by car bomb had set the tucson rumor mill on overdrive. but according to local nbc reporter lupita murillo, an awful lot of fingers were pointed in the same direction. within 24 hours after the dust settled, the word that i was getting was that it was his former wife. and it was because of this insurance policy. pam phillips, gary s ex was someone that investigators wanted to talk with, especially afterward came from aspen that pam had been connected in some way to a fugitive on the run from fraud charges named ron young. nine days after the murder, investigators got their chance. pam phillips voluntarily came in for questioning.
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,
welcome her back. what do you say to the family? what do you say to your own children who don t have a father, whose mom and dad will be in jail? but lupita murillo wasn t the only face she saw at the airport. was that like to see them come back to see trial? it was she was not happy to see me. also present, melissa triano. why was it important for you to be there? i think because she thought that she had gotten away with this and i think that we wanted her to see that we knew that she hadn t. there she was on full display, a former socialite chauffeured limos was now a county sheriff s car. gary s youngest child elliott was just seven months old when her father was killed.