Melissa Triano
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They brought it to me, and in that notebook was Melissa Triano, license plate Missy. My license plate said Missy on a black Corvette, and that was my car. So he had been following me, and it was terrifying.
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Nothing went her way through that whole divorce, and she was furious by it. And she wanted money. She needed money to continue her lifestyle.
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If I said my name, you know, I get a million questions or a million comments on the matter. Are you related to Boom Boom Triano? Like horrible things people would say.
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Boom Boom Triano was one. There was all kinds of weird names, weird things that they said.
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This picture is because it was on my birthday 15, 16 days before he died. He was very kind and gracious and generous.
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It changed my life. He was the only person that really believed in me and made me feel like I could, you know, be successful with anything.
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I think her flight came in at midnight, and we stood outside of the airport and watched her come off the plane.
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I wanted her to see our faces and to know that we were never giving up on bringing her to justice.
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It was very difficult to sit through when photos or evidence was going to be shown that would be hard. I would get up and walk out.
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The lights flickered in the courtroom. My cousin Heather was sitting in front of me, and she turned and looked, and we just lost it.
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Like seconds after the judge said guilty, the lights flickered in the courtroom. It was surreal. What did that tell you, those lights flickering? That he was there. That he knows.
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Every November 1st, I would go to La Paloma Golf Course and put flowers in the 18th hole.
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if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same. If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss and lose and start again at your beginning and never breathe a word about your loss. And that's just how my uncle lived.
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Just panic, shock. I didn't think it was real. The whole top of the car was gone. I still can see it when I close my eyes.
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Somebody sent a message and you don't know if they're coming for you next or if it's the whole family. You know, I didn't know if he was involved with something that might want to hurt us all. You were on guard all the time.
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Did you ever see your uncle's movie? Oh my gosh, yes. In fact, I had a horse once and I named it Mafu.