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>> if beverly was in trouble. she would know to text back the location. >> there was no response. >> the one that i got was out having drinks with friends. i'm like we're right here. >> the texts on her husband's phone were just as deflating. sorry, phone dead, having drinks. carl jr. knew his mom would never go out and not tell anyone. >> she's okay, this is all over to the second we saw that screen and saw what these texts said, we knew someone has her phone. >> totally flipped me out. i said she's been took. >> the patrol division who had responded to the call decided they needed backup. de...

Disturbing. >> he said, well, did you have any kind of affair? >> i said, yes, i had one. >> and carl said he got violent with beverly when he tried to stop her from driving drunk. >> i even hit her one time. that's when she got out of the truck and said i'm not going to ride with you. i said stay here then. i just drove off, just straight into a ditch. >> did you regret it? >> oh, yeah. like i felt like poo-cocky as far as that goes. >> so did you worry did it a little bit? >> 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...

Beverly. >> she got a text from arron lewis saying, "look at this," or something like that. and it was a picture of ms. carter bound in the trunk of the car. she said that when she got home he had brought ms. carter back to the house. >> reporter: 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. lewis had forgotten beverly's 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 over. >> this particular...

Left a huge mystery. what happened to her? >> beverly's husband, carl, even made a plea. he sounded heart broken but not everybody was buying the distraught husband story. >> people were saying, oh, the husband must have had something to do with it, must have hired somebody. we all watch a lot of "dateline." >> carl jr., so worried about his mom, now feared his dad could become a suspect. >> they were asking questions like, okay, you're the husband and you just went into this home to search for her, you've gone up in the attic. your fingerprints are everywhere. you just completely contaminated...

Innocent man. >> why beverly? why beverly? >> she was a rich broker. >> it was just as chilling in person as it was on tv. and then he gets into thor car and you're going, what did he just say? >> reporter: two weeks later, shannon interviewed lewis in jail and he told a vastly different story than the one he'd told detectives. >> was he willing to cop to anything? >> no. >> i didn't kill her, i didn't murder her and anything that did occur was an accident. >> reporter: 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 hook-...