as her 50th birthday approached, beverly was determined to get in shape. she started running, working her way up to 5k races. brenda: the reason that she started running some of the times was the medals. andrea canning: she lost nearly 60 pounds and threw herself a big birthday party, and she gave herself a present cosmetic surgery. you know, she d had the tummy tuck, but she had also had implants, because she d had stacy: a lift. a lift. and it was kind of a big joke, because when they put the implants in, they were just a little bit larger than she wanted them to be. yes, they were. brenda: and oh, we had some big laughs about that. and she was going to go have them reduced, because she was like, i mean they hadn t fallen, and they were like sitting up here, and it was but she did look good. oh, she looked fabulous. andrea canning: and being a real estate agent, she felt it was important to look her best. on an unseasonably warm september day in 2014, beverly was easing back into
denise: her family, her office family came together, and we had realtors from all over the state helping us. and by that afternoon, we had the search set up, and everybody had an assignment. andrea canning: many realtors felt this was personal. one of their, own while out doing her job, had gone missing. and agents were already on alert. in recent years, there had been a rise in crimes against real estate brokers across the country, brutal assaults, and even murder. how often did you talk about safety? i mean we always talked about it, but a lot of times, if somebody would call and ask us to go show a house, it was just kind of, out of instinct sometimes, you would jump up and go. andrea canning: but this was not a last minute showing for beverly. brenda said she d been in contact with the clients for a few days. she did have some 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 bot
where was she? craig melvin: coming up, what had happened to beverly? carl: all of a sudden, beverly texts me, bam, bam bam. brenda: our phones both started beeping at the same time with texts. and she said, i m sorry. my phone has been dead. craig melvin: some simple miscommunication? the mystery was just beginning. denise: i still can feel the same pain. craig melvin: when dateline continues.
mom told him she was going. and her car was there, but she wasn t. andrea canning: carl jr. figured there must be an explanation, as did beverly s friends, stacy and brenda. being real estate agents themselves, they thought maybe she had gone with the potential buyers to show them other houses. brenda: we went to the two vacant houses that were beverly s listings and went and checked the lockboxes and read them to see if anybody had opened them, and nobody had opened them. andrea canning: as the hours ticked by, beverly s friend, denise, couldn t sleep, so she checked her phone. denise: there was an email from brenda, and i can still see the words that said, it is with a very heavy heart that i let you know that we can t find beverly. she went to show a house, and she is missing. and i still can read that and feel the same pain. andrea canning: police and beverly s family gathered at the property, trying to figure out where she was. how was your dad handling everything? chad: i felt li
brenda remembers beverly telling her she was going to show a house not far from her home. the potential buyers were offering cash. she really didn t want to go. she was tired, but she was hoping that she d be able to get a fast close, because if it s a cash close, you can also close it quicker. so this is just kind of an everyday run of the mill showing. it s a no brainer, yeah. andrea canning: beverly left the office and headed off to show the property to a young couple. she told her husband she d be home for dinner. but you didn t hear from her? mm-mm. andrea canning: carl says he started to worry. beverly had given him the address, so he decided to take a ride over. if she s over there, her car will be there. well, i went and drove around there, and there was her car. beverly was not in the house. that s right. so this is panic time for you. yep. i thought it was weird, because beverly wouldn t leave, unless she was in her car. do you call the police? yes, instantly. andrea canning: