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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.

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