identified as 23-year-old John Justad and 20-year-old Brandi Rains. Rains was the bartender at the tavern, while Justad, who worked for a local beer distributor, was a customer. Both had been beaten severely over the head with a blunt object and had been bludgeoned to death. At first, police believed robbery was the motive, as money was missing from the cash register. It was then learned that the perpetrator had fled the bar through the back door and had left footprints in the snow. Police followed the footprints but lost them at a nearby intersection. Following the discovery of the bodies, both victims were taken to the St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, where they died a short time later. Evidence suggested Justad had fought back against his attacker. Boise police later released a drawing of a man who was being sought for questioning. Arrest and trial On April 23, 1991, Wells was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder in the slayings of Justad and Rains. A judge ordered that he be held without bail and set a preliminary hearing for May 8. The preliminary hearing began on June 5. A police detective testified that Wells had confessed on two occasions to killing both victims at the bar. Wells changed his story multiple times. According to the detective, Wells initially claimed that he beat both victims to death because they owed him $3,000 for cocaine. However, he later told the detective he had lied and changed his story, this time claiming that he went to the bar with two other people who were his cocaine suppliers. He claimed he retrieved money from Justad and returned it to his suppliers, who then told him he needed to return to the bar to get them more money. He then entered the bar with the suppliers, who hit Justad with a baseball bat multiple times until he was dead and handed Wells the weapon. He claimed the suppliers were the real killers. On the week of June 10, 1991, Wells pleaded innocent in 4th District Court to both murders. His trial began on October 15, 1991, with the jury, consisting of seven women and five men, being selected on October 11. On October 24, the jury found Wells guilty, and he was convicted on two counts of first degree murder. On April 7, 1992, District Judge Gerald F. Schroeder sentenced