Michael Finkel

There was nothing that was important to her as much as those kids.

Those kids were her world.

But the last time we got together, I noticed she wasn't the sister I knew.

You thought she was in danger?

I knew she was.

What was the first thought that went through your mind when you hear there's a man who's about to stand trial for murder who was impersonating you?

Michael Finkel's curiosity had already taken him to the far corners of the globe.

Now, it was about to take him into the heart of darkness.

It changed your life?

Four years ago, Finkel was a prize-winning feature writer for the New York Times.

This is pretty heady stuff.

He had a gorgeous home in Bozeman, Montana, and a beautiful, intelligent girlfriend, Jill Barker.

We had this magnetic chemistry between us, so it seemed like we should give this a chance.

But Finkel's ambition had a darker side.

And in his drive to outdo his competition and himself... I wanted to write a really good story.

...Finkel fabricated a portion of a story on child slavery in West Africa.

You lied?

His bosses found out.

In an instant, he lost the career he'd been building his entire adult life.

He killed it all.