Brian Wells and Bill Rothstein

Robert Wells' death was ruled accidental. However the autopsy also revealed the presence of methadone in his body. This was puzzling given Robert didn't use methadone and was not addicted to heroin. Investigators started to wonder about Brian's claim he was forced into the robbery and had the bomb strapped to him by three black men. Was there something more to it that law enforcement was yet to uncover? Tips started to trickle in from the public including a tip-off that let investigators to a garage on the west side of Erie. On September 5 investigators searched the two-card detached garage adjacent to a property owned by a woman called Marilyn. Jimmy Johnson, Angie’s boyfriend JJ