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FBI appeals for help after pizza man 'forced to rob bank' is killed by bomb fixed around his neck By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 03 September 2003 The FBI has released pictures of a metal collar that was found fixed around the neck of pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank and then died when a bomb that was locked to the collar exploded. State troopers arrested Brian Wells shortly after he robbed a bank outside the town of Erie in Pennsylvania last Thursday. He told the officers that he had been forced to rob the bank and that he was...

(CBS/AP) The FBI on Tuesday released photos of a metal collar found around the neck of a pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank and then was killed when a bomb strapped to his body exploded. FBI Agent Bob Rudge said the bureau hopes that by releasing the photos of the collar and locking device, someone may come forward to help law enforcement solve the strange case. A preliminary exam performed on the collar showed that it was likely not commercially manufactured, Rudge said Tuesday. "We do not believe it has any legitimate industrial use," said Rudge. "Its most likely purpose...

<p>Brian Douglas Wells, 46, was killed Thursday when the bomb attached to his neck detonated while he and police were waiting for the bomb squad to arrive.</p> <p>Police probably could not have saved Wells from the bomb if it was armed with a timing device, FBI special agent Ken McCabe, whose agency is helping in the investigation, said.</p>

Blast that killed robber leaves police mystified He died after a bank holdup. He told police another person had forced him into the crime. Associated Press ERIE - Investigators spent Labor Day plotting out a course for solving the bizarre case of a pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank, then was killed by a bomb strapped to his body. An autopsy was completed yesterday on a coworker of the deliveryman who was found dead at his home, but police awaited toxicology tests to determine whether the deaths were related. Federal investigators and police were expected to discuss the case at...

The FBI is investigating the death of a pizza delivery man who said he had been forced to rob a bank by someone who had strapped a bomb to his chest. Brian Wells had entered a bank in Erie, Pennsylvania, and given staff a note which demanded money and said he had a bomb. When he left the bank with stolen money he was surrounded by police and told them he had been forced to rob the bank after someone had started a timer on a bomb under his T-shirt. As the police waited for the bomb squad to arrive...

<p>The bizarre case of Brian Wells' death is still marked by more questions than answers.</p> <p>But clues that could point to how and why Wells robbed a bank before being killed by a bomb strapped to his body are slowly filtering in to the local FBI office.</p>