Ambushed Yakima real estate agent dies of injuries

Published 1:14 pm Monday, January 27, 2014

YAKIMA — The owner of a Yakima real estate company who was attacked last May while showing a home died Sunday in hospice.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reported four people who have been jailed in the case could face murder charges.

Aspen Real Estate owner Vern Holbrook was 78-year-old when he was beaten and had his throat cut. The injury left him with brain damage.

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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakimaherald.com