A warrant has been issued in the disappearance of Arkansas real estate agent Beverly Carter, but too late to prevent the suspect from slipping away before he could be taken into custody.Aaron Michael Lewis, 33, is wanted on one count of kidnapping in Carter's disappearance, according to an arrest warrant issued Sunday by Pulaski County District Court. At the time, detectives snapped a photo showing his facial injuries, but they didn't have the warrant yet to arrest him.Lewis slipped away after being treated at a Little Rock hospital. Dozens of volunteers -- maybe as many as 200, according to authorities -- spent their Sunday searching for the missing woman in the Little Rock area. Detectives will not say why they suspect Lewis or whether they have any new information about what happened to Carter, 50. Sheriff's office Lt. Carl Minden said investigators had pegged Lewis as a "person of interest" when he was involved in a vehicle crash in Pulaski County and taken to Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock for treatment Sunday morning. Noticing the property was open, the husband entered and searched for his wife without success, according to the Sheriff's Office. "I am praying you find Beverly. When she didn't return home later that night, Carter's husband went to the house and found her sport utility vehicle parked outside with her purse in it and the door to the home open. Police say Lewis has an extensive criminal history including a felony theft of property convictions in Washington and Benton counties. When hours went by with no further word from her, Carl Carter says he "knew something was wrong." "Police and hundreds of her friends have scoured the woods since Carter's disappearance, searching for any sign of the mother and grandmother. "She needs us, and we must continue to pray (and) brainstorm ways to find her." Police and dozens of volunteers spent the weekend searching the area around the home for clues in the disappearance.
– An Arkansas real estate agent has gone missing in the vicinity of Little Rock after going to show a home on Thursday. Some 200 volunteers searched for 49-year-old Beverly Carter yesterday and will continue the effort today, CNN reports. Police have arrested Arron Lewis, 33, on kidnapping charges, reports ABC, though the link between the two hasn't been made clear. Police were at the site of a single-car accident yesterday morning that sent Lewis to the hospital. As he awaited a CT scan, however, he left the hospital; a warrant was later issued and he was taken into custody this morning. Lewis' criminal record includes felony property theft, and he's on parole through 2017, ArkansasOnline notes. Carter called her husband on Thursday to tell him the address of the property she'd be showing in Scott, Ark. Afterward, he didn't hear from her for hours and became concerned. He called police after finding her vehicle at the property with her purse inside it; the door to the home was open. ABC13 reports her cellphone was missing and describes it as "key to the case." A number of texts were sent from the phone to her husband in the early hours of Friday morning. Among them: "Having drinks right now." That further alarmed Carl Carter, who says his wife isn't much of a drinker. (Another weekend mystery surrounds the deaths of a family of five in Utah.)