I saw the flash. I smelt the gunpowder. The noise was deafening. I saw his head jerk back, his body convulse and slip sideways. In Arizona, Gravano started Creative Pools, also did business as Marathon Development.
Police suspect it was a front.
His family moved to the Valley to be closer, his wife opening a Scottsdale restaurant. Last year, his presence in the Valley was discovered and reported by The Arizona Republic. That's where the story might have ended, police claim, had he not gotten involved in a drug business allegedly run by his son's friend. Police allege that she helped track drug-ring cash while running her restaurant. Court records say she works for her father's business, but police claim she was involved in drug distribution.