The body of the Arkansas real estate agent who vanished last week was found in a shallow grave, police confirmed Tuesday.
Prison parolee Arron Lewis, 33, has officially been charged with capital murder for the death of 49-year-old Beverly Carter, local CBS affiliate KTHV reports.
Lewis, who’s admitted kidnapping Carter, told reporters that he abducted her because she was alone and had money.
“…she was a woman that worked alone — a rich broker,” Lewis said to a Fox Channel 16 reporter as he was being walked out of the Pulaski sheriff’s office.
Authorities found Carter’s body just after midnight Tuesday when investigators received a tip which led them to a suburb of Little rock about 25 miles from where the woman disappeared last Thursday, cops said.
Lewis was arrested Monday and admitted kidnapping Carter, but he refused to reveal her whereabouts. He was booked at the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday, according to KTHV.
The accused murderer spoke to reporters outside the Pulaski sheriff’s office and said he did not kill Carter — adding that he hadn’t seen her in two days and that an associate of his named Trevor might be responsible for her death.
“He’s Air Force at the military base,” he told a reporter as he was escorted to a vehicle for transportation to county jail.
Carter was reported missing Sept. 25 when she didn’t come home after showing a house. Her husband called police after he noticed her car was still in that house’s driveway with her purse inside.
Lewis was on parole for theft in Arkansas and has prior arrests in Utah and Kansas, according to Reuters. He is expected to be arraigned Tuesday.
No comments:
Post a Comment