thats who we think did this gary triano lived on the edge the financial edge phillips is unlikely to take the stand because theres too much to explain abc news chief legal affairs anchor dan abrams said he was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to two life terms in prison she has pleaded not guilty to firstdegree murder and conspiracy to commit murder pamela phillips on trial in husbands death after trianos death authorities say phillips became a mother on the run living it up in aspen colo until authorities arrested her at a luxury european hotel in 2009 the prosecution has a very complicated case to build to tie her to the insurance policy and the hit man who they say kept very meticulous financial records his head was slumped over lopez said she faced a dire financial situation with friends loaning her hundreds of thousands of dollars prosecutors say but she continued paying the premiums on her former husbands insurance policy triano died after finishing a round of golf with his friend luis ruben lopez who recalled the death in court last week the associated press contributed to this report her attorney paul eckerstrom says her husband had lots of enemies he borrowed a lot of money from all sorts of people many people who maybe were connected with organized crime eckerstrom told jurors last week watch thats who killed gary triano not pamela phillips feb 26 2014151 is she a socialite a sociopath or both pamela phillips 56 is on trial in the 1996 carbomb death of her former husband highflying commercial real estate developer gary triano tucson ariz prosecutors say she wanted his 2 million life insurance policy to keep up her lavish lifestyle after their divorce thats why this trial is expected to be a long one if convicted phillips could spend the rest of her life in prison he said the entire case hinges on the insurance policy his right arm and hand were gone the prosecution cant connect her directly to the bomb so theyre showing she clung to this insurance policy in a highly suspicious way abrams said watch will pamela phillips take the stand prosecutors say phillips greed led her to pay a hit man onetime boyfriend ronald young to plant a pipe bomb in her former husbands car