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>> if beverly was in trouble. she would know to text back the location. >> there was no response. >> the one that i got was out having drinks with friends. im like were right here. >> the texts on her husbands phone were just as deflating. sorry, phone dead, having drinks. carl jr. knew his mom would never go out and not tell anyone. >> shes okay, this is all over to the second we saw that screen and saw what these texts said, we knew someone has her phone. >> totally flipped me out. i said shes...

Disturbing. >> he said, well, did you have any kind of affair? >> i said, yes, i had one. >> and carl said he got violent with beverly when he tried to stop her from driving drunk. >> i even hit her one time. thats when she got out of the truck and said im not going to ride with you. i said stay here then. i just drove off, just straight into a 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 a...

Beverly. >> she got a text from arron lewis saying, "look at this," or something like that. and it was a picture of ms. carter bound in the trunk of the car. she said that when she got home he had brought ms. carter back to the house. >> reporter: she told the jury when she got home beverly was locked in their bathroom. and what she said next showed how 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 say...

Left a huge mystery. what happened to her? >> beverlys husband, carl, even made a plea. he sounded heart broken but not everybody was buying the distraught husband story. >> people were saying, oh, the husband must have had something to do with it, must have hired somebody. we all watch a lot of "dateline." >> carl jr., so worried about his mom, now feared his dad could become a suspect. >> they were asking questions like, okay, youre the husband and you just went into this home to search for he...

Innocent man. >> why beverly? why beverly? >> she was a rich broker. >> it was just as chilling in person as it was on tv. and then he gets into thor car and youre going, what did he just say? >> reporter: two weeks later, shannon interviewed lewis in jail and he told a vastly different story than the one hed told detectives. >> was he willing to cop to anything? >> no. >> i didnt kill her, i didnt murder her and anything that did occur was an accident. >> reporter: then he tried to say beverly ...

Police were running out of options. then detective allison thought of one more possibility, a see meant plan called argos where lewis had previously worked. i point blank asked him if beverly was at argos. at that point he looked up and had this stupid look on his face and i figured thats where she was at. police rushed to hope to find beverly alive. >> coming up, another gain from aaron lewis. i was so mad about how dare you try to tarnish her reputation. >> at last, an answer for her family....

Search parties all over the area. >> her family, her office family came together and we had realtors from all over the state helping us. and by that afternoon, we had the search set up and everybody had an assignment. >> 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 yo...

Difficult to listen to. >> wed been victimized over and over again. i was angry that not only did he do it but he continued to hurt my mom. >> i was so mad because i fell like how dare you try to darnish our sweet beverlys reputation. >> the verdict was back within an hour. >> we hear foot steps running, "the verdicts in." >> good sign? >> yes, great sign. >> aaron louis was found guilty on all count and given two life sentences. >> i felt relief, instantly relief that we got him. >> and beverly...

Were going to keep on till we find her. >> then did you have a little burst of hope? >> just a little bit of hope. thats all i had. >> really your biggest task was to find out where beverly was? >> that was my biggest task and concern at that time. >> did louis know where beverly was? if he did, would he tell the detective? what was his story? where was beverly? >> he said that he kidnapped beverly and it was because of money. he said he found her on the internet, searched her out, saw that she ...

>> he said when they got to the top of the stairs, he pulled out a flashlight taser and said she was about to have a bad day. he 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 ...