The delivery man was caught up in a strange-but-true crime story which has been dubbed ‘America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist’
NETFLIX’S new documentary Evil Genius shines the light on a fascinating crime known as Pizza Bomber Case.
Here is all you need to know about its victim and its amoral mastermind.
Pizza delivery guy Brian Wells was killed after walking into a PNC Bank branch in Erie, Pennsylvania, on August 28, 2003, with a pipe bomb locked around his neck.
He gave the teller a note demanding money and that the explosive device would go off if they didn’t hand over the cash.
The robbery netted about $8,700 (£6,456).
But he didn’t get far without being surrounded by police.
Wells was killed when the time bomb detonated as he sat in a parking lot after being stopped by police.
The case drew national attention and was the subject of an intense investigation.
Fifteen years after the bizarre crime, the case remains shrouded in mystery
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong was convicted of conspiracy of being involved in the robbery and other charges related to the death of Wells
She was brought to justice in 2011 after an intense police investigation and later died behind bars.
Accomplice Kenneth Barnes pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob a bank and to aiding and abetting in 2008.
After Wells had been killed questions arose whether he was a murder victim or involved in the plot.
It has been claimed he was involved in the plot and thought that the bomb wold be fake.
However, it's been suggested that Diehl-Armstrong changed the bomb to a real device that would go off even if he managed to remove it.
When he had been cornered by the cops, he pleaded for help as he described how he’d been forced by three people to rob the bank.
He claimed he had been delivering a pizza to the trio when they grabbed him and strapped an explosive to him and ordered him to bring back a quarter of a million dollars.
Terrified, he claimed he complied.
Police on the scene remember hearing a bleeping noise and ran for their lives as Wells blew up.
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