pam phillips. like gary, pam phillips had been married once before. the stunning blonde had a business degree from the university of arizona. and was one of the women to find success working in commercial real estate in tucson in the late eighties. pam and gary seemed off to a good start in 1986. with an expensive black tie wedding on a yacht on sunset, on the coast of san diego. i knew gary was mad about, her positively in love with her. the wedding photographer, gary s friend, david bean. they look like they loved and cared about each other. but reporter lupita murillo says, behind gary s back, tucson was whispering. what did you hear? that she was a gold digger. that she married gary for his money. and that she broke up his marriage. reporter: it s common for people on the outside to talk about the new wife that way. remember, gary had left his
presented their case against ron young to a jury, they argued ron young planted the bomb that killed gary triano, and that pam phillips paid him to do it. everything you say, everything you have heard, weeks of conspiracy, it takes to people who are so cold and so greedy that they believe that nothing else matters. 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 laundry list of
said, he cost me money, he owed me money. but was it enough for me to kill him? no. reporter: well not so fast, detective james 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 neil mcneice had experience with high explosives and that he had access to them. and that he had a foul temper. and that he had a lot of money. but that was not the end of it. the bureau was also told that neil mcneice carried a profound hatred of gary triano. detective james gamber s supervisor back then was keith st. john. and you had his name from two different sources. one of which was the fbi? yes. and you never talk to him? no. it would be years before investigators realize how
the cops came? correct. but despite pam s startling 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 made her rise to the level of a suspect. reporter: and ron young was still somewhere in the wind. so safe to say this goes cold? yes. reporter: 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. reporter: pam bought herself a house, 1 million dollar fixer upper. and with her exquisite taste, she turned it into a beautiful house. reporter: in fact, her deck was featured in the glossy
lewis were born. what do you say trev? reporter: heather and brian say those new babies brought them closer to their new stepmother. we grew to like her and love her as a step mom. and as mother of our brother and sister. she was great, very sweet. and i think also being a girl, she helped me fix my hair or get some clothes. or new purses, shoes. early stuff. reporter: but by the early nineties gary s fortunes had faded and his marriage to pam as well. they were done after just seven years. he said once, you know, i can understand, i just don t have the money that she was used to us having. reporter: pam moved to aspen after the divorce. and then once happy couple started fighting over just about everything. there was an ongoing legal battle over child support. she wanted it increased, she was convinced he was hiding assets, and used the bankruptcy to shield himself from having to pay increase child support. reporter: which, to some,