The Dateline episode "Secrets at the Sunshine Motel" investigates the attempted murder of Yakima County, Washington realtor Vern Holbrook, who was lured into a home, brutally beaten and left for dead.
the ripples and eddies would hold some disturbing secrets about family, about friends and about who will betray you and who won t. just a little more than two hours from soggy seattle sits yakima in a valley where orchards and vineyards flourish in the abundant sunshine of southcentral washington. and it was just outside yakima on a saturday in may 2013, that terra rockenfield was meeting her father-in-law. i d sent him some messages early in the morning, asking if i could borrow his truck, cause i wanted to go to a nursery and he s like, well i m gonna be out there anyway showing a house so i can just meet you there. reporter: terra s father-in-law, vern holbrook, was one of the best-known and best-selling realtors in this