did lewis 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. lewis described in detail what he claimed happened. he said when he contacted beverly, she didn t feel comfortable meeting just him. so he got his wife, crystal on the phone and told her she was going, too. aaron shows up, goes in, and makes an excuse as to why crystal couldn t come. and aaron tells me that he had beverly take photographs of the house with her phone. so that explained why the photos the detective had seen were dark and blurry.ed beverly to send them to crystal since she couldn t be there. he said when they got to the top of the stairs, he pulled out
we hear foot steps running, the verdict s in. what? very quick. good sign? yes, great sign. aaron lieu witness was found guilty on all counts and given two life sentences. i felt relief, instantly relief that we got him. and beverly s family is working to make sure this doesn t happen to someone else s family. they started the beverly carter foundation. her son travels the country training real estate agents about safety. it s a blessing for me because i get to not only raise awareness, talk about safety, best practices, but then i also use that as an opportunity for me to kind of slide in some great stories about my mom and so kind of keep her alive. that s all for this edition of dateline extra. i m tamron hall. thank you for watching.
a flashlight taser and said she was about to have a bad day. he said what are you talking about? he said you re being kidnapped. lewis then claimed he had an accomplice and he wasn t talking about his wife who had set up the meeting with beverly. it was someone else. he said if anything happened to beverly, trevor done it. who s trevor? trevor is a guy that aaron lived with for a short period of time. did this give you hope there was an accomplice here and mean maybe he did have beverly? i had hope we were going to find beverly alive. you have to. that s what keeps you going. lewis said the last time he saw beverly, he was with trevor, and offered evidence that she might still be alive. lewis played a recording from his phone and it was chilling. carl, it s beverly. i just want to let you know i m okay. i haven t been hurt. just do what he says and please don t call the police. if you call the police, it could
into a subway sandwich shop. he s caught on a security camera, and when lewis left someone from a distance outside made a comment i think that s him and that spooked him. louis witness took off across the street toward this apartment complex. maybe five people chasing him. we knew we were in different areas. i think we were confident where he was. luckily as soon as we turned the corner, we saw the police coming in. when the police get there, aaron takes off running into an apartment and jumps out of a second story window before he s taken into custody. this is like a movie, this chase and kidnapping. did it feel like that? oh, yeah. still does. the cops finally had a suspect. and what he revealed would send detectives on a hair-raising ride to find the missing real estate agent. coming up a haunting recording. i just want to let you know i m okay. i haven t been hurt. could beverly still be alive? i had hoped.
lewis had 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 coming in to say, hey, have you seen, and just ask questions and put the person on alert. the officer couldn t have known that aaron lewis was the man they were looking for. miss carter was still alive and he just didn t know it. 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 she knew crystal s name. beverly had seen too much. they agreed she had to die. aaron took miss carter from their house and put her in the back of the car and drove her out to the cement plant. that s when prosecutors believe lewis did something horrific. he wrapped beverly s face in duct tape and let her suffocate.