dollar amount. reporter: the detective also learned about other issues he found disturbing. he said, well, did you have any kind of affair? and i said, yeah. i said, that one. reporter: and something else that was troubling. years before, carl says he got violent with beverly as she tried to stop him from driving drunk. i mean, i even hit her. one time. that s when she got out of the truck. she said, i m not gonna ride with you. i said, well, stay here then. i mean, i just drove off, just straight into a ditch. did you regret it? oh yeah. like, i felt like pooh cocky as far as that goes. honestly, i really need to roll in it. so did you worry how that would look? no, i didn t worry a bit. i wanted to find beverly. one thing, i wanted to find beverly. i said, you know, i hit her. and it was that. but just one time out of 34 years. you one slap upside the head.
and then, detective allison thought of one more possibility, a cement plant called argos where lewis had recently worked. i pointblank asked him if beverly was at argo s. 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 i so i figured right then that that s that s probably where she was at. reporter: police raced over to the factory, hoping to find beverly alive. coming up, another game from aaron lewis. i was so mad. i thought, how dare you try to tarnish our sweet beverly s reputation. and at last, an answer for beverly s family. he said, we found beverly. what does life look like during your period? it s up to you, with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest.
yes, instantly. reporter: that call set off a frantic search for beverly carter. where was she? when we come back, what had happened to beverly? all of a sudden, beverly texted me. bam, bam, bam! our phones both started beeping at the same time with text. she said, i m sorry, my phone has been dead. was this some simple miscommunication? the mystery was just beginning. i still can feel the same pain. you got it from your parents. and they got it from theirs. it s your skin, and it can protect you from millions of things. so we re here to help you protect your skin. walgreens pharmacists and beauty consultants are specially trained to know what works for the health of your unique skin. walgreens. trusted since 1901.
trouble, she would know to text back her location. there was no response. the one that i got was i m out having drinks with friends. and i was like goin , well, we re right here. reporter: the texts on beverly s husband s phone were just as deflating they read yes , sorry phone been dead , and having drinks now. carl jr. knew his mom would never go out and not tell anyone. i can t even tell you, like, to go from this this she s okay, this is all over, to the second we saw that screen and saw what those texts said, we knew someone has her phone. totally flipped me out. i said, she s she s been took. reporter: the patrol division who d responded to the call decided they needed backup. detective jeff allison rushed over to the property. beverly hadn t really been missing for that long. so why were you called here that quickly? the patrol division showed up and started speakin with the husband and determined that some of the factors in the case were wer
their house in and put her in the back of the of the car and drove her out to the cement plant. reporter: that s when prosecutors believe lewis did something horrific. he wrapped beverly s face in duct tape and let her suffocate he came home and told crystal that she was dead. reporter: and then the heart of the prosecution s case that recording of beverly pleading to her husband. they played it for the jury. just do what he says and please don t call the police. if you call the police it could be bad. reporter: prosecutors argued the recording proved beverly had been kidnapped and contradicted lewis s claim of a hookup. so how would the defense explain that tape? attorney bill james chose to ignore it. i was unable to come up with any plausible explanation for that recording that helped us. so was this one of your biggest obstacles then? this recording? i mean, everything came back to the recording. reporter: instead he led jurors in a different direction