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 Dr.
Leonard Renfro is proving, from his first appearance, that something
fishy is going on about Amy Perkins' pregnancy. Shady and unscrupulous
character, he convinces his colleague, Dr. Montclair, to let him take
charge of her patient. As soon as she leaves, he takes his phone to call
a mysterious interlocutor.
Because
Renfro is certainly a real doctor, but it is above all a henchman
working for Parker Simonson and Jerry Cooper, the cousin of Jack Lee of
whom he took the appearance. While closely following the evolution of
Amy's pregnancy, Dr. Renfro is interested in her boyfriend, Brick
Wallace, who is quickly suspicious of him. Especially since Amy found
out that Renfro is an acquaintance of her new boss, Jack Lee.
After
Amy has learned that Jeff Barber, the supposed father of her baby, is
sterile, Brick continues his investigations. Until one day, he is called
by Jeff who, at the other end of the line, feels in danger and panics.
Learning that Brick left for San Francisco to meet Jeff, Renfro calls
some henchmen who murder Jeff and throw his body in a trash can.
He
still needs the help of his henchmen to find the trace of Amy and Brick
who fled away from Santa Barbara, feeling that danger awaits them in
turn. He joins them at the Chino hospital where Amy is in labor. He
immediately takes over Amy's delivery, to her surprise. From the birth
of the baby, he takes him away from the United States and announces to
Brick that he succumbed to respiratory problems. Brick refuses to
believe it, especially when a nurse of the hospital confirms to him that
she saw the baby leave the hospital alive. In front of Brick, Renfro has
difficulties to justify that he has no body to present to the mother.
Renfro
is shortly after called to the rescue by Jerry Cooper, who now has a lot
to do with Kelly Capwell and her friend Nick Hartley, who discovered his
true identity. With his henchmen, Renfro kidnaps Kelly and Nick and
leaves a false letter pretending that it was Nick who kidnapped the
young Capwell heiress. He drives her to an abandoned hotel and installs
her in a machine capable of erasing her memory, so that she forgets what
she learned about Jerry Cooper. The success is total, but Kelly escapes
him, Nick having managed to deliver her before all her brain is reduced
to pieces.
Renfro
then goes to Jerry Cooper's hotel room and is surprised to find Brick,
who knocks him out and drives him to Amy's. Tied to a chair and under
the threat of a weapon, he finally recognizes that the baby is well
alive and has been kidnapped. But he refuses to give the names of his
silent partners. Suddenly a bullet is shot, and Renfro is hit. Jerry
Cooper and one of his henchmen burst into the house, putting Amy and
Brick on the run. Renfro dies a few moments later, killed by the man to
whom he had always been loyal. He lets the rest of the plot around
little Johnny and his kidnapping on New Stailand island unfold without
him...
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