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Broke but driving a brand new cadillac and getting expensive surgery. >> im just saying she made some bad decisions, maybe she made another one. >> finally aaron louis took the stand and told the jury about the alleged rendezvous with beverly and his wife. during cross-examination, prosecutors pounced and they questioned him about every detail, including that one piece of detail that seemed to contradict their story, beverlys voice on that tape telling her husband shed been kidnapped. >> what he...

They were hoping it would lead to the missing real estate agent. beverly carters cell carrier turned over everything on her phone. and there was one thing that caught investigators attention. these blurry and dark pictures she took of the house she was trying to sell. not exactly showcase material. when her daughter-in-law had a chance to see them -- >> you have a theory about why theyre badly taken photos. >> you can just tell that it was like quick, just quick. >> like she knew -- >> i knew sh...

Still be alive. louis played a recording from his phone and it was chilling. >> carl, its beverly. i just want to let you know im okay. i havent been hurt. just do what he says and please dont call the police. if you call the police, it could be bad. i just want to let you know, i love you very. >> 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...

>> she was a rich broker. >> it was just as chilling in person as it was on tv. and then he gets into the car and youre going what did he just say? >> two weeks later, shannon interviewed louis in jail and he told a vastly different story from the one he 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. >> then he tried to say beverly played a role in her own death. he implied she willingly met him at ...

There was no accomplice. police were running out of options. then detective allison thought of one more possibility, a cement plan called argos where louis 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. >> a mad dash to the cement coming up, another game from aaron louis. >> i was so mad about how dare you try to tarnish our s...

>> and her life is at stake? >> yes. >> reporter shannon miller cuts in with breaking news. >> was the whole city glued to their tv sets as the hunt for beverly was on? >> absolutely. so many people knew this picture, knew this face. >> and. >> was on the lookout. these men who knew beverly were discussing the case from this office. >> as were standing in front of this window with the window open, ben louis walks in front of this window. >> they immediately called 911. >> 911. >> theyre looking ...

Something like that and it was a picture of miss carter bound in the trunk of the car. she said that when she got home, he had brought miss carter back to the house. >> 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. 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 ove...

Crystals medication and she knew crystals name. >> beverly had seen too much. they agreed she had to die. >> aaron took miss carter from their house and put her in the back of the car and drove her out to the cement plant. >> thats when prosecutors believe louis did something horrific. he wrapped beverlys face in duct tape and let her suffocate. >> 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 ...

Obstacles? >> everything came back to the recording. >> instead he led jurors in a different direction, beverlys personal life. >> you said this case is about secret lives. what did you mean by that? >> in order for our defense to be correct, she would have to be living a life was basically secretly doing something that other people didnt know about. >> heres where louis story got even stranger. he was no longer implying that he had sex with beverly. >> he claims he was out of the house at the t...

Spouse. its hard. its probably the hardest part of it. >> he said we found beverly. i said, well, is she alive? no, im sorry, but she wasnt. >> we had worked so hard, i mean, to find her. we just really tried to do right and it wasnt enough. >> i know she pleaded. i know she pleaded for her life and to come back to us and for her grand babies. and i just have to know they got there comforting her. >> aaron louis was charged with murder and kidnapping and his wife, crystal lowrie, charged as his ...