The Latest: Woman in collar bomb case dies of natural causes
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the death in prison of a woman serving life in a bizarre Pennsylvania bank robbery plot that left a pizza delivery driver dead of a collar bomb (all times local):
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6:45 p.m.
A woman who was convicted in a bizarre Pennsylvania bank robbery plot that killed a pizza delivery driver with a bomb strapped to his neck has died in a Texas prison of natural causes.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms 68-year-old Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong died Tuesday. Bureau spokesman Justin Long says her last location in the federal prison system was the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.
Diehl-Armstrong was serving a life sentence plus 30 years in the 2003 Erie bank robbery plot. The plot ended in the death of 46-year-old Brian Wells when a bomb locked to his neck exploded following the robbery.
Authorities alleged Diehl-Armstrong instigated the plot and later killed a co-conspirator. A federal appeals court last year rejected her bid for a new trial.
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5:33 p.m.
A woman convicted in a bizarre Pennsylvania bank robbery plot that left a pizza delivery driver dead when a bomb strapped to his neck exploded has died in prison.
The U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh says the federal Bureau of Prisons confirms 68-year-old Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong died Tuesday at a Fort Worth, Texas, prison. An office spokeswoman says she doesn't know the cause of the inmate's death.
Diehl-Armstrong was serving a life sentence plus 30 years in the 2003 Erie bank robbery plot. The plot ended in the death of 46-year-old Brian Wells when a bomb locked to his neck exploded following the robbery.
Authorities alleged Diehl-Armstrong instigated the plot and later killed a co-conspirator. A federal appeals court last year rejected her bid for a new trial.
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This item has been corrected to show the prison is in Fort Worth, not in Carswell.
