
Case 81: Brian Wells
Casefile True Crime
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The Collarbombing of Jim Roden
Bill Rothstein was the prosecution's main witness against Marjorie. He testified that he had willingly accepted payment from Marjorie to transport and store Jim Roden's body and dispose of the murder weapon. After his interview Bill was charged with abuse of a corpse conspiring to abuse a corpse tampering with evidence and conspiring to tamper with evidence. On September 9, 2004, it was ruled that Marjorie was competent to stand trial and on January 7, 2005, she struck a play agreement. She played guilty but mentally ill to third-degree murder and abusing a corpse in return for dropping all other charges.
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