andrea canning: her sons, chad, and carl jr., and carl jr. s wife, kim, were always amazed at how much their mom s clients loved her. well, one of her clients, she had gone to their wedding, and then went to a baby shower. so she just sold them a house. it was a newer client, and i think that that speaks for itself. she had a nice smile. she had a beautiful smile, and she had a laugh that would fill a room. and she was hands down the most genuine person you ever met. andrea canning: chad, beverly s youngest son, says it was like his mom glowed. chad: she was very radiant. i think that s what spoke out to people is that confidence, and people noticed. obviously, she was naturally beautiful. andrea canning: it was that natural beauty that caught the eye of her husband, carl. they met when they were just kids. yeah, she was 16. i was 19. andrea canning: wow. where did you meet her? splendora, texas. she was working at a little hamburger joint named the bionic burger. i said, well, did not
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:
and then detective allison thought of one more possibility a cement plant called argos, where lewis had recently worked. detective allison: i point blank asked him if beverly was at argos. and at that point, he was looking down at the table. when i said that, he looked up, and he just had this stupid look on his face. and so i figured right then that that s probably where she was at. andrea canning: police raced over to the factory hoping to find beverly alive. craig melvin: coming up, another game from aaron lewis. i was so mad about how dare you try to tarnish our sweet beverly s reputation? craig melvin: and at last, an answer for her family. he said, we found beverly. craig melvin: when dateline continues.
detective allison: he actually saw us sitting there, so that s when he started speeding off. he knew you were following him. oh, yeah. yeah. and he actually went around a 90-degree corner and wrecked and was almost he was out of the vehicle by the time we went around the corner and saw him. andrea canning: lewis was injured. police photographed him and rushed him to the hospital. detective allison: we re not allowed to go back with them while they re getting certain treatment, so the detective is sitting out waiting for the treatment. and when they take aaron back to get mri or a cat scan or whatever they re doing, he decides he s going to leave the hospital. aaron aaron doesn t come back. doesn t come back. andrea canning: aaron lewis bolted from the hospital. it would seem the closest link to beverly carter had slipped through their fingers. police launched a citywide manhunt. was that one of the first things you did get his photo out to the news media? - yes. andrea canning: ever