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
we would apply for credit cards and your name. at himself as a sign or. uses credit cards to pay bills. as far as you can tell, he stole how much money? probably between 80 and $120,000. but before crowley could get an arrest warrant, ron young disappeared. he skipped town? yes. young fled in a rented mini van that later turned up in southern california. young himself was nowhere to be found. but what was found in the mini van was very curious. i note in the car that was kind of like a laundry list. buy toothpaste, down the list further was sawed off shotgun. reporter: ron young was not known as a violent criminal. but when police found a shotgun and a taser in the van, it may detective crowley that a man wanted for white collar crimes may possibly more be more
relationship with ron young. yeah. reporter: coming up the word that i was getting was that it was his former wife. and that this was his insurance policy. reporter: pam phillips day with detectives. she knew he was going to be reporter: too many reasons to be suspicious? we have this life insurance policy. gary is the one that took this out and he also insisted that it be in my. name reporter: when dateline continues. did i tell you i bought our car from carvana? yeah, ma. it was so easy! i found the perfect car, under budget too! and i get seven days to love it or my money back. i love it! i thought online meant no one to help me, but susan from carvana had all the answers. she didn t try to upsell me. not once, because they re not salespeople! what are you.? guess who just checked in on me? mom. susan from carvana! [laughs] we ll drive you happy at carvana. reporter: gary triano s
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, a powerful explosion. melissa raced down sunrise drive to the scene.
started looking closely at the homemade bomb that had found its way to gary triano s passenger seat. we were able to determine that the vice was a 17 inch piece of pipe, about an inch and a half in diameter. reporter: the pipe was filled with explosive powder and it detonated by remote control. using something that is normally used to control boats, planes? correct. handheld planes? yes. reporter: investigators determined that whoever operated the remote control which probably they are in the parking lot. so the person who set off the bomb was watching gary triano get in his car? yes, we had every reason to believe, from the injury patterns, that he was picking up the bag the device was in when detonated. that would make me believe that someone is watching, and that he is on to it. and we have to detonate it now, before he realizes and has a chance to escape.