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Wierd case gets even wierder
The case I blogged a few days ago, about the guy who went into a bank with a bomb fastened around his neck, and ultimately got blown up...
Just got a LOT wierder. As one commenter said, if anybody had made a TV series on it, they'd have been laughed off as ludicrously implausble.
The full story now involves:
Cocaine;
a hooker;
a doublecross (the guy was in on the plot, having been told it was a fake bomb, and was only told it was real at the last moment);
a "treasure hunt" for clues (after robbing the bank, he was supposed to follow a chain of clues until he got to the last one, that would tell him how to take the bomb off);
a plot to murder a woman's father, so she would inherit;
a hit man who was to be paid from the bank robbery;
a suicide note that gave clues as to who else was involved; and
a body in a freezer.
Comments
Damn.. I meant to post something about that because it has a Pennsylvania connection. Great story. You couldn't make that up, really.
Posted by: Sebastian at July 13, 2007 09:33 PM
Sounds kind of like that Bruce Willis movie "The Whole Nine Yards" (or various other similar movies).
Posted by: Alcibiades at July 13, 2007 11:17 PM
Elmore Leonard might have written this one. Or maybe Carl Hiaasen. yeah, definitely Hiaasen.
Posted by: joated at July 14, 2007 11:35 AM
Wells seems rather Aspie-like. Of course the cops didn't believe him.
God, I hate cops.
Posted by: Justthisguy at July 15, 2007 02:26 AM