carter, bound in the trunk of the car. she said that when she got home he had brought miss 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 officer just stopped a car that was comin' in to say, ey, if you -- have you seen --" you know, just to ask questions and to put the person on alert. >> reporter: the officer couldn't have known that arron lewis was the man they were looking for. >> miss carter was still alive, and -- and he just didn't know it. >> reporter: when lewis returned home, crystal told the jury that's when the couple ran out of options. >> she was in the bathroom with crystal's medication, and so that she knew crystal's name.