FBI releases likely personality profile of Collarbomber'

The reward for information has been increased to $100,000.
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- Money was not the leading motivator in a bank robbery plot in which a bomb was locked onto a pizza deliveryman who died a short time later when it exploded, the FBI said Friday.
One day before the one-year anniversary of the explosion that killed deliveryman Brian Wells, the FBI released four of the nine pages of instructions that were found in Wells' car the day he died -- the most extensive information released by federal investigators to date.
Behavior analysis
Behavior analysts for the FBI also painted the person responsible for the bombing as so frugal and such a "pack rat" that his behavior could have been a source of "irritation and arguments because he saves everything."
Police described the crudely made bomb collar Wells wore as a mishmash of scrap materials that were likely collected over an extended period of time -- and which could have been assembled years before the robbery.
Although Wells' family has maintained he was an innocent victim forced the wear the bomb after he was accosted during a pizza delivery on a dead-end road, the FBI still isn't saying whether more than one person was involved in the crime, nor if Wells was a conspirator or just a hapless victim.
"However, it is the mastermind, that person who oversaw its design and implementation, that has left his blueprint of his personality on every aspect of the crime," said Bob Rudge, the Special Agent in Charge of the Erie FBI office. "We are referring to this person as Collarbomber."
But Rudge said Wells wasn't the only one acting on written instructions that day.
Given a note
The teller Wells robbed at the PNC Bank branch just south of Erie was also given a note addressed to the police. The note led them to at least one of the locations where Wells was supposed to go for further instructions after the robbery.
Rudge said that suggests that Wells' getting away with the money wasn't the desired goal, but that the domination of Wells and his murder may have been.
As a result, the FBI said they're looking for reports from anyone who may have encountered someone who sought to dominate a business or personal relationship -- especially if that person collected scrap or tinkered with junk.
"FBI analysts believe that Collarbomber has written other letters over his lifetime with similar themes of power, control, ultimatums, limited options, wanting revenge, and dire consequences if his demands are not met," Rudge said. "The letter could have gone to banks, businesses or individuals as part of some real or perceived injustice."
State police stopped Wells moments after the robbery. He was sitting, handcuffed in a parking lot surrounded by police who kept their distance while waiting for a bomb squad to arrive when the device exploded. Wells told the officers that somebody locked the bomb onto him.
Rudge said two agents are continuing to work the case full time. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the state police are also investigating.
Authorities also announced Friday the reward for information leading to an arrest is now $100,000, up from $50,000.
Wells' sister, Jean Heid, said she has no doubt that the FBI will find those involved with her brothers' death. In an e-mail to The Associated Press, she begged anyone with information to come forward.
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