he turned to lewis' wife, crystal lowery.n johnson: i thought from the very beginning that we would need to flip crystal, and it would be important for the case for her to testify. andrea canning: he made a deal with crystal. she agreed to testify against her husband and plead guilty to murder and kidnapping in exchange for a reduced sentence of 30 years. it's good for the jury to be able to hear, you know, the back story of what went on and the why of what went on. andrea canning: aaron lewis went on trial. the prosecution's star witness, crystal lowery, took the stand and told the jury all the grisly details. she claimed it was all about money, not sex. john johnson: she said, he came up with the idea of kidnapping someone, but she went so far as to suggest real estate agents. andrea canning: she testified that she was in class at nursing school when lewis abducted beverly. she got a text from aaron lewis saying, look at this, or something like that. and it was a picture of miss carter bound in the trunk of the car. she sai