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[Music] it was a beautiful wedding we had a wonderful relationship I was very in love very in
love very very in love Gary had a very big personality he was a big Gambler and he
loved it when they first met she claim that Gary had told her I'm worth 10 million 20 million it was in the high
Millions Gary Triano he'd been a hugely successful Financial developer an entrepreneur he was doing tribal
gambling business that money which he got every month was Big Money the tribe and himself did not agree on certain
things he was basically forced out of his gambling connection he was on a downward spiral financially and there
were people who were upset with him your husband he owed a casino in Las Vegas several million dollars 1.8
million to an ex-wife $91,000 to an attorney hundreds of thousands of dollars to a group of Mexican investors
who people said were involved in criminal activity probably November 1st 1996 at the laama
Country Club it's so you know a luxury resort spa and a fantastic Golf Course Gary Triano finishes playing a game of
golf walks to his car and there's an explosion there's some kind of an explosion in the country called parking
lot I guess it's a massive fire what kind of bomb are we talking about we're talking about a pipe bomb an
extremely large pipe bomb compared to what is normally out there was this survivable no
Gary Triano didn't have a chance he was a dead man I was absolutely hysterical and I'm thinking oh my God
what am I going to do but you must have asked who could have killed Gary I immediately thought who is it that he
hadn't paid before the bombing Gary was totally in fear going around with a gun he had life threats I had life threats
the children had life threats we're talking about Mexican Mafia people you don't cross there was serious
serious things going on I saw the list it was titled a kill list and it had names and Gary trono was at the
top did Pam ever talk to you about Gary's business associations with organized crime never never
never she was one of your closest friends no talk about mob related people never threatening phone calls at the
house that's absurd she felt unsafe she felt her children were under threat no I
don't believe that ever happened I think that's just completely made up do you believe Pam would have done anything for
money well yeah [Music]

"48 Hours" Presents: Why was a colorful entrepreneur with powerful friends blown up in his car? His ex-wife speaks out to correspondent Peter Van Sant Saturday, May 27 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Gary Triano's murder by a pipe bomb reveals financial troubles and possible organized crime connections.

Key points

A Dangerous Life. Gary's financial troubles and connections to organized crime put him in serious danger.
The Explosion. Gary Triano finishes a game of golf and walks to his car, where a massive explosion occurs.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I was very in love, very very in love.

Reflecting on a deep relationship.

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