everybody went, oh, this is mob connected. so why would police focus on her, a beautiful socialite, ex-wife number two? it was very intoxicating. i think she was cold and calculating. maybe her former husband was worth more dead than alive. it s easy to blame the rich, beautiful woman. the person everyone loves to hate. but she is completely innocent. or maybe it was someone else entirely. he is obsessed with gary triano, obsessed with him. it s a case we investigated for more than five years. now a stunning new in. we are going back up under a rollercoaster. spend a little time in tucson arizona and here, in the shadows of the majestic saguaros you will find a thriving metropolis of 1 million people, with a surprising small town feel. it s the kind of place where everyone seems to know everyone. and if you ask anyone from tucson where they were on november 1st, 1996, they will tell you it was the day of a murder. so dramatic, so horrific they will never f
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? for a short while, yes. $2 million does not go far and. 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 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.
give panda lifestyle back? for a short while, yes. $2 million does not go far and. 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 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. i was a company, my father persist for her when they were married. this was great, i thought, this was something my father started. i will come and restarted as it wasn t developed. reporter: during the time the heather lived with pam, she took care of her younger siblings. but she never had a discussion