she d been missing for a few hours and her husband was in a panic. then a text. but was it from beverly and what did it mean? here s andrea canning with more of the client. carl carter was worried about his wife, beverly. she had promised to be home for dinner after showing this house not too far away. but it was dark now. she wasn t answering her phone and at the property for sale, her car was in the driveway but there was no sign of her. carl says he called the police. then his son. he says, you know, it s almost 9:00. he said, son, i haven t heard from your mom. have you heard from her? i m texting her, i m calling her and i can t i can t get any response. and my first thought was, dad, this is just the nature of the business. to reassure his dad and himself, carl jr. and his wife, kim, drove over to beverly s office hoping she d be there. there was no one there. i mean, the place is completely black. and about that time dad had let me know that he had made it to the pro
petty crimes in several states. to beverly s son carl jr., he didn t look like a kidnapper. he just looks like a regular guy. so it was like what did this punk want with my mom? like it didn t make sense. i almost was like are we sure we have the right guy? detectives believed they did. but the roller coaster ride for beverly carter s family and friends was far from over. i can remember the feeling when he was captured, we were just all like, yes, where is she? come on, where are you? we re ready to find you. as investigators focused on aaron lewis, they backed off on beverly s husband as a suspect. now detective allison was keeping carl in the loop. he said we got him. i said, well, where s beverly? he said we re still questioning him. we re going to find out. we re going to keep on till we find her. then did you have a little burst of hope? just a little bit of hope. that s all i had. really your biggest task was
panic. then a text. but was it from beverly and what did it mean? here s andrea canning with more of the client. carl carter was worried about his wife, beverly. she had promised to be home for dinner after showing this house not too far away. but it was dark now. she wasn t answering her phone and at the property for sale, her car was in the driveway but there was no sign of her. carl says he called the police. then his son. he says, you know, it s almost 9:00. he said, son, i haven t heard from your mom. have you heard from her? i m texting her, i m calling her and i can t i can t get any response. and my first thought was, dad, this is just the nature of the business. to reassure his dad and himself, carl jr. and his wife, kim, drove over to beverly s office hoping she d be there. there was no one there. i mean, the place is completely black.
a flashlight taser and said she was about to have a bad day. she asked, what are you talking about? he said, you re being kidnapped. beverly must have been absolutely terrified. no doubt. 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 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 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.
welcome back. when a person goes missing, many detectives will tell you that the first few hours are the most critical. in the case of beverly carter, police had a feeling that she hadn t disappeared voluntarily, and the clock was ticking. it was time to start talking to those closest to beverly, including her husband. andrea canning picks up with the client. as the sun rose the next morning, there was still no sign of beverly carter. her family and friends were out searching. we had beautiful 8 x 10 color fliers that we were posting everywhere. she had just had some new head shots done. we had hundreds. and hundreds of people joined search parties all over the area. 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.