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.
[1] Phillips moved to Aspen, Colorado with the couple's two children, where she continued her career in commercial real estate.
[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.
On December 3, 2009, Pamela Phillips was also arrested for Triano's murder in Vienna, Austria, when she fled after her indictment in October 2008.
[7] Following her extradition to Arizona to stand trial, Pamela Phillips was held on $5 million bond at the Pima County Jail.