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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 she knew something was wrong. >> she believed beverly was scared of those potential buyers and was rushing to fin, showing the house. it was all bad news. beverly carter had now been missing for three days. >> ive never felt that kind of loss of control. you feel utterly...

Being real estate agent themselves, she thought maybe she had gone with the potential buyers to show them other houses. >> we went to the two vacant houses that were her listings and went and checked the locked boxes to see if anyone had read them and nobody had opened them. >> beverlys friend couldnt sleep so she checked her phone. >> theres an e-mail from brenda and i can still see the words that said "it is with a very heavy heart that i let you know we cant find beverly, she went to show a h...

Crime scene. >> an arkansas real estate agent remains missing this evening. >> did that become the lead story? >> the biggest story online, the biggest story on facebook. >> shannon miller covered the story. she said finding beverly became a local obsession. >> people came out in droves, looking for her, wondering where she had gone. to not come home from work after doing something you do every day left a huge mystery. what happened to her? >> beverlys husband, carl, even made a plea. he sounded...

Then his son. >> he says, you know, its almost 9:00. he said, son, i havent heard from your mom. have you heard from her? im texting her, im calling her and i cant -- i cant get any response. and my first thought was, dad, this is just the nature of the business. >> to reassure his dad and himself, carl jr. and his wife, kim, drove over to beverlys office hoping shed be there. >> there was no one there. i mean, the place is completely black. and about that time dad had let me know that he had ma...

Crystals medication so 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 lewis did something horrific. he wrapped beverlys face in duct tape and let her suffocate. >> he came home and told crystal that she was dead. >> and thats the heart of the prosecutions case. that recording of beverly pleading to her husband....

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 little bit larger than she wanted them to me. we had some big laughs about that. shes going to have them reduced because they hadnt fallen and they were sitting up here. >> but she did look good. >> she looked fabulous. >> and being a real estate agent, she felt it was important to look her best. on an unseasonably warm day, beverly was easing back into work. she was going...

Them that you found their spouse, its hard. thats probably the hardest part of it. >> they said we found beverly. i said, well, was she alive? and im sorry but she wasnt. >> we had worked so hard i mean, to find her. i mean we just really tried to do right and it wasnt enough. >> i know she pleaded. i know she pleaded. for her life. and to be come back to us, and for her grand babies. and i just have to know that god was there comforting her. >> aaron lewis was charged with murder and kidnapping...

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 lewis 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 the house for a sexual hookup that went wrong. >> did...

From shes okay, this is all over, till the second we saw the screen and saw what the texts said, we knew someone had her phone. >> totally flipped me out. shed been took. >> they decided they needed backup. they rushed to the property. beverly hadnt been missing that long. why were you called so quickly? >> the division showed up and 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 feel...

Knew that i was a suspect. >> as detective allison continued to question carl, he discovered some skeletons. they were having financial issues? >> yeah. >> how much money did beverly carter have in her checking account in. >> i dont know exact dollar amount but it want much. >> $126? >> that sounds about right. >> was there a life insurance policy? >> yes, several thousand dollars. $100,000. >> $100,000? >> yes. i dont remember the exact dollar amount. >> the detective learned about other issues...