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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 was a broker and felt like she had money. >> louis described in detail what he claimed happened. he said when he contacted beverly about the house showing, she told him she didn't feel comfortable meeting just him. so he got his wife, crystal on the phone and told her she was going, too. >> he makes an excuse as to why crysta...

>> that's when prosecutors believe louis did something horrific. he wrapped beverly's face in duct tape and let her suffocate. >> he came home and told crystal she was dead. >> and the heart of the prosecution's case, the recording of beverly pleading to her husband, they played it for the jury. >> do what he says and please don't call the police. if you call the police it, could be bad. >> prosecutors argued the recording showed she had been kidnapped and discounted the claim of a hook up. how would they contradict that claim? attorney bill james ignored it. >> i was unable to come up with an...

What did you mean by that? >> in order for our defense to be correct, she would have to be living a life that was basically secretly doing something that other people didn't know about. >> here's 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 time? >> that's what he said, yes. >> louis said the tryst was between beverly and crystal. he said beverly accidentally died during rough sex. >> she died with his wife and he was protecting his wife and trying to cover up for her. >> to further bolster the story, ...

No, i'm sorry, but she wasn't. >> we had worked so hard, i mean, to find her. we just really tried to do right and it wasn't 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 accomplice. they pleaded not guilty. but his words to reporter shannon miller outside the sheriff's office didn't sound like those of an innocent man. >> why beverly? why beverly? >> she was a rich broker. >> ...

Honestly. i need to roll in it. >> so did you worry how that would look? >> no, i didn't worry about a thing. i wanted to find beverly. i wanted to find beverly. i hit her and that was it. just one time in 34 years, one slap upside the head isn't bad. >> he says that was many years ago and beverly never held it against him. >> she'd forgive me right then because that wasn't me. >> detective allison had other work to do. the e-mail address and phone numbers of the perspective buyers in beverly's notebook were fake. tracking them was harder. erie photos from her phone taken inside the home just ...