absolutely not. in his opening statement the prosecutor put marjorie at the center of the conspiracy to rob the bank and place a live bomb around brian wells s head. where were you the day that brian wells was killed? well, i certainly wasn t doing anything connected with the crime. a twisted scheme , the prosecutor called it, a group of dysfunctional, highly intelligent individuals, completely outsmarted themselves. local reporter paul wagner covered the trial. if brian wells had followed all the instructions to the letter, he would have died. there s no question about it. the note was a sham. it was too complicated, too, complex. too much to do to get keys to unlock the collar bombing.