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Beverly was determined to get in shape. she started running, working her way to up 5k races. >> the reason she started running was the medal. she had this fascination with medals. she would show us a picture of it. she would say, don't you want to go with us? look at this medal. >> she lost nearly 60 pounds and gave herself a present, cosmetic surgery. >> she'd have the tummy tuck but she'd 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. she w...

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 lewis he needed more. >> that's when he finally says i'll take you to the last place that she was. >> so this is a big moment now. >> yup. >> in this whole case. this is it. >> yup. that's when we load him up and we start going to cabot, arkansas. >> beverly's family prayed this nightmare was about to end. >> did you know aaron lewis was saying your mom was alive? >> yes. we knew that after they had him and they were interrogating him...

During cross-examination, prosecutors pounced and they questioned him about every detail, including that one piece of evidence that seemed to contradict his entire story. beverly's voice on that tape telling her husband she'd been kidnapped. >> what he ultimately told the jury is he had done it himself, synthesized the voice and created the tape. >> you'll forgive me if i say that sounds a little silly. >> you'll forgive me if i say i'm just saying what happened at trial. >> to beverly's family, it was not only preposterous, it was painful to listen to. >> we'd been victimized over and over ag...

Secretly doing something that other people didn't know about. >> here's where lewis' 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. >> lewis said the tryst was between beverly and crystal. he said beverly accidentally died having rough sex. >> she died with his wife and he was only just protecting his wife and trying to cover up for her. >> to further bolster this story, james suggested to the jury that beverly had been prone to poor judgment. he pointed out that she was broke but d...

She was very familiar with the area. >> her pastor lived on that street. >> and that street was now a crime scene. news stations helped get the word out. >> an arkansas real estate agent remains missing this evening. >> did that become the lead story? >> every newscast, all kinds of feedback from viewers, the biggest story online, the biggest story on facebook. viewers were immediately latched on to it. >> 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 a...