Web of Lies (2014–…): Season 4, Episode 10 - Final Sale - full transcript
Beverly Carter is an Internet savvy real-estate agent, but when she goes to meet a prospective buyer at a remote house, she goes missing. The search for Beverly goes viral, but depends on ...
GOOD MORNIN'.
IT'S BEVERLY CARTER.
FOR A HARD-CHARGING
REALTOR, FAMILY COMES FIRST.
WHEN I THINK OF MY MOM,
I THINK OF A PERSONALITY
THAT WOULD FILL A ROOM.
HE'S IN A REAL HURRY.
IT'S MY WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.
BUT WHEN A DEAL IS
TOO GOOD TO PASS UP...
SHE PUT HERSELF OUT THERE.
SHE WANTED TO SELL HOUSES.
...IS IT ALSO TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE...
AND THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING
STARTED SPIRALING.
...AND TOO LATE
TO SAVE A LIFE?
YOU LOOK INSIDE HIS SOUL,
AND YOU CAN JUST SEE EVIL.
WHY YOU CHASIN' ME?
HE REALLY WAS
A BIG RED FLAG.
THERE CAN BE
NO MORE SECRETS.
EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT.
- WHERE YOU GOING?
- I'M COMING WITH YOU.
SOMETHING WAS WRONG, BAD WRONG.
FIFTY-YEAR-OLD
BEVERLY CARTER WORKS
AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT
IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
- HEY, BEVERLY.
- HEY, BRENDA.
HER BEST FRIEND BRENDA
LEADS THE SALES TEAM.
BEVERLY CARTER,
SHE JUST KIND OF RADIATED.
SHE'S GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL,
LONG, BLONDE HAIR
AND THIS SMILE THAT IS JUST --
GOES FROM EAR TO EAR.
OKAY, LADIES.
LET'S SELL SOME HOUSES.
GOOD MORNIN'.
IT'S BEVERLY CARTER CALLIN'
FROM CRYE-LEIKE.
IN 2013, BEVERLY WAS MY TOP
SELLING AGENT AND LISTING AGENT.
SHE DID OVER 12 MILLION
IN SALES HERSELF THAT YEAR.
EXCELLENT.
WELL, I ABSOLUTELY
WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
YES.
12 MILLION MAY NOT SOUND
LIKE A LOT TO SOMEBODY
IN NEW YORK
OR CALIFORNIA OR FLORIDA.
BUT IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS,
THAT'S A LOT.
HEY, MOM.
HOW'S MY BOY TODAY?
I'M GOOD, MA.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M GOOD.
NO ONE IS PROUDER
OF BEVERLY'S SUCCESS
- THAN HER FAMILY.
- JUST GETTING READY FOR WORK.
MOM AND I WERE
SUCH GOOD FRIENDS THAT,
YOU KNOW,
IT WASN'T UNCOMMON FOR US
TO SPEAK ON THE PHONE EVERY DAY.
SHE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM
FOR SO MANY YEARS
AND THEN DECIDED TO GET
INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD.
AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF
INCREDIBLE FOR ME TO WATCH,
YOU KNOW, MOM KIND OF BLOSSOM.
OKAY, HONEY. I GOT TO GO.
BYE.
BYE-BYE.
BEVERLY TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF EVERY ASPECT
OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THE WORD
OUT TO CUSTOMERS.
WE PUT OUR LISTINGS
ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
OUR CUSTOMERS,
THEY CAN CALL US
AND LEAVE VOICEMAILS,
CAN TEXT US.
THEY CAN E-MAIL US.
HEY, BRENDA.
GOT A GUY INTERESTED
IN THE OLD RIVER DRIVE PROPERTY,
PAYING CASH.
HE WAS GONNA BE A CASH BUYER.
SO BEVERLY WAS
EXCITED ABOUT IT
BECAUSE SHE COULD
CLOSE IT QUICKLY.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU IN
FOR ON THAT PLACE?
25K, MINIMUM.
OOH.
MAYBE 30.
IS HE A SINGLE GUY?
THAT'S A FAMILY HOUSE.
WHAT ELSE
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?
I'LL ASK.
HE'S FINE.
JUST BACK FROM HONEYMOON.
HE'S IN A REAL HURRY.
IT'S LATE NOTICE,
BUT BEVERLY IS HAPPY
TO MEET PROSPECTIVE
BUYER STEVEN ADAMS
AT THE PROPERTY THAT NIGHT,
BUT NOT ALONE.
SAFETY IS IMPORTANT.
IF IT'S A SINGLE MAN,
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL ASK HIM
AND HIS WIFE TO BOTH COME.
OKAY.
BEVERLY CARTER,
CRYE-LEIKE.
HI, STEVEN.
STEVEN ADAMS SAYS HE'S
SPOKEN TO HIS WIFE, CRYSTAL,
AND SHE CAN JOIN HIM
TO VIEW THE HOUSE
IF THE SHOWING
CAN HAPPEN TONIGHT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, 6:30, THEN.
YES, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO MEETING YOU TWO.
WITH A POTENTIAL
ALL-CASH DEAL ON THE TABLE,
BEVERLY IS MOTIVATED.
SHE FELT AT EASE
BECAUSE SHE'D TALKED TO HIM.
WHOO!
AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT
CRYSTAL WOULD SHOW UP WITH HIM.
IT'S MY WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY.
GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED?
I'M READY TO ROCK.
FINGERS CROSSED.
I HOPE YOU SELL IT.
I SAID, "GOOD LUCK
WITH YOUR BUYER TODAY."
I REALLY NEED TO CLOSE
ONE THIS WEEK.
YOU KNOW,
"I HOPE YOU SELL IT."
AND, SHE SAID,
"I DO, TOO."
JUST BEFORE SHE LEAVES
FOR THE SHOWING,
BEVERLY SENDS
HER HUSBAND, CARL SR.,
A TEXT TO LET HIM KNOW
WHERE SHE WILL BE
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
WHEN BEVERLY ARRIVES
AT THE PROPERTY AT SUNSET,
A CAR IS PARKED
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
BUT THERE'S NO SIGN
OF HER POTENTIAL BUYERS.
HEY!
SORRY.
STEVEN ADAMS.
I WAS JUST,
LOOKIN' AT THE RIVER.
UM, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE?
SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
WORK.
CRYSTAL WAS ACTUALLY
WONDERIN' IF,
YOU COULD TAKE
SOME PHOTOS FOR US.
UM, YEAH, SURE.
UM...
OKAY, YOU KNOW,
THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
SO, ALL RIGHT.
JUST WATCH YOUR STEP
'CAUSE, UM,
THE POWER'S BEEN
SWITCHED OFF.
OKAY, STEVEN,
SO, RIGHT INTO THE LOUNGE.
- NEEDS A LITTLE FIXIN' UP.
- YEAH.
HEY, DO THE PAINTINGS
COME WITH THIS PLACE OR WHAT?
UM...
UPSTAIRS, THERE ARE
FIVE BEDROOMS.
I'M JUST WONDERIN', UM,
DO YOU AND YOUR WIFE
HAVE CHILDREN?
NO, NOT YET.
HEY, WHY DON'T YOU
SHOW ME THE BATHROOM?
OKAY.
SO, UM, HERE --
HERE IS THE MASTER BATHROOM.
GREAT, WHY DON'T YOU GET A SHOT
OF THAT FOR ME AND CRYSTAL?
OKAY.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
YOU'RE FIXIN'
TO HAVE A BAD DAY.
WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU DO--
FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER
BEVERLY'S HUSBAND CARL
EXPECTED HER HOME,
HE'S A LITTLE WORRIED.
SHE WASN'T THERE,
SO I STARTED TEXTIN' HER.
I STAR-- STARTED CALLIN',
BUT SHE DON'T LIKE
ME TO CALL HER.
I CAN TEXT HER,
AND SHE CAN TEXT ME BACK.
SHE NEVER DID.
THOUGHT, "THAT'S WEIRD.
WELL, MAYBE SHE LEFT
HER PHONE IN THE CAR
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT."
AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER,
WITH STILL NO WORD
FROM BEVERLY,
CARL STARTS MAKING CALLS.
HEY, DAD, WHAT'S UP?
YEAH, I'M WORRIED
ABOUT YOUR MOM.
"HAVE YOU HEARD
ANYTHING FROM HER?"
AND -- AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I WAS LIKE, "NO, I HAVEN'T."
YOU KNOW
HOW SHE GETS, DAD,
DOTTING HER
"Is" AND CROSSING HER "Ts."
WHAT I HEAR IS,
"MAYBE HER BATTERY DIED
ON HER PHONE.
IT'S FINE."
PROBABLY JUST LOST
TRACK OF TIME.
I HATE TO ADMIT IT,
BUT I'M ROLLING MY EYES.
I'M LIKE, "MAN, DAD,
IT'S FINE."
OKAY, DAD?
DAD.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S WRITING A DEAL.
WELL, MAYBE, SON,
BUT I'M HEADIN' UP
THERE TO OLD RIVER DRIVE.
I'M GONNA TAKE A LOOK.
YOU KNOW, IN AN ATTEMPT
TO MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER,
I TOLD DAD THAT I WOULD
GO TO THE OFFICE
TO SEE IF MOM WAS THERE.
WHERE YOU GOING?
IN THE MOMENT,
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
I WAS LIKE,
"I'M GONNA GO WITH YOU."
IT TURNS OUT,
BEVERLY'S FAMILY
HAS EVERY REASON
TO BE CONCERNED.
HEY!
WHAT ARE YOU --
WE LIVE OPPOSITE SIDE
OF THE RIVER TO THIS HOUSE.
IT DIDN'T TAKE PROBABLY 4 OR
5 MINUTES TO DRIVE OVER THERE.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT
BEVERLY'S CAR WAS THERE,
I KNEW THAT SOMETHIN' WAS ON.
I THOUGHT, "WELL, DANG."
AND I WALKED IN THE HOUSE
AND STARTED LOOKIN' FOR BEVERLY.
ONE THING, FOR SURE,
I'D CHECKED THE HOUSE OUT.
AND SHE WASN'T THERE.
I THOUGHT, "THAT'S STRANGE."
TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE
TO YOUR HUSBAND.
WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME
THE BATHROOM?
LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, REALTOR
BEVERLY CARTER
HAS BEEN LURED
TO A VACANT HOUSE
BY STEVEN ADAMS...
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
...POSING AS
A PROSPECTIVE BUYER...
COME ON, GET!
...AND ABDUCTED.
AFTER MOVING HIS HOSTAGE
TO A NEW LOCATION...
YOU TELL HIM EXACTLY
WHAT I TELL YOU.
...ADAMS FORCES BEVERLY
TO RECORD
A RANSOM MESSAGE ON HIS PHONE.
TALK.
CARL, YOU NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING HE SAYS, OKAY?
PLEASE DON'T CALL THE POLICE,
BECAUSE IF YOU CALL THE POLICE,
IT COULD BE BAD.
PLEASE DON'T
CALL THE POLICE,
BECAUSE IF YOU CALL THE POLICE,
IT COULD BE BAD.
THANK YOU, BEVERLY.
NOW...
GIVE ME YOUR BANK CARDS.
I DON'T HAVE THEM.
THEY'RE IN MY PURSE.
IT'S IN MY CAR.
BACK AT THAT HOUSE?
YES.
MAN!
SHUT UP!
MORE THAN 3 HOURS
HAVE PASSED
SINCE BEVERLY WAS DUE HOME
FOR DINNER WITH HER HUSBAND,
CARL SR.
I CALLED
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I TOLD THEM, "MAN,
MY WIFE WAS HERE
SELLIN' THIS HOUSE.
SOMEBODY TOOK HER."
I SEARCHED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY,
AND SHE'S NOT HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- BUT I WAS JUST WORRIED TO DEATH.
I'VE BEEN TEXTIN' HER ALL NIGHT.
THAT AIN'T LIKE HER.
BEVERLY'S CAR IS STILL
PARKED IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
- IS THAT HER BAG?
- YEAH, IT'S OPEN.
I GOT THE SPARE KEYS
RIGHT HERE.
HEY, DAD.
SHE JUST DISAPPEARED.
WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP THEN?
LIKE, HOW --
THEN HOW DO YOU FIND HER?
I JUST HAD THIS
OVERWHELMING FEAR.
AFTER CONDUCTING THEIR
OWN SEARCH OF THE HOUSE,
POLICE SEAL IT OFF
UNTIL THE FORENSIC
TEAM ARRIVES.
THEY SET UP A ROADBLOCK
AND STOP AND QUESTION
EVERYONE WHO APPROACHES.
I REMEMBER ONE GUY ZOOMING DOWN.
AND THERE ARE POLICE LIGHTS ON.
AND HE WAS TAKIN' IT
AT HIGH-SPEED.
AND THEY STOPPED HIM.
EVERYTHING OKAY,
OFFICER?
WHERE YOU HEADIN', SIR?
TO MY GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE.
YEAH, THIS ROAD'S CLOSED.
YOU NEED TO TURN AROUND.
WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR A WOMAN,
BLONDE, ABOUT 50.
YOU SEE HER TONIGHT,
YOU LET US KNOW.
I WILL DO THAT, SIR.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
GOOD LUCK.
THEY JUST LET HIM GO.
AND I REMEMBER KIND OF BEING
A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE HIM
OUT TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.
POLICE HAVE BEEN MONITORING
THE EMPTY HOUSE FOR 3 HOURS.
BUT THEY ARE NO CLOSER
TO FINDING BEVERLY CARTER.
I WAS SITTIN' THERE
JUST WONDERIN',
"WHAT IN THE WORLD?
I MEAN, WHERE --
WHERE IS SHE AT?"
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
BING, BING, BING.
HEY, I'M GETTIN' SOMETHIN'!
- SHE'S TEXTIN'!
- WHAT IS IT?
CARL RECEIVES
A TEXT MESSAGE
FROM BEVERLY'S CELL PHONE.
THAT'S HER!
IT'S GOOD. WE'RE FINE.
SHE'S FINE.
WE CAN GO HOME.
"OUT DRINKING WITH FRIENDS."
SOMETHING WAS WRONG,
BAD WRONG BECAUSE I WAS WITH
WHO SHE WOULD BE DRINKING WITH.
SO I KNEW THAT WASN'T HER.
THAT TEXT, THAT --
THAT AIN'T FROM BEVERLY.
SOMEONE HAS MY MOM,
AND THEY HAVE HER PHONE
PRETENDING TO BE HER.
RECOGNIZING THEY'RE
LIKELY FACING
SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS
THAN A MISSING PERSON'S CASE,
THE LOCAL POLICE
CALL FOR BACKUP.
DETECTIVE JEFF ALLISON
OF THE PULASKI COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TAKES OVER THE INVESTIGATION.
WHEN I ARRIVE AT A SCENE,
I'M HAVIN' TO GO THROUGH
EVERY SCENARIO IN MY HEAD.
I'M THINKIN', "OKAY,
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED HERE?"
EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT.
HOW YOU GUYS DOIN'?
I'M DETECTIVE ALLISON.
- CARL SR.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT SOME TEXT MESSAGES
TO SHOW ME?
- I -- I DO, YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
CARL'S WORRIED.
HE WAS NERVOUS.
THAT ONE THERE?
SEE, SHE DON'T
HARDLY DRINK AT ALL.
FIRST PERSON YOU LOOK
AT IS ALWAYS THE -- THE SPOUSE.
AND I LOOKED AT CARL
FIRST AND FOREMOST.
THE TEXT MESSAGES
FROM BEVERLY'S PHONE
ARE HIS ONLY LEAD.
BUT DETECTIVE ALLISON KNOWS
THAT COULD BE ENOUGH
TO TRACK HER WHEREABOUTS.
IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE,
AND IF IT'S BEIN' USED,
IT LEAVES A FOOTPRINT OF THE --
THE LOCATION OF THAT PHONE.
YEAH, HI.
IT'S DETECTIVE ALLISON.
I NEED TO PUT AN EMERGENCY TRACE
ON A CELL PHONE NUMBER PLEASE.
ALL CELL PHONES
PING THEIR LOCATION
TO THE NEAREST CELL TOWER
EVERY 15 MINUTES.
YEAH, RIGHT AWAY.
ALLISON
ASKS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS
TO PING DATA FROM
BEVERLY'S PHONE CARRIER.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU.
DETECTIVE ALLISON SAID
THEY WERE GONNA RUN THE NUMBER
AND SEE WHERE
IT WAS COMING FROM.
JUST HOPE SHE'S NOT RAPED
AND BEATEN SOMEWHERE
AND LYING SOMEWHERE.
BUT WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO
BUT JUST PRAY
THAT THEY CAN FIND HER?
PROCESSING
THE PING DATA WILL TAKE HOURS.
SO IN THE MEANTIME,
ALLISON KEEPS LOOKING
FOR MORE CLUES.
HE FINDS BEVERLY'S NOTEBOOK
WITH THE NAMES
"STEVEN AND CRYSTAL ADAMS"
NEXT TO AN E-MAIL ADDRESS
AND A PHONE NUMBER.
BUT THE SEASONED DETECTIVE KNOWS
BETTER THAN TO CALL THE NUMBER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE
ANYBODY AWAY.
IF THAT IS THE PERSON
INVOLVED IN THIS,
AND YOU'VE GOT THE POLICE
CALLING THIS NUMBER,
IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING BAD TO HER,
THEN CHANCES ARE, AT THAT POINT,
THEY'RE GOIN' TO.
ALLISON ASSIGNS A TEAM
TO GET BACKGROUND
ON THE ADAMS' CONTACT DETAILS,
HOPING IT WILL GIVE HIM
A DIRECT LINK
TO THE SUSPECTS
AND BEVERLY.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
OKAY.
I -- I WON'T TELL ANYBODY.
PROMISE.
I KNOW, PLEASE.
NO, YOU WON'T.
SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS
SINCE SHE WAS LAST SEEN,
TEXT MESSAGES SENT FROM MISSING
REALTOR BEVERLY CARTER'S PHONE
SUGGEST FOUL PLAY.
THAT AIN'T FROM BEVERLY.
LEAD INVESTIGATOR
DETECTIVE JEFF ALLISON
IS STRUGGLING TO PIECE TOGETHER
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
IT WAS VERY SURREAL.
I DON'T THINK I REALLY
KNEW WHAT TO THINK.
I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE BAD.
IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?
WHEN DEPUTIES CANVAS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SURROUNDING THE HOUSE
BEVERLY WAS SHOWING,
THEY CATCH A BREAK.
WE LEARNED FROM THE NEIGHBOR
ACROSS THE STREET
THAT SHE HAD SEEN
A BLACK VEHICLE PULL
INTO THE DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN SHE SAW
A SLENDER WHITE MALE
WITH SHORT HAIR
STANDIN' OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER,
SHE LOOKED OUTSIDE,
AND THE VEHICLE HAD
TURNED AROUND
AND BACKED TO THE FRONT DOOR.
THERE'S NO REASON
FOR ANYONE TO BE BACKED UP
TO THAT FRONT DOOR.
GET IN THE CAR,
ALL RIGHT?!
I WAS PRETTY CONFIDENT
SOMEBODY HAD TAKEN HER
AGAINST HER WILL.
ALLISON KNOWS
THAT A KIDNAP PLOT
IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
AT THAT POINT, BUT I FELT
LIKE THERE WAS AN ACCOMPLICE.
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT
WAS CARL, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT HE WAS NUMBER ONE.
ALLISON KEEPS HIS
SUSPICIONS TO HIMSELF
AS HE BREAKS THE BAD NEWS
TO TO BEVERLY'S FAMILY.
GUYS, SO,
WE'VE GOT A WITNESS.
GOOSE BUMPS-TYPE
OF FEAR SETS IN.
THERE WAS THAT PART OF ME
THAT -- THAT KIND OF HOPED
THAT SHE WAS
BEING COMPLIANT AND --
AND WOULD GET HERSELF
OUT OF ANY SITUATION.
BUT THEN THERE WAS ALSO
THAT OTHER SIDE THAT
JUST REALLY HOPED THAT
SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
- YEAH, HELLO?
- THE DETECTIVE KNOWS
THAT EVERY PASSING MINUTE
INCREASES THE THREAT
TO BEVERLY'S LIFE.
I'LL HOLD, YEAH.
HEY!
WE GOT A LOCATION!
LET'S GO.
THE TRACE ON BEVERLY'S
PHONE HAS PAID OFF.
ALLISON HAS THE LOCATION
OF THE PING
AT THE MOMENT
THE TEXTS WERE SENT.
WHEN THEY SAID
THE PING CAME IN,
WE -- WE JUST THOUGHT
THAT THAT WAS IT.
ALL THESE POLICE CARS,
FULL-SPEED, SIRENS A-BLAZING.
AND IT'S LIKE, PLEASE
JUST LET THEM FIND HER.
THE PINGS SHOWED
BEVERLY'S CELL PHONE
LEAVING THE ADDRESS
GOING 25 MILES
SOUTH OF LITTLE ROCK.
I WAS HOPIN' THAT WE WERE
GONNA FIND HER ALIVE.
FOUND ZERO.
IT WAS DEVASTATING TO HEAR,
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T FIND HER.
IT APPEARED THAT
WE WERE DEALING
WITH SOMEONE PURPOSEFULLY TRYING
TO THROW OFF THE INVESTIGATORS.
AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME,
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
TO GO ON EXCEPT THE --
THE PINGS OF THE CELL PHONE.
WHEN I WOKE UP
THE NEXT MORNING,
MY INITIAL THOUGHT
IN WAKING UP WAS,
"WAS THAT A DREAM?
WAS LAST NIGHT A DREAM?"
AND THEN, LOOKING AT MY PHONE,
HOPING THERE WAS TEXT SAYING,
"SHE CAME HOME.
SHE'S HERE."
I DID NOT EXPECT TO WAKE UP
TO FACEBOOK NOTIFICATIONS.
NEWS OF BEVERLY'S
DISAPPEARANCE
HAS ALREADY SPREAD,
AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS BUZZING.
EVERYONE WAS TRYING
TO GET THE WORD OUT.
THIS IS KARK 4 NEWS
AT 10:00.
BY THE AFTERNOON,
HUNDREDS VOLUNTEER
TO FORM A SEARCH PARTY.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GO AND DO
ANY OF THE PHYSICAL
SEARCHING, YOU KNOW.
I WANT TO HELP,
BUT I CANNOT BE THE ONE
THAT FINDS MY MOM IN A DITCH.
I JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
IN THE 2 1/2 DAYS
SINCE BEVERLY CARTER
DISAPPEARED,
DETECTIVE ALLISON HAS BEEN
DIGGING INTO HER PAST,
INTERVIEWING FRIENDS AND FAMILY,
LISTENING FOR ANY CLUES.
AND ONE NAME
KEEPS COMING UP.
THANKS FOR COMING IN,
CARL.
LISTEN...
I NEED YOU
TO TELL ME THE TRUTH.
YOUR FINGERPRINTS
ARE ALL OVER THE CRIME SCENE.
I WAS LOOKIN'
FOR MY WIFE.
I TOLD 'EM I LOOKED
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HOUSE
AND WENT PLUM
THROUGH EVERYTHING.
CLIMBED UP IN THE ATTIC,
EVERYTHING.
WERE YOU REALLY
LOOKIN' FOR BEVERLY?
EVEN CARL JR.
SEES HOW SUSPICIOUS
HIS FATHER'S BEHAVIOR APPEARS.
IF THIS IS A CRIME SCENE,
YOU ARE IN IT NOW.
I MEAN, HE -- HE REALLY WAS
A BIG RED FLAG.
YOU KNOW HOW THIS
MUST LOOK TO ME, CARL.
ALLISON HAS GOOD
REASON TO SUSPECT CARL
MAY HAVE DELIBERATELY
COMPROMISED THE CRIME SCENE.
TELL ME ABOUT
YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
WE'RE HAVIN' SOME TROUBLE.
IT AIN'T NO SECRET.
HE HAS DISCOVERED
THAT THE CARTERS
HAVE JUST $124
IN THEIR CHECKING ACCOUNT.
BUT BEVERLY HAS A $100,000
LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM
BEING INVOLVED IN THIS,
EITHER HIRING SOMEBODY TO DO IT
FOR LIFE INSURANCE
OR, UM, BEING INVOLVED
WITH SOMEBODY,
AND THEY'RE GONNA SPLIT
THE LIFE INSURANCE MONEY?
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN LOOK
ALL YOU WANT, DETECTIVE.
I JUST WANT
MY WIFE BACK.
DESPITE DETECTIVE
ALLISON'S SUSPICIONS,
HE HAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
OF CARL'S INVOLVEMENT.
ALL RIGHT, CARL.
YOU CAN GO.
WE GOT TO TALK LATER.
DON'T LEAVE TOWN,
ALL RIGHT?
STEVEN ADAMS,
THE MAN WHO BEVERLY
WENT TO MEET THE NIGHT
SHE WENT MISSING,
IS STILL A PRIME SUSPECT.
BY NOW, ALLISON'S
I.T. TEAM HAS PROCESSED
ADAM'S CONTACT DETAILS
FROM BEVERLY'S NOTEBOOK
AND DISCOVERED
THAT BOTH THE E-MAIL
AND THE PHONE NUMBER
ARE INACTIVE.
WE'RE ALMOST 100% SURE
THAT STEVEN AND CRYSTAL ADAMS
DO NOT EXIST.
WHAT'S UP?
TYPE IN THIS.
THE BOGUS CELL NUMBER
USED TO CALL BEVERLY
TURNS OUT
TO HAVE BEEN GENERATED
BY A SPECIALIZED PHONE APP.
YEAH, IT'S DETECTIVE ALLISON.
I GOT A PHONE IN A TRACE
ON A CELL PHONE NUMBER.
IT WILL ASSIGN YOUR DEVICE
A PHONE NUMBER
THAT YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF.
IT'S NOT THE PHONE NUMBER THAT
YOUR PROVIDERS ASSIGNED YOU.
IT'S ONE THROUGH
THIS APPLICATION.
WHEN ALLISON
GETS EMERGENCY ACCESS
TO THE PHONE SUBSCRIBER DATA,
HE FINDS THAT IT'S REGISTERED
TO A WOMAN NAMED
CRYSTAL LOWERY.
WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE
THAT CRYSTAL LOWERY
WAS MARRIED
TO A MAN NAMED
ARRON LEWIS.
THREE DAYS AFTER
BEVERLY'S ABDUCTION,
ALLISON FINALLY HAS AN ADDRESS
FOR HIS SUSPECTS.
IT'S JUST A 30-MINUTE DRIVE
FROM THE PROPERTY
BEVERLY WAS SHOWING.
100% OF OUR FOCUS
WAS BEVERLY AND THAT --
THE FACT THAT WE MAY BE ABLE
TO FIND HER ALIVE.
AND THAT WAS -- THAT WAS
OUR GOAL, WAS TO FIND HER ALIVE.
WE KNEW THERE WAS A CHANCE
THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL
EVIDENCE IN THAT HOUSE.
IT WAS SO TEMPTING JUST TO GO
KICK THE DOOR IN
TO GO LOOK FOR HER, BUT WE KNEW
WE JUST COULDN'T DO THAT.
ALLISON CAN'T ENTER
THE HOME WITHOUT A WARRANT.
FOR NOW, ALL HE CAN DO
IS STAKE OUT THE LOCATION.
IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
A MAN LEAVES THE HOUSE.
HE PERFECTLY FITS
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT
SEEN BY A WITNESS
AT OLD RIVER DRIVE.
AND, LO AND BEHOLD, HE
JUMPS IN HIS CAR AND HE LEAVES.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE
HE WOULD LEAD US TO HER.
BUT HE LOOKS OVER
AND SEES US,
AND HE SPED OFF.
THE DETECTIVE PURSUES LEWIS.
BUT THE CHASE DOESN'T LAST LONG.
HE HIT A CULVERT
AND LOST CONTROL.
AND HE ENDS UP HAVING A WRECK.
HEY, YOU ARRON LEWIS?
GIVE ME THE PHONE!
COME ON,
GIVE ME THE PHONE!
WE ASKED WHAT HIS
CELL PHONE NUMBER WAS.
TWO-EIGHT-NINE...
WHEN LEWIS REPEATS
HIS CELL NUMBER,
IT MATCHES THE NUMBER
THEY TRACED VIA THE APP.
I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR PICTURE.
LOOK AT ME!
WE KNEW, AT THAT POINT,
WE HAD THE RIGHT PHONE.
WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
GET HIM OUT OF HERE!
POLICE PROCEDURE DICTATES
THAT ALLISON
CAN'T QUESTION LEWIS
UNTIL HE'S BEEN CLEARED
BY DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO
FOLLOW BEHIND THE AMBULANCE.
IT'S -- IT'S --
IT'S BAD FRUSTRATING.
BUT WHEN ALLISON
ARRIVES AT THE E.R.,
HE'S CONFRONTED WITH DISASTER.
A DETECTIVE SAYS THAT
ARRON LEWIS HAD LEFT
THE HOSPITAL.
I SAID, "WH-WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL?"
HE SAID, "HE WENT BACK
TO GET TREATED,
AND HE RAN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
HE STILL HAD THE I.V.
IN HIS ARM."
SO I'M LIKE,
"YOU GOT TO BE KIDDIN' ME."
GOOD MORNIN'.
IT'S BEVERLY CARTER CALLIN'
FROM CRYE-LEIKE.
REAL ESTATE AGENT
BEVERLY CARTER...
WHAT ARE YOU DO--
...HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR 3 DAYS.
THE PRIME SUSPECT IN HER
DISAPPEARANCE, ARRON LEWIS...
HEY, YOU ARRON LEWIS?
GIVE ME THE PHONE.
...WAS CAUGHT AFTER
A POLICE CHASE.
BUT HE'S JUST ESCAPED
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
STILL, POLICE HAVE JUST SECURED
A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR LEWIS' HOUSE,
WHERE THEY HOPE TO FIND
BEVERLY ALIVE.
WELL, AS SOON AS WE GO IN,
WE OBVIOUSLY --
WE LOOK IN ANY PLACE
BEVERLY COULD BE -- BE KEPT...
IN HOPES THAT
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND HER.
BUT NO SIGN OF BEVERLY.
BUT DETECTIVE ALLISON
DOES FIND BEVERLY'S CELL PHONE.
THIS IS KARK 4 NEWS
AT 10:00.
AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING
FOR A MAN WANTED
FOR KIDNAPPING
BEVERLY CARTER.
WE PUT HIM ALL OVER
THE MEDIA FOR PEOPLE
TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIM.
IT HIT FACEBOOK,
AND IT WAS JUST MINUTES
BEFORE EVERYBODY HAD SHARED IT.
AND SO WE PULLED UP
HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND YOU LOOK INSIDE HIS SOUL,
AND YOU CAN JUST SEE EVIL.
AND I TRIED NOT
TO LET MY MIND
RUN AWAY TOO MUCH,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HER --
I DIDN'T WANT BEVERLY
TO BE IN PAIN.
I DIDN'T WANT HER TO SUFFER.
BY NOW, AN ARREST WARRANT
HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
FOR ARRON LEWIS' WIFE,
CRYSTAL LOWERY.
SHE HAD THIS
11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,
AND I'M THINKIN',
"I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE
COULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS."
I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE
SHE WAS INNOCENT.
ALLISON LEARNS THAT
CRYSTAL LOWERY
IS A NURSE IN TRAINING...
CALLED ME IN
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
...AND QUICKLY TRACKS HER DOWN.
I'M DETECTIVE ALLISON.
ARE YOU CRYSTAL LOWERY?
CRYSTAL GETS ARRESTED FOR HAVIN'
BEVERLY'S PHONE IN HER HOUSE.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT BEVERLY CARTER?
ONLY WHAT I HEARD ON TV.
SHE SAID THAT ARRON
IS ALWAYS BRINGIN' IN
CELL PHONES
AND ELECTRONICS,
AND SHE HAS NO IDEA
WHOSE IT IS.
AND HOW ARE THINGS
BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND?
WE'RE GETTING A DIVORCE.
I FELT CRYSTAL
WAS NOT TELLIN' THE TRUTH,
SHE WAS INVOLVED.
BUT SHE BASICALLY JUST --
JUST NOT SAYIN' ANYTHING.
WHATEVER CRYSTAL'S ROLE,
HER HUSBAND REMAINS
THE PRIME SUSPECT.
BUT DESPITE THE MEDIA FRENZY,
LEWIS HAS DISAPPEARED,
ALONG WITH,
BEVERLY'S FAMILY FEAR,
THE SLIM CHANCE THAT
SHE MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE.
THERE WAS ALWAYS HOPE
THAT SHE WAS SOMEHOW
GOING TO MAKE HER WAY
BACK TO US, WAS THE HOPE.
THEN THE FEAR WAS
THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
THE DAY AFTER LEWIS
GOES ON THE RUN,
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN ADAM NASH
IS CHECKING HIS SOCIAL MEDIA.
EVERY NEWS STATION
IS POSTING
ARRON LEWIS' PICTURE ONLINE
AND SAYING, YOU KNOW,
"LOOK FOR HIS GENTLEMAN."
AND SO I'M KIND OF
FOLLOWING IT ON MY PHONE.
AND I LOOK UP.
YOU KNOW, HE'S STANDIN'
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF MY CAR.
WHAT WAS GOIN' THROUGH
MY HEAD WAS JUST LIKE,
"IF I LET THIS GUY GET AWAY,
ARE THEY EVER GONNA FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO BEVERLY?"
ALL RIGHT.
SOMEONE HAD ALREADY CALLED 911.
COPS WERE RIGHT THERE.
LEWIS' LUCK HAS RUN OUT.
ADAM NASH POINTS POLICE
DIRECTLY AT THEIR SUSPECT.
THIS IS KARK 4 NEWS
AT 10:00.
AND HIS ARREST
IS HEADLINE NEWS.
IT GAVE US HOPE.
THEY'RE GONNA GO GET HER.
AND WE'RE GONNA
GET HER HOME.
THE FAMILY'S HOPES
NOW REST ON ARRON LEWIS.
I HAVE A WITNESS THAT PUTS YOU
RIGHT THERE AT THE HOUSE.
IS SHE DEAD, ARRON?
DID YOU KILL HER?
SHE WAS ALIVE
LAST TIME I SAW HER.
WHY SHOULD
I BELIEVE YOU?
I KIDNAPPED HER.
BUT TREVOR HAS HER NOW.
LEWIS ADMITS
ABDUCTING BEVERLY
BUT CLAIMS HE WAS WORKING
WITH AN ACCOMPLICE
WHO CALLED HIMSELF TREVOR.
ME AND HIM COLLABORATED
ON THIS THING.
ALLISON ALREADY SUSPECTS
CARL SR.
MAY BE INVOLVED IN
HIS WIFE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
COULD TREVOR REALLY
BE CARL SR.?
YOU GOT TO GIVE ME
SOMETHING, ARRON.
HOW DOES HE FIT
INTO ALL THIS?
HE SAID THAT TREVOR
HAD LIVED WITH HIM,
TREVOR WAS IN THE AIR FORCE,
AND HE WAS -- THEY HAD
AGREED TO KIDNAP BEVERLY.
YOU TELL ME.
SO I KNEW RIGHT THEN
THAT THERE'S NO WAY
CARL CAN BE INVOLVED IN THIS,
BECAUSE IF CARL HAS PAID HIM
TO DO SOMETHING TO BEVERLY OR --
THEN THAT'S THE FIRST THING
HE'S GONNA TELL ME.
HE DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT CARL.
WITH CARL SR.
ELIMINATED,
THE DETECTIVE WONDERS
IF "TREVOR" IS ACTUALLY
LEWIS' WIFE.
HOW ABOUT CRYSTAL?
SHE'S NOT INVOLVED.
YOU CAN LET HER GO.
LET'S NOT GET FIXATED
ON TREVOR.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU DID
TO BEVERLY.
I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
LEWIS OFFERS TO TAKE ALLISON
TO THE LAST PLACE
HE SAW BEVERLY CARTER.
HIS EXACT WORDS WERE,
"IF BEVERLY WAS NOT THERE,
THEN TREVOR DONE
SOMETHIN' WITH HER."
ALLISON'S
INVESTIGATORS GET TO WORK
DECIPHERING WHO THIS
MYSTERIOUS TREVOR IS
WHILE ALLISON RACES
TO FIND BEVERLY.
LEWIS CLAIMS TREVOR'S HIDEOUT
IS 30 MILES
OUTSIDE OF LITTLE ROCK.
THE ENTIRE TRIP,
FROM THE MINUTE WE LEAVE,
HE'S DONE NOTHING BUT TALKED.
HE TOLD ME HOW HE KIDNAPPED HER.
HE TOLD ME WHY HE KIDNAPPED HER.
SHE MADE $12 MILLION
LAST YEAR IN REAL ESTATE.
HE WAS GONNA ASK
FOR A $100,000 RANSOM MONEY.
SO I GRABBED HER.
YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN
THE LOOK ON HER FACE, MAN.
YOU DO A LOT OF TALKIN',
DON'T YOU?
THIS IS THE PLACE
RIGHT HERE.
I WENT IN THE HOUSE
AND LOOKED IN ANY --
ANY PLACE A HUMAN BODY
WOULD FIT.
BEVERLY HAD NEVER BEEN IN THERE.
I WAS PISSED OFF TO NO END.
WE WERE HANGIN' ON EVERY WORD
HE SAID IN HOPES
WE WERE GONNA FIND BEVERLY.
AND HE KNEW THAT.
I JUST -- I WANTED TO CHOKE HIM.
BACK IN LITTLE ROCK,
DETECTIVES HAVE TRACKED DOWN
THE REAL TREVOR
TO A NEARBY AIR BASE.
I TOLD HIM THAT
TREVOR WAS BEING INTERVIEWED,
AND WE KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT HE'S NOT INVOLVED IN THIS.
ARRON LEWIS'
ALIBI STORY HAS FALLEN APART,
BUT HE HAS NOTHING MORE TO SAY.
I TRIED EVERYTHING I KNEW TO
TRY, LEGALLY, TO FIND BEVERLY.
I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS --
HE WAS -- HE WAS GETTIN' TIRED.
HE WAS STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN.
I'M GRASPING AT STRAWS.
I THINK THAT HE USED TO WORK
AT A PLACE CALLED ARGOS.
AND IT WAS A CONCRETE PLANT.
LET ME ASK YOU
SOMETHING, ARRON.
SHE AT ARGOS?
HE JUST LOOKED UP
REAL QUICK.
SO I KNEW RIGHT THEN
THAT THAT'S --
SHE WAS PROBABLY OUT THERE.
SHE AT ARGOS?
FIVE DAYS AFTER KIDNAPPING
BEVERLY CARTER,
ARRON LEWIS SHOWS HIS HAND
WHEN POLICE GUESS THE LOCATION
WHERE HE MAY BE HOLDING HER.
WE HAD HEARD THAT
MOM COULD BE HELD CAPTIVE
AT A LOCAL CEMENT COMPANY
THAT HE HAD WORKED FOR,
AND THAT SHE COULD BE OKAY.
YOU'RE SITTING ON PINS
AND NEEDLES WAITING FOR THE CALL
THAT, "OKAY, WE'VE FOUND HER.
WE'RE TAKING HER
TO THE HOSPITAL."
HEY, CARL.
HOW YOU DOING?
HE SAID,
"WELL, ONE OF
MY GUYS HAS FOUND BEVERLY."
I SAYS, "MAN,
JUST TELL ME --
TELL ME THAT SHE'S STILL ALIVE."
HE SAID, "NO, SIR."
AND, MAN, IT WAS JUST LIKE
STABBING ME IN THE HEART.
SHE HAD A MASK OF DUCT TAPE
AROUND HER FACE...
FROM THE FOREHEAD
DOWN TO THE CHIN
AND MORE THAN LIKELY
WAS KILLED BY SUFFOCATION.
IT JUST PROVED TO ME
THAT HE WAS A COWARD.
I SHOWED HIM
A PHOTOGRAPH OF BEVERLY
FROM WHEN WE RECOVERED HER...
AND TOLD HIM HE WAS BEING
CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER.
OVER THE COMING DAYS,
THE EMERGING ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE
REVEALS THAT LEWIS' WIFE,
CRYSTAL LOWERY,
IS NOT AS INNOCENT
AS SHE MADE OUT.
CRYSTAL LOWERY HAD
A LOT MORE TO DO WITH THIS
THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
TEXTS SHOW THAT CRYSTAL
WAS IN ON THE KIDNAPPING
PLOT FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND HER CELL PHONE PINGS PLACE
HER AT THE CEMENT FACTORY
WITH LEWIS WHEN BEVERLY'S BODY
WAS BURIED.
POLICE NOW HAVE ENOUGH TO CHARGE
HER WITH CAPITAL MURDER.
WHEN CRYSTAL IS CONFRONTED
WITH THE EVIDENCE,
SHE AGREES TO CUT A DEAL
WITH THE PROSECUTOR.
IN EXCHANGE
FOR A REDUCED SENTENCE,
SHE DETAILS THE FULL EXTENT
OF HER INVOLVEMENT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMART IDEA
TO USE A REAL ESTATE AGENT
BECAUSE...
CRYSTAL SAID THAT IT WAS
ACTUALLY HER IDEA
TO KIDNAP A REALTOR.
BEVERLY CARTER, CRYE-LEIKE.
HI, STEVEN.
CRYSTAL REVEALS THEIR PLAN
ALMOST FAILED BEFORE IT BEGAN,
WHEN BEVERLY REFUSED
TO MEET ARRON
ALONE AT THE HOUSE.
LET'S ARRANGE A TIME
THAT YOU BOTH CAN BE THERE.
BEVERLY WASN'T GOING TO MEET
IF IT WAS NOT BOTH OF 'EM.
IT HAD TO BE
CRYSTAL AND ARRON.
HERE'S CRYSTAL.
SHE JUST WALKED IN.
CRYSTAL STEPPED IN TO MAKE
SURE BEVERLY TURNED UP.
HI, BEVERLY.
IT'S CRYSTAL.
DON'T WORRY, I'LL BE THERE
TONIGHT WITH STEVEN.
IT'S SUCH A BIG DECISION,
WE REALLY BOTH SHOULD BE THERE.
I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT,
6:30.
- ALL RIGHT, 6:30, THEN.
- 6:30.
YES, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO MEETIN' YOU, TOO, CRYSTAL.
OKAY.
SO, THERE YOU GO.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED
WITHOUT THE PHONE CALL.
CRYSTAL THEN ADMITS
THAT SHE PUSHED LEWIS
INTO MURDERING BEVERLY.
BECAUSE SHE SAW
THE MEDICATION BOTTLES
IN THE BATHROOM
AND KNEW THEIR NAMES.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD HIM
THAT HE WAS GONNA HAVE
TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
I'LL DEAL WITH IT.
BEVERLY WAS KILLED
JUST A FEW HOURS
AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED.
ARRON LEWIS PLEADS NOT GUILTY
TO CAPITAL MURDER
AND CHOOSES TO REPRESENT
HIMSELF AT TRIAL.
THIS IS A GAME TO HIM.
HE'S GETTIN' ATTENTION,
WHICH IS --
HE LOVES ATTENTION.
HE'S A NARCISSIST.
IN COURT, THE
PROSECUTION PLAYS
THE RANSOM MESSAGE THAT BEVERLY
WAS FORCED TO RECORD,
BY LEWIS, FOR HER HUSBAND, CARL,
WHICH WAS
NEVER DELIVERED.
THE LAST THING THAT SHE SAID,
SHE SAID, "I LOVE YOU, CARL."
AND I KNEW THAT THAT WAS
PROBABLY HER LAST WORDS
THAT, SHE GOT TO SAY.
IN JANUARY 2016,
ARRON LEWIS IS FOUND GUILTY
OF CAPITAL MURDER
AND KIDNAPPING AND SENTENCED
TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
I CRIED RIGHT THERE.
I JUST CRIED, MAN.
I JUST COULDN'T HELP IT.
I HOPE HE --
I HOPE HE ROTS IN JAIL.
CRYSTAL LOWERY
WILL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR PAROLE AFTER
SERVING 21 YEARS
OF HER 30-YEAR SENTENCE
FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
BEVERLY WAS JUST
A GOOD PERSON.
AND IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN,
WE JUST NEED GOOD PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW?
AND...
THIS END THAT SHE CAME TO
WAS NOT RELATED
TO ANY POOR CHOICES
THAT SHE HAD MADE IN LIFE.
SHE JUST WENT TO WORK.
AND SHE CERTAINLY,
CERTAINLY DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
SHE'S UP IN HEAVEN.
SHE'S LOOKIN' DOWN AT ME
AND THE GRANDCHILDREN AND...
I DIDN'T DESERVE
A LADY LIKE HER.
REALLY DOES HURT ME BAD,
MORE THAN ANYBODY COULD IMAGINE.
IT'S BEVERLY CARTER.
FOR A HARD-CHARGING
REALTOR, FAMILY COMES FIRST.
WHEN I THINK OF MY MOM,
I THINK OF A PERSONALITY
THAT WOULD FILL A ROOM.
HE'S IN A REAL HURRY.
IT'S MY WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.
BUT WHEN A DEAL IS
TOO GOOD TO PASS UP...
SHE PUT HERSELF OUT THERE.
SHE WANTED TO SELL HOUSES.
...IS IT ALSO TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE...
AND THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING
STARTED SPIRALING.
...AND TOO LATE
TO SAVE A LIFE?
YOU LOOK INSIDE HIS SOUL,
AND YOU CAN JUST SEE EVIL.
WHY YOU CHASIN' ME?
HE REALLY WAS
A BIG RED FLAG.
THERE CAN BE
NO MORE SECRETS.
EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT.
- WHERE YOU GOING?
- I'M COMING WITH YOU.
SOMETHING WAS WRONG, BAD WRONG.
FIFTY-YEAR-OLD
BEVERLY CARTER WORKS
AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT
IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
- HEY, BEVERLY.
- HEY, BRENDA.
HER BEST FRIEND BRENDA
LEADS THE SALES TEAM.
BEVERLY CARTER,
SHE JUST KIND OF RADIATED.
SHE'S GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL,
LONG, BLONDE HAIR
AND THIS SMILE THAT IS JUST --
GOES FROM EAR TO EAR.
OKAY, LADIES.
LET'S SELL SOME HOUSES.
GOOD MORNIN'.
IT'S BEVERLY CARTER CALLIN'
FROM CRYE-LEIKE.
IN 2013, BEVERLY WAS MY TOP
SELLING AGENT AND LISTING AGENT.
SHE DID OVER 12 MILLION
IN SALES HERSELF THAT YEAR.
EXCELLENT.
WELL, I ABSOLUTELY
WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
YES.
12 MILLION MAY NOT SOUND
LIKE A LOT TO SOMEBODY
IN NEW YORK
OR CALIFORNIA OR FLORIDA.
BUT IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS,
THAT'S A LOT.
HEY, MOM.
HOW'S MY BOY TODAY?
I'M GOOD, MA.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M GOOD.
NO ONE IS PROUDER
OF BEVERLY'S SUCCESS
- THAN HER FAMILY.
- JUST GETTING READY FOR WORK.
MOM AND I WERE
SUCH GOOD FRIENDS THAT,
YOU KNOW,
IT WASN'T UNCOMMON FOR US
TO SPEAK ON THE PHONE EVERY DAY.
SHE WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM
FOR SO MANY YEARS
AND THEN DECIDED TO GET
INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD.
AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF
INCREDIBLE FOR ME TO WATCH,
YOU KNOW, MOM KIND OF BLOSSOM.
OKAY, HONEY. I GOT TO GO.
BYE.
BYE-BYE.
BEVERLY TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF EVERY ASPECT
OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THE WORD
OUT TO CUSTOMERS.
WE PUT OUR LISTINGS
ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
OUR CUSTOMERS,
THEY CAN CALL US
AND LEAVE VOICEMAILS,
CAN TEXT US.
THEY CAN E-MAIL US.
HEY, BRENDA.
GOT A GUY INTERESTED
IN THE OLD RIVER DRIVE PROPERTY,
PAYING CASH.
HE WAS GONNA BE A CASH BUYER.
SO BEVERLY WAS
EXCITED ABOUT IT
BECAUSE SHE COULD
CLOSE IT QUICKLY.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU IN
FOR ON THAT PLACE?
25K, MINIMUM.
OOH.
MAYBE 30.
IS HE A SINGLE GUY?
THAT'S A FAMILY HOUSE.
WHAT ELSE
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?
I'LL ASK.
HE'S FINE.
JUST BACK FROM HONEYMOON.
HE'S IN A REAL HURRY.
IT'S LATE NOTICE,
BUT BEVERLY IS HAPPY
TO MEET PROSPECTIVE
BUYER STEVEN ADAMS
AT THE PROPERTY THAT NIGHT,
BUT NOT ALONE.
SAFETY IS IMPORTANT.
IF IT'S A SINGLE MAN,
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL ASK HIM
AND HIS WIFE TO BOTH COME.
OKAY.
BEVERLY CARTER,
CRYE-LEIKE.
HI, STEVEN.
STEVEN ADAMS SAYS HE'S
SPOKEN TO HIS WIFE, CRYSTAL,
AND SHE CAN JOIN HIM
TO VIEW THE HOUSE
IF THE SHOWING
CAN HAPPEN TONIGHT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, 6:30, THEN.
YES, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO MEETING YOU TWO.
WITH A POTENTIAL
ALL-CASH DEAL ON THE TABLE,
BEVERLY IS MOTIVATED.
SHE FELT AT EASE
BECAUSE SHE'D TALKED TO HIM.
WHOO!
AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT
CRYSTAL WOULD SHOW UP WITH HIM.
IT'S MY WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY.
GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED?
I'M READY TO ROCK.
FINGERS CROSSED.
I HOPE YOU SELL IT.
I SAID, "GOOD LUCK
WITH YOUR BUYER TODAY."
I REALLY NEED TO CLOSE
ONE THIS WEEK.
YOU KNOW,
"I HOPE YOU SELL IT."
AND, SHE SAID,
"I DO, TOO."
JUST BEFORE SHE LEAVES
FOR THE SHOWING,
BEVERLY SENDS
HER HUSBAND, CARL SR.,
A TEXT TO LET HIM KNOW
WHERE SHE WILL BE
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
WHEN BEVERLY ARRIVES
AT THE PROPERTY AT SUNSET,
A CAR IS PARKED
OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
BUT THERE'S NO SIGN
OF HER POTENTIAL BUYERS.
HEY!
SORRY.
STEVEN ADAMS.
I WAS JUST,
LOOKIN' AT THE RIVER.
UM, WHERE'S YOUR WIFE?
SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT.
WORK.
CRYSTAL WAS ACTUALLY
WONDERIN' IF,
YOU COULD TAKE
SOME PHOTOS FOR US.
UM, YEAH, SURE.
UM...
OKAY, YOU KNOW,
THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
SO, ALL RIGHT.
JUST WATCH YOUR STEP
'CAUSE, UM,
THE POWER'S BEEN
SWITCHED OFF.
OKAY, STEVEN,
SO, RIGHT INTO THE LOUNGE.
- NEEDS A LITTLE FIXIN' UP.
- YEAH.
HEY, DO THE PAINTINGS
COME WITH THIS PLACE OR WHAT?
UM...
UPSTAIRS, THERE ARE
FIVE BEDROOMS.
I'M JUST WONDERIN', UM,
DO YOU AND YOUR WIFE
HAVE CHILDREN?
NO, NOT YET.
HEY, WHY DON'T YOU
SHOW ME THE BATHROOM?
OKAY.
SO, UM, HERE --
HERE IS THE MASTER BATHROOM.
GREAT, WHY DON'T YOU GET A SHOT
OF THAT FOR ME AND CRYSTAL?
OKAY.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
YOU'RE FIXIN'
TO HAVE A BAD DAY.
WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU DO--
FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER
BEVERLY'S HUSBAND CARL
EXPECTED HER HOME,
HE'S A LITTLE WORRIED.
SHE WASN'T THERE,
SO I STARTED TEXTIN' HER.
I STAR-- STARTED CALLIN',
BUT SHE DON'T LIKE
ME TO CALL HER.
I CAN TEXT HER,
AND SHE CAN TEXT ME BACK.
SHE NEVER DID.
THOUGHT, "THAT'S WEIRD.
WELL, MAYBE SHE LEFT
HER PHONE IN THE CAR
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT."
AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER,
WITH STILL NO WORD
FROM BEVERLY,
CARL STARTS MAKING CALLS.
HEY, DAD, WHAT'S UP?
YEAH, I'M WORRIED
ABOUT YOUR MOM.
"HAVE YOU HEARD
ANYTHING FROM HER?"
AND -- AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I WAS LIKE, "NO, I HAVEN'T."
YOU KNOW
HOW SHE GETS, DAD,
DOTTING HER
"Is" AND CROSSING HER "Ts."
WHAT I HEAR IS,
"MAYBE HER BATTERY DIED
ON HER PHONE.
IT'S FINE."
PROBABLY JUST LOST
TRACK OF TIME.
I HATE TO ADMIT IT,
BUT I'M ROLLING MY EYES.
I'M LIKE, "MAN, DAD,
IT'S FINE."
OKAY, DAD?
DAD.
YOU KNOW, SHE'S WRITING A DEAL.
WELL, MAYBE, SON,
BUT I'M HEADIN' UP
THERE TO OLD RIVER DRIVE.
I'M GONNA TAKE A LOOK.
YOU KNOW, IN AN ATTEMPT
TO MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER,
I TOLD DAD THAT I WOULD
GO TO THE OFFICE
TO SEE IF MOM WAS THERE.
WHERE YOU GOING?
IN THE MOMENT,
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
I WAS LIKE,
"I'M GONNA GO WITH YOU."
IT TURNS OUT,
BEVERLY'S FAMILY
HAS EVERY REASON
TO BE CONCERNED.
HEY!
WHAT ARE YOU --
WE LIVE OPPOSITE SIDE
OF THE RIVER TO THIS HOUSE.
IT DIDN'T TAKE PROBABLY 4 OR
5 MINUTES TO DRIVE OVER THERE.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT
BEVERLY'S CAR WAS THERE,
I KNEW THAT SOMETHIN' WAS ON.
I THOUGHT, "WELL, DANG."
AND I WALKED IN THE HOUSE
AND STARTED LOOKIN' FOR BEVERLY.
ONE THING, FOR SURE,
I'D CHECKED THE HOUSE OUT.
AND SHE WASN'T THERE.
I THOUGHT, "THAT'S STRANGE."
TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE
TO YOUR HUSBAND.
WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME
THE BATHROOM?
LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, REALTOR
BEVERLY CARTER
HAS BEEN LURED
TO A VACANT HOUSE
BY STEVEN ADAMS...
IS THAT ALL RIGHT?
...POSING AS
A PROSPECTIVE BUYER...
COME ON, GET!
...AND ABDUCTED.
AFTER MOVING HIS HOSTAGE
TO A NEW LOCATION...
YOU TELL HIM EXACTLY
WHAT I TELL YOU.
...ADAMS FORCES BEVERLY
TO RECORD
A RANSOM MESSAGE ON HIS PHONE.
TALK.
CARL, YOU NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING HE SAYS, OKAY?
PLEASE DON'T CALL THE POLICE,
BECAUSE IF YOU CALL THE POLICE,
IT COULD BE BAD.
PLEASE DON'T
CALL THE POLICE,
BECAUSE IF YOU CALL THE POLICE,
IT COULD BE BAD.
THANK YOU, BEVERLY.
NOW...
GIVE ME YOUR BANK CARDS.
I DON'T HAVE THEM.
THEY'RE IN MY PURSE.
IT'S IN MY CAR.
BACK AT THAT HOUSE?
YES.
MAN!
SHUT UP!
MORE THAN 3 HOURS
HAVE PASSED
SINCE BEVERLY WAS DUE HOME
FOR DINNER WITH HER HUSBAND,
CARL SR.
I CALLED
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I TOLD THEM, "MAN,
MY WIFE WAS HERE
SELLIN' THIS HOUSE.
SOMEBODY TOOK HER."
I SEARCHED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY,
AND SHE'S NOT HERE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- BUT I WAS JUST WORRIED TO DEATH.
I'VE BEEN TEXTIN' HER ALL NIGHT.
THAT AIN'T LIKE HER.
BEVERLY'S CAR IS STILL
PARKED IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
- IS THAT HER BAG?
- YEAH, IT'S OPEN.
I GOT THE SPARE KEYS
RIGHT HERE.
HEY, DAD.
SHE JUST DISAPPEARED.
WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP THEN?
LIKE, HOW --
THEN HOW DO YOU FIND HER?
I JUST HAD THIS
OVERWHELMING FEAR.
AFTER CONDUCTING THEIR
OWN SEARCH OF THE HOUSE,
POLICE SEAL IT OFF
UNTIL THE FORENSIC
TEAM ARRIVES.
THEY SET UP A ROADBLOCK
AND STOP AND QUESTION
EVERYONE WHO APPROACHES.
I REMEMBER ONE GUY ZOOMING DOWN.
AND THERE ARE POLICE LIGHTS ON.
AND HE WAS TAKIN' IT
AT HIGH-SPEED.
AND THEY STOPPED HIM.
EVERYTHING OKAY,
OFFICER?
WHERE YOU HEADIN', SIR?
TO MY GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE.
YEAH, THIS ROAD'S CLOSED.
YOU NEED TO TURN AROUND.
WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR A WOMAN,
BLONDE, ABOUT 50.
YOU SEE HER TONIGHT,
YOU LET US KNOW.
I WILL DO THAT, SIR.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
GOOD LUCK.
THEY JUST LET HIM GO.
AND I REMEMBER KIND OF BEING
A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED
THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE HIM
OUT TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.
POLICE HAVE BEEN MONITORING
THE EMPTY HOUSE FOR 3 HOURS.
BUT THEY ARE NO CLOSER
TO FINDING BEVERLY CARTER.
I WAS SITTIN' THERE
JUST WONDERIN',
"WHAT IN THE WORLD?
I MEAN, WHERE --
WHERE IS SHE AT?"
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
BING, BING, BING.
HEY, I'M GETTIN' SOMETHIN'!
- SHE'S TEXTIN'!
- WHAT IS IT?
CARL RECEIVES
A TEXT MESSAGE
FROM BEVERLY'S CELL PHONE.
THAT'S HER!
IT'S GOOD. WE'RE FINE.
SHE'S FINE.
WE CAN GO HOME.
"OUT DRINKING WITH FRIENDS."
SOMETHING WAS WRONG,
BAD WRONG BECAUSE I WAS WITH
WHO SHE WOULD BE DRINKING WITH.
SO I KNEW THAT WASN'T HER.
THAT TEXT, THAT --
THAT AIN'T FROM BEVERLY.
SOMEONE HAS MY MOM,
AND THEY HAVE HER PHONE
PRETENDING TO BE HER.
RECOGNIZING THEY'RE
LIKELY FACING
SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS
THAN A MISSING PERSON'S CASE,
THE LOCAL POLICE
CALL FOR BACKUP.
DETECTIVE JEFF ALLISON
OF THE PULASKI COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
TAKES OVER THE INVESTIGATION.
WHEN I ARRIVE AT A SCENE,
I'M HAVIN' TO GO THROUGH
EVERY SCENARIO IN MY HEAD.
I'M THINKIN', "OKAY,
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED HERE?"
EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT.
HOW YOU GUYS DOIN'?
I'M DETECTIVE ALLISON.
- CARL SR.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT SOME TEXT MESSAGES
TO SHOW ME?
- I -- I DO, YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
CARL'S WORRIED.
HE WAS NERVOUS.
THAT ONE THERE?
SEE, SHE DON'T
HARDLY DRINK AT ALL.
FIRST PERSON YOU LOOK
AT IS ALWAYS THE -- THE SPOUSE.
AND I LOOKED AT CARL
FIRST AND FOREMOST.
THE TEXT MESSAGES
FROM BEVERLY'S PHONE
ARE HIS ONLY LEAD.
BUT DETECTIVE ALLISON KNOWS
THAT COULD BE ENOUGH
TO TRACK HER WHEREABOUTS.
IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE,
AND IF IT'S BEIN' USED,
IT LEAVES A FOOTPRINT OF THE --
THE LOCATION OF THAT PHONE.
YEAH, HI.
IT'S DETECTIVE ALLISON.
I NEED TO PUT AN EMERGENCY TRACE
ON A CELL PHONE NUMBER PLEASE.
ALL CELL PHONES
PING THEIR LOCATION
TO THE NEAREST CELL TOWER
EVERY 15 MINUTES.
YEAH, RIGHT AWAY.
ALLISON
ASKS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS
TO PING DATA FROM
BEVERLY'S PHONE CARRIER.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU.
DETECTIVE ALLISON SAID
THEY WERE GONNA RUN THE NUMBER
AND SEE WHERE
IT WAS COMING FROM.
JUST HOPE SHE'S NOT RAPED
AND BEATEN SOMEWHERE
AND LYING SOMEWHERE.
BUT WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO
BUT JUST PRAY
THAT THEY CAN FIND HER?
PROCESSING
THE PING DATA WILL TAKE HOURS.
SO IN THE MEANTIME,
ALLISON KEEPS LOOKING
FOR MORE CLUES.
HE FINDS BEVERLY'S NOTEBOOK
WITH THE NAMES
"STEVEN AND CRYSTAL ADAMS"
NEXT TO AN E-MAIL ADDRESS
AND A PHONE NUMBER.
BUT THE SEASONED DETECTIVE KNOWS
BETTER THAN TO CALL THE NUMBER.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE
ANYBODY AWAY.
IF THAT IS THE PERSON
INVOLVED IN THIS,
AND YOU'VE GOT THE POLICE
CALLING THIS NUMBER,
IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING BAD TO HER,
THEN CHANCES ARE, AT THAT POINT,
THEY'RE GOIN' TO.
ALLISON ASSIGNS A TEAM
TO GET BACKGROUND
ON THE ADAMS' CONTACT DETAILS,
HOPING IT WILL GIVE HIM
A DIRECT LINK
TO THE SUSPECTS
AND BEVERLY.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
OKAY.
I -- I WON'T TELL ANYBODY.
PROMISE.
I KNOW, PLEASE.
NO, YOU WON'T.
SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS
SINCE SHE WAS LAST SEEN,
TEXT MESSAGES SENT FROM MISSING
REALTOR BEVERLY CARTER'S PHONE
SUGGEST FOUL PLAY.
THAT AIN'T FROM BEVERLY.
LEAD INVESTIGATOR
DETECTIVE JEFF ALLISON
IS STRUGGLING TO PIECE TOGETHER
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.
IT WAS VERY SURREAL.
I DON'T THINK I REALLY
KNEW WHAT TO THINK.
I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE BAD.
IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?
WHEN DEPUTIES CANVAS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SURROUNDING THE HOUSE
BEVERLY WAS SHOWING,
THEY CATCH A BREAK.
WE LEARNED FROM THE NEIGHBOR
ACROSS THE STREET
THAT SHE HAD SEEN
A BLACK VEHICLE PULL
INTO THE DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN SHE SAW
A SLENDER WHITE MALE
WITH SHORT HAIR
STANDIN' OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER,
SHE LOOKED OUTSIDE,
AND THE VEHICLE HAD
TURNED AROUND
AND BACKED TO THE FRONT DOOR.
THERE'S NO REASON
FOR ANYONE TO BE BACKED UP
TO THAT FRONT DOOR.
GET IN THE CAR,
ALL RIGHT?!
I WAS PRETTY CONFIDENT
SOMEBODY HAD TAKEN HER
AGAINST HER WILL.
ALLISON KNOWS
THAT A KIDNAP PLOT
IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
AT THAT POINT, BUT I FELT
LIKE THERE WAS AN ACCOMPLICE.
NOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT
WAS CARL, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT HE WAS NUMBER ONE.
ALLISON KEEPS HIS
SUSPICIONS TO HIMSELF
AS HE BREAKS THE BAD NEWS
TO TO BEVERLY'S FAMILY.
GUYS, SO,
WE'VE GOT A WITNESS.
GOOSE BUMPS-TYPE
OF FEAR SETS IN.
THERE WAS THAT PART OF ME
THAT -- THAT KIND OF HOPED
THAT SHE WAS
BEING COMPLIANT AND --
AND WOULD GET HERSELF
OUT OF ANY SITUATION.
BUT THEN THERE WAS ALSO
THAT OTHER SIDE THAT
JUST REALLY HOPED THAT
SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE.
- YEAH, HELLO?
- THE DETECTIVE KNOWS
THAT EVERY PASSING MINUTE
INCREASES THE THREAT
TO BEVERLY'S LIFE.
I'LL HOLD, YEAH.
HEY!
WE GOT A LOCATION!
LET'S GO.
THE TRACE ON BEVERLY'S
PHONE HAS PAID OFF.
ALLISON HAS THE LOCATION
OF THE PING
AT THE MOMENT
THE TEXTS WERE SENT.
WHEN THEY SAID
THE PING CAME IN,
WE -- WE JUST THOUGHT
THAT THAT WAS IT.
ALL THESE POLICE CARS,
FULL-SPEED, SIRENS A-BLAZING.
AND IT'S LIKE, PLEASE
JUST LET THEM FIND HER.
THE PINGS SHOWED
BEVERLY'S CELL PHONE
LEAVING THE ADDRESS
GOING 25 MILES
SOUTH OF LITTLE ROCK.
I WAS HOPIN' THAT WE WERE
GONNA FIND HER ALIVE.
FOUND ZERO.
IT WAS DEVASTATING TO HEAR,
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T FIND HER.
IT APPEARED THAT
WE WERE DEALING
WITH SOMEONE PURPOSEFULLY TRYING
TO THROW OFF THE INVESTIGATORS.
AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME,
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
TO GO ON EXCEPT THE --
THE PINGS OF THE CELL PHONE.
WHEN I WOKE UP
THE NEXT MORNING,
MY INITIAL THOUGHT
IN WAKING UP WAS,
"WAS THAT A DREAM?
WAS LAST NIGHT A DREAM?"
AND THEN, LOOKING AT MY PHONE,
HOPING THERE WAS TEXT SAYING,
"SHE CAME HOME.
SHE'S HERE."
I DID NOT EXPECT TO WAKE UP
TO FACEBOOK NOTIFICATIONS.
NEWS OF BEVERLY'S
DISAPPEARANCE
HAS ALREADY SPREAD,
AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS BUZZING.
EVERYONE WAS TRYING
TO GET THE WORD OUT.
THIS IS KARK 4 NEWS
AT 10:00.
BY THE AFTERNOON,
HUNDREDS VOLUNTEER
TO FORM A SEARCH PARTY.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GO AND DO
ANY OF THE PHYSICAL
SEARCHING, YOU KNOW.
I WANT TO HELP,
BUT I CANNOT BE THE ONE
THAT FINDS MY MOM IN A DITCH.
I JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
IN THE 2 1/2 DAYS
SINCE BEVERLY CARTER
DISAPPEARED,
DETECTIVE ALLISON HAS BEEN
DIGGING INTO HER PAST,
INTERVIEWING FRIENDS AND FAMILY,
LISTENING FOR ANY CLUES.
AND ONE NAME
KEEPS COMING UP.
THANKS FOR COMING IN,
CARL.
LISTEN...
I NEED YOU
TO TELL ME THE TRUTH.
YOUR FINGERPRINTS
ARE ALL OVER THE CRIME SCENE.
I WAS LOOKIN'
FOR MY WIFE.
I TOLD 'EM I LOOKED
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HOUSE
AND WENT PLUM
THROUGH EVERYTHING.
CLIMBED UP IN THE ATTIC,
EVERYTHING.
WERE YOU REALLY
LOOKIN' FOR BEVERLY?
EVEN CARL JR.
SEES HOW SUSPICIOUS
HIS FATHER'S BEHAVIOR APPEARS.
IF THIS IS A CRIME SCENE,
YOU ARE IN IT NOW.
I MEAN, HE -- HE REALLY WAS
A BIG RED FLAG.
YOU KNOW HOW THIS
MUST LOOK TO ME, CARL.
ALLISON HAS GOOD
REASON TO SUSPECT CARL
MAY HAVE DELIBERATELY
COMPROMISED THE CRIME SCENE.
TELL ME ABOUT
YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
WE'RE HAVIN' SOME TROUBLE.
IT AIN'T NO SECRET.
HE HAS DISCOVERED
THAT THE CARTERS
HAVE JUST $124
IN THEIR CHECKING ACCOUNT.
BUT BEVERLY HAS A $100,000
LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM
BEING INVOLVED IN THIS,
EITHER HIRING SOMEBODY TO DO IT
FOR LIFE INSURANCE
OR, UM, BEING INVOLVED
WITH SOMEBODY,
AND THEY'RE GONNA SPLIT
THE LIFE INSURANCE MONEY?
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN LOOK
ALL YOU WANT, DETECTIVE.
I JUST WANT
MY WIFE BACK.
DESPITE DETECTIVE
ALLISON'S SUSPICIONS,
HE HAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
OF CARL'S INVOLVEMENT.
ALL RIGHT, CARL.
YOU CAN GO.
WE GOT TO TALK LATER.
DON'T LEAVE TOWN,
ALL RIGHT?
STEVEN ADAMS,
THE MAN WHO BEVERLY
WENT TO MEET THE NIGHT
SHE WENT MISSING,
IS STILL A PRIME SUSPECT.
BY NOW, ALLISON'S
I.T. TEAM HAS PROCESSED
ADAM'S CONTACT DETAILS
FROM BEVERLY'S NOTEBOOK
AND DISCOVERED
THAT BOTH THE E-MAIL
AND THE PHONE NUMBER
ARE INACTIVE.
WE'RE ALMOST 100% SURE
THAT STEVEN AND CRYSTAL ADAMS
DO NOT EXIST.
WHAT'S UP?
TYPE IN THIS.
THE BOGUS CELL NUMBER
USED TO CALL BEVERLY
TURNS OUT
TO HAVE BEEN GENERATED
BY A SPECIALIZED PHONE APP.
YEAH, IT'S DETECTIVE ALLISON.
I GOT A PHONE IN A TRACE
ON A CELL PHONE NUMBER.
IT WILL ASSIGN YOUR DEVICE
A PHONE NUMBER
THAT YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF.
IT'S NOT THE PHONE NUMBER THAT
YOUR PROVIDERS ASSIGNED YOU.
IT'S ONE THROUGH
THIS APPLICATION.
WHEN ALLISON
GETS EMERGENCY ACCESS
TO THE PHONE SUBSCRIBER DATA,
HE FINDS THAT IT'S REGISTERED
TO A WOMAN NAMED
CRYSTAL LOWERY.
WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE
THAT CRYSTAL LOWERY
WAS MARRIED
TO A MAN NAMED
ARRON LEWIS.
THREE DAYS AFTER
BEVERLY'S ABDUCTION,
ALLISON FINALLY HAS AN ADDRESS
FOR HIS SUSPECTS.
IT'S JUST A 30-MINUTE DRIVE
FROM THE PROPERTY
BEVERLY WAS SHOWING.
100% OF OUR FOCUS
WAS BEVERLY AND THAT --
THE FACT THAT WE MAY BE ABLE
TO FIND HER ALIVE.
AND THAT WAS -- THAT WAS
OUR GOAL, WAS TO FIND HER ALIVE.
WE KNEW THERE WAS A CHANCE
THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL
EVIDENCE IN THAT HOUSE.
IT WAS SO TEMPTING JUST TO GO
KICK THE DOOR IN
TO GO LOOK FOR HER, BUT WE KNEW
WE JUST COULDN'T DO THAT.
ALLISON CAN'T ENTER
THE HOME WITHOUT A WARRANT.
FOR NOW, ALL HE CAN DO
IS STAKE OUT THE LOCATION.
IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
A MAN LEAVES THE HOUSE.
HE PERFECTLY FITS
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT
SEEN BY A WITNESS
AT OLD RIVER DRIVE.
AND, LO AND BEHOLD, HE
JUMPS IN HIS CAR AND HE LEAVES.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE
HE WOULD LEAD US TO HER.
BUT HE LOOKS OVER
AND SEES US,
AND HE SPED OFF.
THE DETECTIVE PURSUES LEWIS.
BUT THE CHASE DOESN'T LAST LONG.
HE HIT A CULVERT
AND LOST CONTROL.
AND HE ENDS UP HAVING A WRECK.
HEY, YOU ARRON LEWIS?
GIVE ME THE PHONE!
COME ON,
GIVE ME THE PHONE!
WE ASKED WHAT HIS
CELL PHONE NUMBER WAS.
TWO-EIGHT-NINE...
WHEN LEWIS REPEATS
HIS CELL NUMBER,
IT MATCHES THE NUMBER
THEY TRACED VIA THE APP.
I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR PICTURE.
LOOK AT ME!
WE KNEW, AT THAT POINT,
WE HAD THE RIGHT PHONE.
WE HAD THE RIGHT GUY.
GET HIM OUT OF HERE!
POLICE PROCEDURE DICTATES
THAT ALLISON
CAN'T QUESTION LEWIS
UNTIL HE'S BEEN CLEARED
BY DOCTORS AT THE HOSPITAL.
WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO
FOLLOW BEHIND THE AMBULANCE.
IT'S -- IT'S --
IT'S BAD FRUSTRATING.
BUT WHEN ALLISON
ARRIVES AT THE E.R.,
HE'S CONFRONTED WITH DISASTER.
A DETECTIVE SAYS THAT
ARRON LEWIS HAD LEFT
THE HOSPITAL.
I SAID, "WH-WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL?"
HE SAID, "HE WENT BACK
TO GET TREATED,
AND HE RAN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
HE STILL HAD THE I.V.
IN HIS ARM."
SO I'M LIKE,
"YOU GOT TO BE KIDDIN' ME."
GOOD MORNIN'.
IT'S BEVERLY CARTER CALLIN'
FROM CRYE-LEIKE.
REAL ESTATE AGENT
BEVERLY CARTER...
WHAT ARE YOU DO--
...HAS BEEN MISSING
FOR 3 DAYS.
THE PRIME SUSPECT IN HER
DISAPPEARANCE, ARRON LEWIS...
HEY, YOU ARRON LEWIS?
GIVE ME THE PHONE.
...WAS CAUGHT AFTER
A POLICE CHASE.
BUT HE'S JUST ESCAPED
FROM THE HOSPITAL.
STILL, POLICE HAVE JUST SECURED
A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR LEWIS' HOUSE,
WHERE THEY HOPE TO FIND
BEVERLY ALIVE.
WELL, AS SOON AS WE GO IN,
WE OBVIOUSLY --
WE LOOK IN ANY PLACE
BEVERLY COULD BE -- BE KEPT...
IN HOPES THAT
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND HER.
BUT NO SIGN OF BEVERLY.
BUT DETECTIVE ALLISON
DOES FIND BEVERLY'S CELL PHONE.
THIS IS KARK 4 NEWS
AT 10:00.
AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING
FOR A MAN WANTED
FOR KIDNAPPING
BEVERLY CARTER.
WE PUT HIM ALL OVER
THE MEDIA FOR PEOPLE
TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIM.
IT HIT FACEBOOK,
AND IT WAS JUST MINUTES
BEFORE EVERYBODY HAD SHARED IT.
AND SO WE PULLED UP
HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND YOU LOOK INSIDE HIS SOUL,
AND YOU CAN JUST SEE EVIL.
AND I TRIED NOT
TO LET MY MIND
RUN AWAY TOO MUCH,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HER --
I DIDN'T WANT BEVERLY
TO BE IN PAIN.
I DIDN'T WANT HER TO SUFFER.
BY NOW, AN ARREST WARRANT
HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED
FOR ARRON LEWIS' WIFE,
CRYSTAL LOWERY.
SHE HAD THIS
11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,
AND I'M THINKIN',
"I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE
COULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS."
I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE
SHE WAS INNOCENT.
ALLISON LEARNS THAT
CRYSTAL LOWERY
IS A NURSE IN TRAINING...
CALLED ME IN
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
...AND QUICKLY TRACKS HER DOWN.
I'M DETECTIVE ALLISON.
ARE YOU CRYSTAL LOWERY?
CRYSTAL GETS ARRESTED FOR HAVIN'
BEVERLY'S PHONE IN HER HOUSE.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT BEVERLY CARTER?
ONLY WHAT I HEARD ON TV.
SHE SAID THAT ARRON
IS ALWAYS BRINGIN' IN
CELL PHONES
AND ELECTRONICS,
AND SHE HAS NO IDEA
WHOSE IT IS.
AND HOW ARE THINGS
BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND?
WE'RE GETTING A DIVORCE.
I FELT CRYSTAL
WAS NOT TELLIN' THE TRUTH,
SHE WAS INVOLVED.
BUT SHE BASICALLY JUST --
JUST NOT SAYIN' ANYTHING.
WHATEVER CRYSTAL'S ROLE,
HER HUSBAND REMAINS
THE PRIME SUSPECT.
BUT DESPITE THE MEDIA FRENZY,
LEWIS HAS DISAPPEARED,
ALONG WITH,
BEVERLY'S FAMILY FEAR,
THE SLIM CHANCE THAT
SHE MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE.
THERE WAS ALWAYS HOPE
THAT SHE WAS SOMEHOW
GOING TO MAKE HER WAY
BACK TO US, WAS THE HOPE.
THEN THE FEAR WAS
THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
THE DAY AFTER LEWIS
GOES ON THE RUN,
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN ADAM NASH
IS CHECKING HIS SOCIAL MEDIA.
EVERY NEWS STATION
IS POSTING
ARRON LEWIS' PICTURE ONLINE
AND SAYING, YOU KNOW,
"LOOK FOR HIS GENTLEMAN."
AND SO I'M KIND OF
FOLLOWING IT ON MY PHONE.
AND I LOOK UP.
YOU KNOW, HE'S STANDIN'
RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF MY CAR.
WHAT WAS GOIN' THROUGH
MY HEAD WAS JUST LIKE,
"IF I LET THIS GUY GET AWAY,
ARE THEY EVER GONNA FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO BEVERLY?"
ALL RIGHT.
SOMEONE HAD ALREADY CALLED 911.
COPS WERE RIGHT THERE.
LEWIS' LUCK HAS RUN OUT.
ADAM NASH POINTS POLICE
DIRECTLY AT THEIR SUSPECT.
THIS IS KARK 4 NEWS
AT 10:00.
AND HIS ARREST
IS HEADLINE NEWS.
IT GAVE US HOPE.
THEY'RE GONNA GO GET HER.
AND WE'RE GONNA
GET HER HOME.
THE FAMILY'S HOPES
NOW REST ON ARRON LEWIS.
I HAVE A WITNESS THAT PUTS YOU
RIGHT THERE AT THE HOUSE.
IS SHE DEAD, ARRON?
DID YOU KILL HER?
SHE WAS ALIVE
LAST TIME I SAW HER.
WHY SHOULD
I BELIEVE YOU?
I KIDNAPPED HER.
BUT TREVOR HAS HER NOW.
LEWIS ADMITS
ABDUCTING BEVERLY
BUT CLAIMS HE WAS WORKING
WITH AN ACCOMPLICE
WHO CALLED HIMSELF TREVOR.
ME AND HIM COLLABORATED
ON THIS THING.
ALLISON ALREADY SUSPECTS
CARL SR.
MAY BE INVOLVED IN
HIS WIFE'S DISAPPEARANCE.
COULD TREVOR REALLY
BE CARL SR.?
YOU GOT TO GIVE ME
SOMETHING, ARRON.
HOW DOES HE FIT
INTO ALL THIS?
HE SAID THAT TREVOR
HAD LIVED WITH HIM,
TREVOR WAS IN THE AIR FORCE,
AND HE WAS -- THEY HAD
AGREED TO KIDNAP BEVERLY.
YOU TELL ME.
SO I KNEW RIGHT THEN
THAT THERE'S NO WAY
CARL CAN BE INVOLVED IN THIS,
BECAUSE IF CARL HAS PAID HIM
TO DO SOMETHING TO BEVERLY OR --
THEN THAT'S THE FIRST THING
HE'S GONNA TELL ME.
HE DIDN'T SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT CARL.
WITH CARL SR.
ELIMINATED,
THE DETECTIVE WONDERS
IF "TREVOR" IS ACTUALLY
LEWIS' WIFE.
HOW ABOUT CRYSTAL?
SHE'S NOT INVOLVED.
YOU CAN LET HER GO.
LET'S NOT GET FIXATED
ON TREVOR.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU DID
TO BEVERLY.
I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
LEWIS OFFERS TO TAKE ALLISON
TO THE LAST PLACE
HE SAW BEVERLY CARTER.
HIS EXACT WORDS WERE,
"IF BEVERLY WAS NOT THERE,
THEN TREVOR DONE
SOMETHIN' WITH HER."
ALLISON'S
INVESTIGATORS GET TO WORK
DECIPHERING WHO THIS
MYSTERIOUS TREVOR IS
WHILE ALLISON RACES
TO FIND BEVERLY.
LEWIS CLAIMS TREVOR'S HIDEOUT
IS 30 MILES
OUTSIDE OF LITTLE ROCK.
THE ENTIRE TRIP,
FROM THE MINUTE WE LEAVE,
HE'S DONE NOTHING BUT TALKED.
HE TOLD ME HOW HE KIDNAPPED HER.
HE TOLD ME WHY HE KIDNAPPED HER.
SHE MADE $12 MILLION
LAST YEAR IN REAL ESTATE.
HE WAS GONNA ASK
FOR A $100,000 RANSOM MONEY.
SO I GRABBED HER.
YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN
THE LOOK ON HER FACE, MAN.
YOU DO A LOT OF TALKIN',
DON'T YOU?
THIS IS THE PLACE
RIGHT HERE.
I WENT IN THE HOUSE
AND LOOKED IN ANY --
ANY PLACE A HUMAN BODY
WOULD FIT.
BEVERLY HAD NEVER BEEN IN THERE.
I WAS PISSED OFF TO NO END.
WE WERE HANGIN' ON EVERY WORD
HE SAID IN HOPES
WE WERE GONNA FIND BEVERLY.
AND HE KNEW THAT.
I JUST -- I WANTED TO CHOKE HIM.
BACK IN LITTLE ROCK,
DETECTIVES HAVE TRACKED DOWN
THE REAL TREVOR
TO A NEARBY AIR BASE.
I TOLD HIM THAT
TREVOR WAS BEING INTERVIEWED,
AND WE KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT HE'S NOT INVOLVED IN THIS.
ARRON LEWIS'
ALIBI STORY HAS FALLEN APART,
BUT HE HAS NOTHING MORE TO SAY.
I TRIED EVERYTHING I KNEW TO
TRY, LEGALLY, TO FIND BEVERLY.
I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS --
HE WAS -- HE WAS GETTIN' TIRED.
HE WAS STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN.
I'M GRASPING AT STRAWS.
I THINK THAT HE USED TO WORK
AT A PLACE CALLED ARGOS.
AND IT WAS A CONCRETE PLANT.
LET ME ASK YOU
SOMETHING, ARRON.
SHE AT ARGOS?
HE JUST LOOKED UP
REAL QUICK.
SO I KNEW RIGHT THEN
THAT THAT'S --
SHE WAS PROBABLY OUT THERE.
SHE AT ARGOS?
FIVE DAYS AFTER KIDNAPPING
BEVERLY CARTER,
ARRON LEWIS SHOWS HIS HAND
WHEN POLICE GUESS THE LOCATION
WHERE HE MAY BE HOLDING HER.
WE HAD HEARD THAT
MOM COULD BE HELD CAPTIVE
AT A LOCAL CEMENT COMPANY
THAT HE HAD WORKED FOR,
AND THAT SHE COULD BE OKAY.
YOU'RE SITTING ON PINS
AND NEEDLES WAITING FOR THE CALL
THAT, "OKAY, WE'VE FOUND HER.
WE'RE TAKING HER
TO THE HOSPITAL."
HEY, CARL.
HOW YOU DOING?
HE SAID,
"WELL, ONE OF
MY GUYS HAS FOUND BEVERLY."
I SAYS, "MAN,
JUST TELL ME --
TELL ME THAT SHE'S STILL ALIVE."
HE SAID, "NO, SIR."
AND, MAN, IT WAS JUST LIKE
STABBING ME IN THE HEART.
SHE HAD A MASK OF DUCT TAPE
AROUND HER FACE...
FROM THE FOREHEAD
DOWN TO THE CHIN
AND MORE THAN LIKELY
WAS KILLED BY SUFFOCATION.
IT JUST PROVED TO ME
THAT HE WAS A COWARD.
I SHOWED HIM
A PHOTOGRAPH OF BEVERLY
FROM WHEN WE RECOVERED HER...
AND TOLD HIM HE WAS BEING
CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER.
OVER THE COMING DAYS,
THE EMERGING ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE
REVEALS THAT LEWIS' WIFE,
CRYSTAL LOWERY,
IS NOT AS INNOCENT
AS SHE MADE OUT.
CRYSTAL LOWERY HAD
A LOT MORE TO DO WITH THIS
THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
TEXTS SHOW THAT CRYSTAL
WAS IN ON THE KIDNAPPING
PLOT FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND HER CELL PHONE PINGS PLACE
HER AT THE CEMENT FACTORY
WITH LEWIS WHEN BEVERLY'S BODY
WAS BURIED.
POLICE NOW HAVE ENOUGH TO CHARGE
HER WITH CAPITAL MURDER.
WHEN CRYSTAL IS CONFRONTED
WITH THE EVIDENCE,
SHE AGREES TO CUT A DEAL
WITH THE PROSECUTOR.
IN EXCHANGE
FOR A REDUCED SENTENCE,
SHE DETAILS THE FULL EXTENT
OF HER INVOLVEMENT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMART IDEA
TO USE A REAL ESTATE AGENT
BECAUSE...
CRYSTAL SAID THAT IT WAS
ACTUALLY HER IDEA
TO KIDNAP A REALTOR.
BEVERLY CARTER, CRYE-LEIKE.
HI, STEVEN.
CRYSTAL REVEALS THEIR PLAN
ALMOST FAILED BEFORE IT BEGAN,
WHEN BEVERLY REFUSED
TO MEET ARRON
ALONE AT THE HOUSE.
LET'S ARRANGE A TIME
THAT YOU BOTH CAN BE THERE.
BEVERLY WASN'T GOING TO MEET
IF IT WAS NOT BOTH OF 'EM.
IT HAD TO BE
CRYSTAL AND ARRON.
HERE'S CRYSTAL.
SHE JUST WALKED IN.
CRYSTAL STEPPED IN TO MAKE
SURE BEVERLY TURNED UP.
HI, BEVERLY.
IT'S CRYSTAL.
DON'T WORRY, I'LL BE THERE
TONIGHT WITH STEVEN.
IT'S SUCH A BIG DECISION,
WE REALLY BOTH SHOULD BE THERE.
I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT,
6:30.
- ALL RIGHT, 6:30, THEN.
- 6:30.
YES, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO MEETIN' YOU, TOO, CRYSTAL.
OKAY.
SO, THERE YOU GO.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED
WITHOUT THE PHONE CALL.
CRYSTAL THEN ADMITS
THAT SHE PUSHED LEWIS
INTO MURDERING BEVERLY.
BECAUSE SHE SAW
THE MEDICATION BOTTLES
IN THE BATHROOM
AND KNEW THEIR NAMES.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD HIM
THAT HE WAS GONNA HAVE
TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
I'LL DEAL WITH IT.
BEVERLY WAS KILLED
JUST A FEW HOURS
AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED.
ARRON LEWIS PLEADS NOT GUILTY
TO CAPITAL MURDER
AND CHOOSES TO REPRESENT
HIMSELF AT TRIAL.
THIS IS A GAME TO HIM.
HE'S GETTIN' ATTENTION,
WHICH IS --
HE LOVES ATTENTION.
HE'S A NARCISSIST.
IN COURT, THE
PROSECUTION PLAYS
THE RANSOM MESSAGE THAT BEVERLY
WAS FORCED TO RECORD,
BY LEWIS, FOR HER HUSBAND, CARL,
WHICH WAS
NEVER DELIVERED.
THE LAST THING THAT SHE SAID,
SHE SAID, "I LOVE YOU, CARL."
AND I KNEW THAT THAT WAS
PROBABLY HER LAST WORDS
THAT, SHE GOT TO SAY.
IN JANUARY 2016,
ARRON LEWIS IS FOUND GUILTY
OF CAPITAL MURDER
AND KIDNAPPING AND SENTENCED
TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
I CRIED RIGHT THERE.
I JUST CRIED, MAN.
I JUST COULDN'T HELP IT.
I HOPE HE --
I HOPE HE ROTS IN JAIL.
CRYSTAL LOWERY
WILL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR PAROLE AFTER
SERVING 21 YEARS
OF HER 30-YEAR SENTENCE
FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
BEVERLY WAS JUST
A GOOD PERSON.
AND IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN,
WE JUST NEED GOOD PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW?
AND...
THIS END THAT SHE CAME TO
WAS NOT RELATED
TO ANY POOR CHOICES
THAT SHE HAD MADE IN LIFE.
SHE JUST WENT TO WORK.
AND SHE CERTAINLY,
CERTAINLY DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
SHE'S UP IN HEAVEN.
SHE'S LOOKIN' DOWN AT ME
AND THE GRANDCHILDREN AND...
I DIDN'T DESERVE
A LADY LIKE HER.
REALLY DOES HURT ME BAD,
MORE THAN ANYBODY COULD IMAGINE.