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remains missing this evening -- >> to this become immediately the lead story on every newscast? >> every newscast, all kinds of feedback from viewers. the biggest story online. the biggest story on facebook. viewers were immediately latched onto. it >> shannon miller covered the story for nbc's philly it, krqe. she said, funding beverley became a local obsession. >> people came out in droves looking for her, wondering where she went. -- something you do every day. it left a huge mystery. what happened to her? >> beverley's husband, carl, even made a televised plea. >> i would just like to have my wife back. >> he sounded heartbroken. >> crazy people out here in the world. >> but not everyone was buying a distraught husband story. >> people were saying, oh, the husband must of had something to do with. it he must of heart somebody. >> we all watched a lot of dateline. >> carl junior, so worried about his mom, now feared his dad could become a suspect. >> they were asking questions
accomplice, and he was not talking about his wife who had set up the meeting with beverley, it was someone else. >> he said of anything happened to beverley, trevor done it. >> trevor is a guy that aaron actually lived through a short period of time. >> to this give you some hope that maybe there was an accomplice here? and that maybe he did have beverley? >> i had hoped that we were going to find beverley alive, you have to, that's what keeps you going. >> luis said the last time he saw beverley she was with trevor, and then offered evidence that she might still be alive. luis played a recording from his phone, and it was chilling. >> carl, it's beverley, i just want to let you know it's okay, i have not been harmed. just do what he says, and please do not call the police. if you call the police, it could be bad. just want you to know i love you very much. >> it was encouraging, but it only prove beverley was alive at the time of the recording. the detective told luis he
telling her husband she had been kidnapped. >> what he ultimately told the jury was that he had done it himself, he had synthesize her voice, and created this tape. >> you will forgive me if that sounds a little silly. >> will you forgive me, and i remind you, that i did not say it happened. of just telling you what the evidence was. i am just saying what happened in the trial. >> to beverley's friends and family lewis's story was not only preposterous, it was painful to listen to. >> we had been victimized over, and over again by him. i was angry that not only that he was able to do it, but that he continue to the able to hurt my mom. >> i was so now, because i thought, how dare you try to tarnish our sweet beverley's reputation? >> the verdict was back in less than an hour. >> we hear footsteps running, they were like, the verdicts in! what? it was very quick. >> good sign? >> yes. >> great sign.
>> we always talked about it, but if somebody would call -- it was just kind of out of instinct, you would jump up and go. >> this was not a last-minute showing for beverley. brenda said she had been in contact with clients for a few days. >> she did have a few concerns initially, because it was a man who had contacted her. >> she wanted to make sure that the wife was going to be there also. she wanted to show them both at the same time. >> that deal was made, both parties would be there. >> i think it made her feel more comfortable that the wife would be with him. the wife actually got on the telephone and told her, yes, she will be there. >> and her friends pointed out, the neighborhood where she was showing the house was one beverley knew well. she felt very comfortable in this area? >> yes. that was your stomping ground. >> she had sold several houses on that street. she was very familiar with that area. >> her pastor lived on the street. >> that streak was now a crime scene. new stations helped get the word out. >> in arkansas --
almost 9:00. and i say son i have not heard from your mom. have you heard from her? and i'm texting her, i'm calling her, and i can't get any response. and my first thought was, dad, this is the nature of the business. >> to reach a sure his dad and himself, carl junior and his wife drove over to the office hoping she would be there. >> there was no one there, the place is completely black. and at that time, dad let me know that he had made it to the property where mom told him that she was going. and her car was there but she wasn't. >> carl figured there had to be an explanation. he called her friends. being real with assayed engines themselves, the thought that they would know -- . >> we went to two vacant housings which were her listings, and we checked the lock box to see if she had open them. and no one had open them. >> as the hours clicked by, her friend couldn't sleep.
>> did you worry how that would look? >> no. i didn't worry a bit. i wanted to find cleverly. one thing, i wanted to find beverley. as it, you know, i hit her, and it was that. this one time, that of 34 years, one slap upside the head isn't that bad. >> he says, that was many years ago. and beverley never held it against him. >> she forgave me right there, because she knew that -- it wasn't me. >> she houthi wasn't ready to cross colonel of the list. he had other work to do. the email address and phone numbers of the prospective buyers found in beverly's no book or fake, tracking the couple required more digging. >> he had new -- barely solid carrier retrieved eerie photos from her phone, taken inside the house just
>> i was unable to come up with any plausible explanation for that reporting. that helped us. >> so there was this one -- obstacles than? >> everything came back to the recording. >> and steady ledger is in a different direction. beverley's personal life. >> you said this case is about secret lives. what did you mean by that? >> in order for our defense to be correct, she would've had to be living a life that was basically, secret, or doing something that other people did not know about. >> here's where lewis's story got even stranger. he was no longer implying that it was he that had sex with beverley, he claims he was out of the house at the time. >> that's what he said, yes. >> lewis said the truest was between beverley and crystal. he said beverley accidentally died during rough sex. >> she died well with his wife. and that he was the one that was protecting his wife and trying to cover up for her. >> to further bolster this story, they suggested to the jury that beverley had been prone to poor judgments. he pointed out that she was broke,
his wife beverley. she had promised to be home for dinner, but it was dark now and she was not answering her phone. and with the property for sale, her car was in the driveway but there was no sign of her. carl said that he called the police, then his son. >> he says, you know, it's almost 9:00. and i say son i have not heard from your mom. have you heard from her? and i'm texting her, i'm calling her, and i can't get any response. and my first thought was, dad, this is the nature of the business. >> to reach a sure his dad and himself, carl junior and his wife drove over to the office hoping she would be there. >> there was no one there, the place is completely black. and at that time, dad let me know that he had made it to the
joined search parties all over the area. her >> family, her obvious family came together and we had realtors from all over the state helping us. by that afternoon, we have the search set up and everybody had in the side of. and >> many realtors felt this was personal. one of their own, while doing her job had gone missing. and agents were already on alert. in recent years there's a -- across the country, mueller salts and even murder. how often you talk about safety? >> we always talked about it, but if somebody would call -- it was just kind of out of instinct, you would jump up and go. >> this was not a last-minute showing for beverley. brenda said she had been in contact with clients for a few days. >> she did have a few concerns initially, because it was a man who had contacted her. >> she wanted to make sure that the wife was going to be there also. she wanted to show them both at the same time. >> that deal was made, both parties would be there. >> i think it made her feel more comfortable that the wife would be with him.
it left a huge mystery. what happened to her? >> beverley's husband, carl, even made a televised plea. >> i would just like to have my wife back. >> he sounded heartbroken. >> crazy people out here in the world. >> but not everyone was buying a distraught husband story. >> people were saying, oh, the husband must of had something to do with. it he must of heart somebody. >> we all watched a lot of dateline. >> carl junior, 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 -- your fingerprints were everywhere. if completely contaminated our crime scene. why did you do that? you could just see their wheels turning it was like, oh, no. >> he was right to worry. detective allison brought karl senior in for questioning. >> did you put carl in an interview room? >> yes. >> and treated him like, this