Poorly written article. The contract was by the father on the mother. The father left his estate to his daughter by his second wife. The kids sued their father's estate (wrongful death) r.e. their step sister and won the suit. The estate consists of part ownership of the gem of a now defunct company.
Lawyers ....
My question is who is Phillips and where is the second contract killing ... I say again, poorly written article.
.. the rest of the story
A share of the football-sized pearl was part of the estate of their late father, Joseph Bonicelli, who hired two men to kill his wife, Eloise.
The Bonicelli children sued for the assets of the estate of their father; Delfino Ortega, the gunman; and Tom Phillips, whose wife also was killed by Ortega
Ortega was convicted in 2001 of killing Eloise Bonicelli. That verdict was overturned on appeal, but he is serving a life prison sentence for his role in the 1972 murder of Ann Phillips, the wife of Tom Phillips.
The murder cases remained unsolved until 1998. Phillips was granted immunity in exchange for his cooperation with prosecutors.
... apparently the second contract was Phillips on his wife only related by the same hit man ... looks like some license is being taken by the media