Brian Wells Incident

Date: August 28, 2003 • Location: Washington D.C., United States

In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.

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