and pam the socialite certainly seemed more bombshell then bomb maker. and so pam phillips is probably not someone you thought was thinking around building a pipe bomb? no. reporter: detective james gamber and his team seemed to be had another dead end, until an alert detective 800 miles away caught a news report about the bombing. and some bells went off. coming up they found a note in the car, buy toothpaste, and down a little further was off shotgun. reporter: what could that have to do with the murder of gary triano? when dateline continues. the lows of bipolar depression can leave you down and in the dark. but what if you could begin to see the signs of hope all around you? what if you could let in the lyte? discover caplyta.
i got out of the car and i started running towards my uncles car. and detective james gamber came running up and grabbed me. and stopped me from getting closer. what reporter: detective james gamber was one of the first at the scene. it was his second homicide case ever. i was doing dishes after dinner and i got a call that there had been a car bomb that la paloma, you need to go up there. what he saw may have rattled a far more seasoned detective. the roof had been peeled off the car, laying behind the car, and the windshield was gone. we found that the next day in the swimming pool of the country club. how far away? i would estimate 70 feet away, and had to go over some trees 20 vitol. i m guessing that it was pretty clear that this was not an accident. this was not something wrong with the car. correct. he was dead, what, instantly? yes.
yes. reporter: but detective james gamber s investigation showed that pam was in aspen, not tucson, on the day of the murder. and pam the socialite certainly seemed more bombshell then bomb maker. and so pam phillips is probably not someone you thought was thinking around building a pipe bomb? no. reporter: detective james gamber and his team seemed to be had another dead end, until an alert detective 800 miles away caught a news report about the bombing. and some bells went off. coming up they found a note in the car, buy toothpaste, and down a little further was off shotgun. reporter: what could that have to do with the murder of gary triano? when dateline continues. line continues.
pima county sheriff s car. gary s youngest child elliot was just seven months old when her father was killed. by now, she was beginning to understand more about how her father died and who might have done it and why. when you heard that pam was accused of having your father murdered for a $2 million insurance policy, what did you think? i don t know what it s like to live the kind of life that she was living. but i know what it s like to grow up without having my dad around, my biological dad. arizona versus pamela anne phillips. that s your arraignment. those are the charges. pam phillips pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. a veteran attorney was assigned to prosecute the case. she married gary for his money, we believe. she divorced him for the same reason. he was bankrupt at the time. you think she also killed him for his money?
9-1-1, 9-1-1. and i thought it was because i was running late. and she was trying to figure out where i was. melissa called her and mary, gary s first wife. my aunt mary answered the phone and told me that they believe that my uncle had been killed. and that they knew this because they were watching it on television. and that was his car. and i thought she was kidding. i completely i got angry and said, what do you talking about? this is not funny. she said, no, it s not a joke. reporter: she knew that he planned to meet up with some friends after the golf game. he talked with the bartender. there is michael there? please tell me he s. there and he said missy, i m sorry, what i m so sorry. that s a hell of a way to find out. yes, they found out by seeing it on the news. it was a very powerful bomb,