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Anything? >> no. >> i didnt kill her. i didnt murder her. and anything that did occur was an accident. >> then he tried to say beverly played a role in her own death. he implied she willingly met him at the house for a sexual hookup that went wrong. >> it didnt have nothing to do with her showing the home. just a place to meet. >> in your opinion, how far fetched was the new story about the sexual encounter? >> it was 100% made up so completely far fetched. >> assistant district attorney john jo...

>> and something else troubling. carl said that he got violent with beverly when he tried to stop her from driving drunk. >> i even hit her, one time. that is when she got out of the truck, and she said, im not going to ride with you. i said stay here then, and i drove off just straight into the ditch. >> did you regret it? >> oh, yeah. like i felt like poo-cocky as far as that goes. >> so did you worry did it a little bit? >> no, i didnt worry about a thing. i wanted to find beverly. i wanted t...

Street had seen something? >> yes, she had seen a black vehicle pull into the drive way and then 30 or 45 minutes later she saw a skinny white male outside of the house, and put the vehicle backed up to the door. two and two together, that is probably where the tire track came from. >> the detective found more in the back of beverlys car. >> i found a note back that she kept with realtor information on it that showed a listing on that house. >> was there anything show anything clues? >> attached...

>> its good for the jury to be able to hear the back story of what went on and the why of what went on. >> aaron louis went on trial. the prosecutions star witness, crystal lowrie, took the stand and told the jury all the grisly details. she claimed it was all about money, not sex. >> she said he came up with the idea of kidnapping someone but she even went so far as to suggest real estate agents. >> she testified she was in class at nursing school when louis abducted beverly. >> she got a text ...

I love you very much. >> it was encouraging but it only proved beverly was alive at the time of the recording. the detective told louis he needed more. >> thats when he finally says ill take you to the last place that she was. >> so this is a big moment now. >> yup. >> in this whole case. this is it. >> yup. thats when we load him up and he start going to cabot, arkansas. >> beverlys family prayed this nightmare was about to end. >> did you know that aaron louis was saying your mom was alive? >>...

>> beverly must have been just absolutely terrified. >> no doubt. no doubt. >> 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 mean he did have beverly? >> i had hope we were going to find beverly alive. yo...

Next showed how little thought went into this plan. louis 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 a car that was coming in to say, hey, have you seen, and just ask questions and put the person on alert. >> the officer couldnt have known that aaron louis was the man they were looking for. >> miss carter was still al...

>> many realtors felt this was personal. one of their own while out doing her job had gone missing. and agents were already on alert. in recent years there had been a rise in crimes against real estate brokers across the country, brutal assaults and even murder. >> how often did you talk about safety? >> i mean, we always talked about it but a lot of times if someone called us and asked us to go show a house, out of instinct youd jump up and go. >> beverly said shed been in contact with the clie...

>> he came home and told crystal she was dead. >> and the heart of the prosecutions case, the recording of beverly pleading to her husband, they played it for the jury. >> do what he says and please dont call the police. if you call the police it, could be bad. >> they say it claimed that beverly had been kidnapped and contradicted the claim of a hookup. attorney bill james ignored it. >> i was unable to come up with any plausible explanation for that recording that helped us. >> was this one of...

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