>> reporter: reporter shannon miller remembers her station cut into programming with the breaking news. >> authorities are searching for a man wanted for kidnapping beverly carter, a realtor. >> was the whole city kinda glued to their tv sets as the -- the hunt for this individual was on? >> absolutely. so many people knew this picture and knew this face. >> reporter: and everyone was on the lookout. ben boyette and conan watters, managers at a mortgage company, who knew beverly from real estate deals, were discussing the case in their office. >> and as we're standing inside this room, looking out with the window open, arron lewis walks right in front of the window. >> reporter: ben immediately called 911. >> 911? >> hey, uh, i'm, i'm sittin' over here. they're, they're looking for a guy here, uh, that was involved in the realtor being kidnapped. and this guy looks like -- and he is nervous and he is out here at a bus stop. >> reporter: conan went out to the bus stop to confirm it really was lewis. >> i approached him. and he -- he was a little