estate. i know a couple people that used to work there. who s that? daniel? what goes through your mind when she says that? well the bells and whistles definitely start going off. reporter: bells and whistles because after vern had been assaulted, his family had flooded detectives with calls. so you sit down and you start thinking to yourselves, who d wanna hurt him? one person. his name is daniel blizzard. reporter: daniel blizzard. that ambitious agent to whom vern was going to sell the company. someone vern had once trusted. did you think daniel had something to do with it? well, yeah i was pretty sure. reporter: why, with zero proof, would so many believe blizzard was behind the attack? detective perrault soon heard a story that went like this, in the fall of 2008, vern called employees like bookkeeper judy craven to a meeting.