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category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Indio City Manager who confirmed the hiring of an attorney to investigate
  links between the Cabazon triple slayings and the Cabazon Casino in the PROMIS scandal.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- CIA
- Lawyer
---

[Phillip Hawes](/people/phillip-hawes/) was the Indio City Manager. He confirmed to *Indio Daily News* staff writer [Paul Zalis](/people/paul-zalis/) that [William Cole](/people/william-cole/), a Los Angeles-based attorney, had been hired to investigate possible links between the triple slayings of [Fred Alvarez](/people/fred-alvarez/), [Ralph Boger](/people/ralph-boger/), and [Patricia Castro](/people/patricia-castro/) and the [Cabazon Indian Reservation](/places/cabazon-indian-reservation/).[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.