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. 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 hookup that went wrong. it didn t have nothing to do with her showing the home. just a place to meet. in your opinion, how far fetched was the new story about the sexual encounter? it was 100% made up so completely far fetched. assistant district attorney john johnson was assigned the case. he believed it was a kidnapping gone wrong but needed help proving it in court. he turned to louis s wife, crystal lowrie. i thought from the very beginning we would need to flip crystal and it would be important for the case for her to testify. he made a deal with crystal. she agreed to testify against her husband and plead guilty of murder and kidnapping in
exchange for a reduced sentence of 30 years. it s good for the jury to be able to hear the back story of what went on and the why of what went on. aaron louis went on trial. the prosecution s star witness, crystal lowrie, took the stand and told the jury all the grisly details. she claimed it was all about money, not sex. she said he came up with the idea of kidnapping someone but she even went so far as to suggest real estate agents. she testified she was in class at nursing school when louis abducted beverly. she got a text from aaron louis saying look at this or something like that and it was a picture of miss carter bound in the trunk of the car. she said that when she got home, he had brought miss carter back to the house. 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. louis had forgotten beverly s purse with her atm card at the property, so he went back to get it. crystal
yes. their real names, aaron lewis and his wife, crystal lowrie. police raced over to put the couple s house under surveillance. this was a very delicate operation. yes. we were working with the expectation with the hope that she was still alive. detective allison said he wasn t sure if the couple was even involved. they wanted to see what he looked like. remember the eyewitness had seen a skinny man with short brown hair the night beverly disappeared. they hadn t been there long when a man matching that description walked out the door but this didn t approach him. were you hoping he would lead to you beverly? yes. we felt if we made contact too early, if he was the one we were looking for, everything is shot. louis got into his car and the plan fell apart. he saw us sitting there. that s when he started speeding off. he was out of the vehicle before
interviewed louis in jail and he told a vastly different story from the one he 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. 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 hookup that went wrong. it didn t have nothing to do with her showing the home. just a place to meet. in your opinion, how far fetched was the new story about the sexual encounter? it was 100% made up so completely far fetched. assistant district attorney john johnson was assigned the case. he believed it was a kidnapping gone wrong but needed help proving it in court. he turned to louis s wife, crystal lowrie. i thought from the very beginning we would need to flip crystal and it would be important for the case for her to testify.
he made a deal with crystal. she agreed to testify against her husband and plead guilty of murder and kidnapping in exchange for a reduced sentence of 30 years. it s good for the jury to be able to hear the back story of what went on and the why of what went on. aaron louis went on trial. the prosecution s star witness, crystal lowrie, took the stand and told the jury all the grisly details. she claimed it was all about money, not sex. she said he came up with the idea of kidnapping someone but she even went so far as to suggest real estate agents. she testified she was in class at nursing school when louis abducted beverly. she got a text from aaron louis saying look at this or something like that and it was a picture of miss carter bound in the trunk of the car. she said that when she got home, he had brought miss carter back