ask your doctor about lyrica. welcome back to dateline extra. getting a suspect in beverly carter s disappearance into custody was like a scene from an action movie, complete with a hot pursuit, a leap out of a second story window and ending with the suspect in cuffs. investigators wanted their burning question answered, where was beverly? here s andrea canning with more of the client. police had a suspect in custody. his name was aaron lewis. he was an unemployed truck driver who had been convicted of petty crimes in several states. to beverly s son carl jr., he didn t look like a kidnapper. he just looks like a regular
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 louis, 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 to find out where beverly was? that was my biggest task and concern at that time.
that would signal trouble. 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.
she said what are you talking about? 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 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
top of the stairs, he pulled out a flashlight taser and said she was about to have a bad day. she asked, what are you talking about? and he said that you are being k kidnapped. beverly must have been absolutely terrified. no doubt. in no doubt. and aaron said that he had an accomplice, and not talking about setting up the meeting with beverly. 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.