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>> so what was the decision that was made? >> we decided to do, i guess, for lack of a better description, a surgical decapitation so we could get the collar off safely and intact. >> so you took the victim's head off? >> yes. it was one of the hardest decisions i've ever had to make both professionally and personally. >> after completing that grim procedure, coroner tieman met with brian wells' family and told them about it. they felt brian was being victimized again, even in death. how painful was that for you? >> that was very painful. i think it was most painful for my mom because, like, s...

Got him pretty much zoomed in. then i hear another beep. once i heard the second beep, he got agitated. >> the standoff had now lasted 31 minutes. the clock hit 3:18. the device locked around brian wells' neck exploded. >> i'll never forget it. mr. wells fell back, and i watched his chest, and the air went out but never came back. and i thought, this is a fatal situation. >> and debris is sailing through the air, huh? >> you could feel the percussion from the device. >> i felt a couple pieces hit right down around here. the basic image that sticks in my mind is his eyes going into the back of ...

At home, completely unaware. >> i turned on the news. somebody robbed a bank. and i looked, and i was like, there's my brother, brian. what's he doing there, sitting there? >> sitting on the road. >> sitting on the road. then i said to the kids, does that look like brian, uncle brian? and they said, yeah. >> it seemed impossible, couldn't be true. jean turned to her husband. >> he says, jean, your brother's not a bank robber. i said, i know my brother's not a bank robber, but it looks like brian. >> and as she watched the standoff play out on tv, she saw exactly how he died. >> you'd been watc...