saddled with more than $26 million in debts he couldn t pay, gary triano had filed for bankruptcy. he had rolled the dice and lost. he owed money to casinos and banks and the irs. and just a day before the bombing, a friend said that an extremely anxious gary had come to him, desperate for a 50,000 dollar loan. he was tapped out. when he died i understand that he had holes on the bottom of his souls in his shoes. any indication that any of the people to whom he owed money, and they were a lot, were angry enough to do him any harm? no. there were people that openly said, he cost me money, he owed me money. but was it enough for me to kill him? no. well not so fast, detective gamber didn t know it at the time but fbi agents following the same trail had heard the name neil mcneice. the bureau received a tip that
charge either ron young or pam phillips with murder. why do you think prosecutors didn t want to bring a case? i don t know if there was an official reason, or if it was a reluctance on just the sheer size of the case. how big this case was, would it be a career ender case? so. no one ever gave me a solid answer. frustrating? a little bit yes. but the civil suit change things. prosecutors decided, it was time to move. you think the wrongful death suit is sort of what guilted prosecutors into going forward? or it showed them how valid the case was. nearly one year after the civil suit was filed in october, 2008. ron young who was out of prison for serving ten less on gun charges, was re-arrested in california. this time, for the murder of gary triano. it ron young was flown back to tucson, lupita murillo is one of the people who like to greet visitors at the airport. good to be back in tucson,
to pay, so neil paid, and he was supposed to pay neil 50% later. of course he did not pay him. then, some years later, around 1991, gary tried to get neil to go into business with a high flying real estate mogul. and, their meetings were held not in a boardroom, but in a series of limousine. because they could keep neil captive audience in the limousine. says wanted a finder s fee for the arrangement, but in the meantime carrie had to pay for all the wine and dining, it was very costly. and they re in the limousine, says gary asked neil for a loan. using pam phillips wedding ring as collateral. and this was a magnificent ring, it had two appraisals, that i remember, one about 235, 000, the other close to 250,000. he wanted an 80,000 dollar cash loan. the doctor says neil agreed, but
made her rise to the level of a suspect. and ron young was still somewhere in the wind. so safe to say this goes cold? yes. in january of 1997, pam phillips received her life insurance payment. $2 million. plus interest. did that insurance money give panda lifestyle back that she had lost? for a short while, yes. $2 million does not go far in aspen. pam bought herself a house, a million dollar fixer upper. and with her exquisite taste, she turned it into a beautiful house. in fact, her deck was featured in the glossy aspen sojourner magazine. she was dabbling in real estate and trying to make starbabies. com a success. to help with the website, she invited gary s daughter, heather triano to come live with her in aspen.
his chauffeured limousines, and for rubbing elbows with folks like donald trump. like the song made famous by sinatra, the forceful and determined gary liked doing things his way. he was very, very brilliant. gary s niece, melissa triano. he had this wonderful personality that was charismatic. people were drawn to him. melissa says her uncle made her see the value in herself. my father moved away when i was 17. i was sort of a lost child, if you will. and my uncle kind of helped me realize a lot of my skills. and taught me a lot about the real estate industry. it was kind of a father figure?