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Thought they knew where beverly carter was but was she alive? a mad dash led to a discovery and an answer for her family. heres andrea with the conclusion of "the client." four days after beverly carter disappeared, police pulled up to this cement plant. they frantically searched for the missing real estate agent. >> you have this gut feeling thats where shes at. >> yes. >> shortly after arriving, they stumbled on something out of a crime novel. an elbow sticking out of a shallow grave. it was b...

Prosecutors pounced. they questioned him about every detail, including that one piece of evidence that seemed to contradict his entire story. beverlys voice on that tape, telling her husband she had been kidnapped. >> what he ultimately told the jury was that he had done it himself. he had sinlth sized her voice and created this tape. >> youll forgive me if that sounds a little silly? >> youll foregive me if i remind you it didnt happen. im just saying what happened at trial. >> to beverlys frie...

>> the code they hoped they would never have to use. as her 50th birthday approached, beverly was determined to get in shape. she started running, working her way to up 5k races. >> the reason she started running was the medal. she had this fascination with medals. >> she lost nearly 60 pounds and gave herself a present, cosmetic surgery. >> shed have the tummy tuck but shed also have implants because she had a lift. and it was kind of a joke because when they put the implants in, they were a li...

To beverlys son carl jr., he didnt look like a kidnapper. >> he just looks like a regular guy. so it was like what did this punk want with my mom? like it didnt make sense. i almost was like are we sure we have the right guy? >> detectives believed they did. but the roller coaster ride for beverly carters family and friends was far from over. >> i can remember the feeling when he was captured, we were just all like, yes, where is she? come on, where are you? were ready to find you. >> as investi...

Tape and let her suffocate. >> he came home and told crystal that she was dead. >> and then the heart of the prosecutions case that recording of beverly pleading to her husband. they played it for the jury. >> do what he says. please dont call the police. if you call the police, it could be bad. >> prosecutors argued the recording proved beverly had been kidnapped and contradicted the claim of a hook-up. so how would the defense explain that tape? the attorney bill james chose the ignore it. >> ...

That would signal trouble. shed been missing for a few hours and her husband was in a panic. then a text. but was it from beverly and what did it mean? heres andrea canning with more of "the client." >> carl carter was worried about his wife, beverly. she had promised to be home for dinner after showing this house not too far away. but it was dark now. she wasnt answering her phone and at the property for sale, her car was in the driveway but there was no sign of her. carl says he called the pol...

Determined some of the factors in the case were odd. >> not only was beverlys car parked in the driveway, her purse was locked inside. did you have just a grim feeling right out of the gate that this woman did not disappear voluntarily? >> i was hopeful but i did have a feeling, yes. >> the detective searched the vacant house. it was pitch black. the electricity was off. >> i got down on the floor and with my flashlight when its dark you can shine a light at a specific angle, you could see distu...

>> we worked so hard to find her. and then we really tried to do right and it wasnt enough. >> i know she pleaded. i know she pleaded. for her life and to be sent back to us, and for her grand babies. and i have to know they are comforting her. >> aaron lewis was charged with murder and kidnapping and his wife was charged as the accomplice. they pleaded not guilty. but his words to shannon miller outside the sheriffs office didnt sound like those of an innocent man. >> why beverly? >> she was a ...

She said what are you talking about? he said youre being kidnapped. >> louis then claimed he had an accomplice and he wasnt talking about his wife who had set up the meeting with beverly. it was someone else. >> he said if anything happened to beverly, trevor done it. >> whos trevor? >> trevor is a guy that aaron lived with for a short period of time. >> did this give you hope there was an accomplice here and he did have beverly? >> i had hope we were going to find beverly alive. you have to. th...

Little thought went into this plan. lewis had forgotten beverlys purse with her atm card at the property. so he went back to get it. crystal says when he got close to the house, cops were everywhere. one even pulled him over. >> this particular officer just stopped the car coming in to say, have you seen, just asking questions and put the person on alert. >> the officer couldnt have known aaron lewis was the man they were looking for. >> miss carter was still alive. and he just didnt know it. >>...