my heart breaks. casinos, charisma, connections. he was mr. big. he was very dark flamboyant. extremely charming. his murder was big to. a car explosion at a posh resort, somebody wanted to make a statement. who would want him dead? or who wouldn t? a string of angry investors, even whispers about the mob. everybody went, oh, this is mob connected. so why would police focus on her, a beautiful socialite, ex-wife number two? she 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. she s 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 end. we are going back up under a rollercoaster. spend a little time in tucson, arizona and here, in the shadows of the majes
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
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Saddled with more than $26 million in debts he couldn t pay, gary triano had filed for bankruptcy. he had rolled the dice and lost. he owed money to casinos and banks and the irs. and just a day before the bombing, a friend said that an extremely anxious gary had come to him, desperate for a 50,000 dollar loan. he was tapped out. when he died i understand that he had holes on the bottom of his souls in his shoes. any indication that any of the people to whom he owed money, and they were a lot, were angry enough to do him any harm? no. there were people that openly said, he cost me money, he owed me money. but was it enough for me to kill him? no. well not so fast, detective 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
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 gamber s supervisor back then was keith st. john. and you had neil mcniece s name from two different sources. one of which was the fbi? yes. and you never talked to him? no. it would be years before investigators realized how significant an omission that was. but there is no disputing that the neil mcneice tip was never followed up. and so investigators changed focus. and looked away from gary triano s business relationships. you do two things. you go: let s follow the evidence. and you say follow the money.