Hi, NYGuy. Thanks so much; I hadn't seen this before. To me, the critical questions about the call are: Did the doctor leave his name and/or number when he called them or did they get the call and then deduce from researching the community that he would best fit the description of a physician offering such a service?
Of course, such a call would have been crazy if he had been the serial killer; but given the information about the doctor's pain killer drug propensities makes me wonder if it might not be possible. (My brother-in-law, who is an education professional, once made a plaintive, equally bizarre call to, of all places, the local police station while he was abusing similar medication; before he had put down the receiver, cops were at the door to attempt to get him help.) And the killer did seem to have a weakness for communicating with victims' families.....
Hey, the way I understand it is someone called from the Dr.'s cell (either the doc or someone else) and claimed SG was under his care and spent the night at his rehab center/shelter, claiming SG wanted help in turning her life around. Now this call went to SG's mother, as SG's sister was with the mother at the time. From this call, the family had the Doc's number and called him back again and apparently spoke to him again. All this coming from a combo of news reports and the FB post by SG's sister. So basically if we believe SGs sister ( no reason not to at this juncture) someone used the Doc's phone to call SG's mother because they were able to call back at a later date and speak with the doc again. How else would they get his phone number?