and daniel. from the day vern was attacked. 'don't be late for shopping.' >> what's going on there? >> it appears to be code to me. what they're talking about is the real estate appointment with vern. >> at 12:04 p.m., presumably was right around when the attack happened, adriana texts daniel, 'we are going shopping.' >> i believe that that is her way of telling daniel that the job is done. >> reporter: and that same afternoon, who pulls up at the sunshine motel to pick up adriana? you guessed it. daniel blizzard. >> possible that they were just talking about shopping? >> anything is possible but it's not very likely. >> reporter: finally, in september 2013, nearly 3 months after the attack, the detective went to pick up daniel. >> he didn't seem surprised to see me. >> and he didn't say 'gee detective, what could this possibly be about?" >> no he didn't ask. >> i'm the detective who's investigating the attack on vern holbrook.