For this reason Barrier had also called me on Friday evening. Earlier in the day he had received a phone call from a self-described hit man, and though Barrier didn’t believe anyone would attack him face to face, he did express concern about an alternative form of attack. Because I spoke to Barrier on a weekly basis, and because I had always known him to be a sensible man, I deemed his worries generally valid, and told him so. “Be aware of ambushes,” I said. He countered by stating his presentiment that his enemies—in name, the Rizzolo family and their associates—would try to get him through a stratagem. “They’re gonna try to do it through a woman,” he said. “Or they’re gonna try to drug me.”Days after Barrier was found dead, Gus Flangas, an acquaintance and attorney for Barrier, was quoted in the Las Vegas Review Journal saying, "All I can say is the circumstances (surrounding Barrier’s death) seem suspicious; obviously it will warrant further investigation."