he was an unemployed truck driver who d 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 guy. and so it was 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? reporter: 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 when he was captured, we were just all like, yes! okay. okay now, where is she? come on. where are you? uh-huh. you know, we re ready to find you. reporter: as investigators focused on arron lewis, they backed off on beverly s husband as a suspect. now, detective allison was keeping carl in the loop. he said, maybe we got him. and i said, well, where s beverly? he said, we re still questioning him. we re gonna find out. we re gonna keep we re gonna keep on till we find her.
reporter: police had a suspect in custody. his name was arron lewis. he was an unemployed truck driver who d 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 guy. and so it was 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? reporter: 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 when he was captured, we were just all like, yes! okay. okay now, where is she? come on. uh-huh. where are you? you know, we re ready to find you. reporter: as investigators focused on arron lewis, they backed off on beverly s husband as a suspect. now, detective allison was keeping carl in the loop. he said, maybe we got him. and i said, well, where s beverly? he said, we re still questioning him. we re