kind of out of body, almost. how could you do something lik that why? he talked about how scared h was that something could happe to him he was afraid for his life dedmon tell no tales, but this one left a trail of clues i ve never seen my dad that way before he has never shown me fear o anything patriotic, he was head of the family company the business was real estate and someone was about to make killing. i never dreamt anything lik that would happen. murdered in the house he wa selling. was this a deal gone bad we just had some bizarr things happening in the office or maybe, bad blood my son texted me that he wa scared and wanted me to come pick him up. danger was out there. soon - you re under arrest you re under arrest under arrest. arrest after arrest twist after twist. it makes your blood boil. it s beyond m comprehension. she was the fame. she was the ignition it was a perfect storm welcome to dateline he ran a thriving real estat c
adriana mendez, who admitted luring vern to the meeting a luis s request, and then witnessing luis assault vern she said she had no idea wh luis would do that you believe that? no. and why did perrault no believe adriana? because in that same interview she had also unwittingly dropped a bombshell. when asked how, out of all the dozens of realtors in yakima she just happened to cal vern s company, aspen real estate i know a couple people wh work there who s that? daniel. because the your mind whe she says that? the bells and whistle definitely start going off bells and whistles, because after vern had been assaulted, his family had flooded detectives with calls. you sit down, you start thinking yourselves, who would want to hurt him one person. his name is daniel blizzard.
reporter: in a seattle hospital, vern holbrook hovered in that gray area between life and death in the week after he was savagely beaten, his throat slit, during a routine real estate showing in may of 2013, detectives had quickly made 2 arrests. charged with attempted murder 38-year old luis gomez-monges, who denied any part in the attack. and his 23 year old girlfriend adriana mendez. who admitted luring vern to the meeting at luis s request and then witnessing luis assault vern. she said she had no idea why luis would do that. you believe that? no. reporter: and why did perrault not believe adriana? because in that same interview, she had also unwittingly dropped a bombshell when asked how of all the dozens of realtors in yakima, she just happened to call vern s company, aspen real