detective allison: he said they walked upstairs, and when they got to the top of the stairs, he pulled out a flashlight taser and told her that she was about to have a bad day. and she asked, what are you talking about? he said, you re being kidnapped. beverly must have been just absolutely terrified. i mean no doubt, no doubt. andrea canning: 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 actually lived with for a short period of time. did this give you some hope that maybe there was an accomplice here and that maybe he did have beverly? detective allison: i had hope that we were going to find beverly alive. you have to. i mean it s what keeps you going. andrea canning: lewis said the last time he saw beverly, she was with trevor, and then offered evidence that she might still be alive. lewis pla
to beverly s son, carl jr., he didn t look like a kidnapper. carl jr.: he just looks like a regular guy, and it s almost like, what did this punk want with my mom? like it didn t make sense. and so i almost was like, are we sure we have the right guy? andrea canning: 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, ok, now where is she? come on. where are you? you know, we re ready to find you. andrea canning: 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. and he said, maybe we got him. and i said, well, where s beverly? he said, we re still questioning him. we re going to find out. we re going to keep [inaudible]. we re going to keep on until we find her. then did you have a little burst of hope? just a little bit of hope. i mean that s all i had.
andrea canning: 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 o clock, and he says, son, i haven heard from your mom. have y heard from her? and you know, 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. andrea canning: 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 property where
he said you re being kidnapped. louis 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 he did have beverly? i had hope we were going to find beverly alive. you have to. that s what keeps you going. louis said the last time he saw beverly, he was with trevor and offered evidence she might still be alive. louis 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 be bad.
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 property where mom told him she was going and her car was there but she wasn t. carl jr. figured there must be an explanation, as did beverly s friend stacy and brenda. being r