above the law?
41:15after three
41:17dead bodies,
41:19they started
41:19seeing patterns.
41:21He did
41:22play God.
41:24Who can you
41:25trust if you
41:27can't trust a
41:28pastor?