fbi hotline to report neil, there s no indication the bureau found any link between neil and the bombing. but the fbi did eventually contact antonio when they were investigating him for something else. he found himself a defendant in a federal wiretapping case, accused of extorting money from a man who had been his friend. ultimately pleaded guilty to receiving the proceeds of extortion, and was sentenced to two years probation. why was any of this relevant in the murder trial of pam phillips, because, as doctor his frightening acquaintance had a history of bad blood, with none other than gary triano. it started, the doctors, that after mcneese and gary triano agreed to purchase an item together at a charity auction. gary did not have the money
well, it s been a long time. since he was doing work for me. and pam denied ever having a romantic relationship with ron. and you never were boyfriend girlfriend? never had an affair? no, no. in my opinion, she minimized it. she s saying, he s just the person that did some work for me, i didn t see him in months. now a guy i was involved with? no. not a guy who i refused to sign the complaint down with the cops came? correct. but despite pam s startling reaction to the question to the ron young issue, the cops had nothing on her. nothing placing them in tucson on the day of the murder. and nothing connecting either one of them to the bomb that killed gary triano. after three interviews, other than this thing with ron young, and we didn t have him to talk to, there wasn t anything that i thought that
hear is going to convince you not only that my client is innocent, but that ron young is innocent. the defense insisted there was nothing placing ron young or pam phillips in tucson on the day of the murder. if you are going to do a bombing, you have to come in and to the bombing. they have no evidence whatsoever and says comes attorney alicia there was no proof ron even knew how to build a bomb. there is no evidence he had the ability, no evidence he had the knowledge, nothing in his van or any of the stuff that was found on his computer. it is not like he had a workshop in his garage and tinkered on the weekends, and he had a slight tremor in his hands. he did not have the ability to do this. not at all. and this defense expert analyzed some trace dna found on the bomb parts. my conclusion is that ron young s markers are not
like, well, going to the bank which is totally illegal. every single week. i am not going to do it. what do you mean it s illegal? i am giving money to somebody, and not spending it. and not declaring it. and you are getting money. are you declaring it? listen, you are completely confused on that. and talk of some kind of pre-existing deal between the two of them. i am not going to keep sending you more and more and more money unless i know that you can honor our agreement. it all started to add up, especially when we looked on ron s computer and found a detailed schedule of payments
gary s niece melissa testified, and learned for the first time that her name had been on a list found in ron young abandoned van. it was alarming, it was horrifying. the defense argued that pam s payments to ron or just extortion, and blackmail, and that there is no evidence tying ron young to a bomb or placing him in tucson on the day of the murder. you have a just as much sense as the jury however did not buy it. we find the defendant ron young guilty of in march of 2010, ron young was found guilty of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. he was sentenced to life in prison. just two months later, pam phillips was extradited back to the united states. you can guess who was there to