Murder of Gary Triano

His former wife, Pamela Anne Phillips, a one-time model, real estate agent, and socialite, was charged with orchestrating her ex-husband's death.Phillips, who is now incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison Complex – Perryville, claims that Triano's death was a mob revenge killing.[3] At the time of the divorce, Triano filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, claiming $40 million in debt after several failed business dealings regarding Indian casinos.[2] On November 1, 1996, Gary Triano was killed when a pipe bomb exploded in his car at the La Paloma Country Club in Catalina Foothills, Arizona.Shortly before the bombing, a van rented by Young was found abandoned in Yorba Linda, California, and inside the vehicle, there were documents pertaining to Phillips and Triano's divorce, a map of Tucson, Arizona, and a sawed-off shotgun.[7] Following her extradition to Arizona to stand trial, Pamela Phillips was held on $5 million bond at the Pima County Jail.
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