shop teacher, was smart and sly, with a garage full of metal working tools at his disposal. the big guy in the bib overalls was now a prime suspect in the pizza bombing case. but rothstein had another secret. bill rothstein was out on bond, accused only of the minor-ish charge of abusing a corpse, the one found in his home freezer. he seemed to be relishing his moment in the spotlight. responding to a reporter s question in french. [speaking french] rough translation too bad. but when would-be documentary filmmaker trey borzillieri went to rothstein s house to talk about the pizza bombing, rothstein wouldn t talk to him in any language. the garage is open. this is where the frozen body was held. and classical music is blasting out of there. so instantly it s
his home town and heading back to his new life in new york city, where he was trying to become a documentary filmmaker. all he needed was a good story. what do you think the ingredients are for the kind of thing that you want to see and want to make? well you know, it it it had to be something that was shocking, that really pulled you in. while raising a farewell glass with friends, trey noticed the coverage of the bank robbery in erie. the newscast came over the tv in the corner of the bar and i was hooked. it seemed like it had all the pieces right from the start. had you found your white whale, as we all find white whales in life? absolutely. and i thought, wow, how how desperate did that man have to be? back in erie, brian wells big sister barbara was also thinking about how desperate her brother looked in his last moments. that fit her belief that brian was a victim. nothing else made sense for the brother she loved. brian was a fun person, a quiet per
like it? like that? no. really, nobody in the united states had seen anything like that. that included jerry clark, with 20 years of law enforcement experience under his belt. he was joined at the scene by his fbi supervisor. after both of us initially said, oh, my god, i can t believe what we saw, and i said, i gotta have this case. and he said, it s yours. let s go. from the first moments, every move agent clark made would be under intense scrutiny. it was a media frenzy. i mean, live satellite dishes local, national, international news. it was a big event. one of the people watching the coverage was trey borzillieri. on the day brian wells died, trey was a couple of hours away in buffalo, settling his mother s estate. it was a bittersweet two weeks in in buffalo, new york, packing up her things. and i was wrapped up, done, and reached out to some friends, you know, let s all meet, have a drink to say good-bye. trey was saying goodbye to
there should be a d after the word use. it was like a chess game to him. and he liked to let them know he was as smart as they were. and i think he enjoyed it. how long have you known marjorie armstrong? i ve known her roughly 30, 35 years. okay? and briefly, what was your relationship with her? we went together, and then we got engaged in, like, the first year. they never married. but she and bill rothstein remained friends in a complicated relationship. a romance that was just a small part of marjorie diehl-armstrong s long and troubled history. do you want to take a crack, trey, at explaining who marjorie is? marjorie diehl-armstrong she is a very famous, or i should say infamous, resident of erie, pennsylvania. trey borzillieri, the would-be documentarian, had come to erie after the frozen body was found, trying to find out everything he could about two very strange crimes and two unique individuals bill rothstein and marjorie diehl-armstrong. what he was
impulsive behavior was on full display. a perfect, mesmerizing subject for trey s documentary. when you see her, i mean, it almost looks like a cartoon character, she has the the dark, you know, raven hair and the big blue eyes and the intense, brooding look to her. and marjorie held center court. when the judge and jury were out there was no question who was in charge. i walked into the courtroom and, she looked back and said, hey, trey, what are you doin over there? you re on the prosecution side. get over here. and she called me out. so, i stood up and moved pews. walked moved over. when the prosecution rested there was little doubt marjorie would testify. whether her attorney wanted her to or not, she was going to tell her story. one of the biggest challenges in this case for me was to deal with her mental illness. doug sugrue was marjorie s defense attorney.