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no, it cant be, it cant. the he was so big in my life that the thought that anything bad couldve happened to him. it didnt make sense to me. he >> glamorous, good-looking, golding. the dashing hollywood movie executive. >> he was more like a movie star in real life. just show charismatic. >> perfect southern california family. i he completely dropped off the face of the earth. a baffling disappearance. where was he? >> not just a missing person. as has three sons, he has a wife. >> i w...

didnt make sense to me. >> glamorous, good-looking, golden. the dashing hollywood movie executive. >> he was more like a movie star in real life. >> just so charismatic. >> perfect southern california family. he completely dropped off the face of the earth. >> a baffling disappearance, where was he? >> not just a missing person. he has three sons, he has a wife. >> i was very afraid that something terrible was wrong. and i got scared. >> the clues, a missing mercedes. a handprint in bl...

Tale about somethings daughter may have seen, she was distraught and wanted to talk about. it he said, well, you know? i.r.e.n.a. yeah. i know the name. >> rain a land? she lived with chandi. she took care of her grandmother. her dad said his she knew something. something important. he goes, i think she knows where the cars. >> the elusive mercedes. detective and his partner drove out to sea rain a. >> we waited until she showed up. we kind of surprised her. >> thats what you guys do, right? >> ...

And in 2017 john creech went on trial. on the face of it, it looks like a solid case. the phone evidence, the cover-up, the truly appalling crime scene in gavins car. but did it add up to first green murder? gavin smith had been dead five years. >> he was killed and his mercedes-benz, in an act of almost stunning brutality by the defendant, john creech, who is sitting in the courtroom. this became gavins tomb. >> what happened wasnt merely an out burst of rage, said prosecutor bobby gray, no, cr...

Van had to be gavin smiths. >> i kissed my partner on the cheek. thats a true story, it was big piece of evidence. when we were able to get closer and saw our entire crime scene in our opinion was in that car. >> reporter: crime scene, yes, suddenly all other theories seemed to fall away. >> the passengers seat was completely covered in blood and at one point it was very eerie where you looked at the blood and you can see a hand mark of gavin smith as he died in that seat. >> reporter: soon the ...

>> wow. >> huge moment. >> reporter: a black mercedes sedan. had to be gavin smiths. >> i kissed my partner on the cheek. thats a true story. it was a big piece of evidence. and we were able to get closer and able to see that our entire crime scene, in our opinion, was inside that car. >> reporter: crime scene? yes. suddenly all other theories seemed to fall away. >> the passengers seat was completely covered in blood. and at one point it was very eerie when you looked at the blood and you could...

Was zraudistraught and wanted t talk about it. you know reina? i said yeah. >> reina limb? she lived with chandy. she took care of chandys grandmother. chandys dad said that reina knew something, something important. >> and he goes, i think she knows where the car is. >> the elusive mercedes. >> detective and his partner drove out to see reina. >> we waited until she showed up and kind of surprised her. >> thats what you guys do, right? >> you know, sometimes it works better that way, yeah. she ...

>> but when detective john obrien and tyler bay learned about gavins addiction, they had to consider a raft of new possibilities. >> he disappeared. maybe i overdosed. we didnt have any of those answers. >> driving all over the valley, we would have moments in the car of where we looked at each other and said i think this is a suicide. and then an hour later, we would interview something or somebody would happen and i say i think this is a murder. and our feelings and our gut instifkts were goin...

>> huge moment. >> reporter: a black mercedes sedan. had to be gavin smiths. >> i kissed my partner on the cheek. thats a true story. it was a big piece of evidence. and we were able to get closer and saw that our entire crime scene, in our opinion, was inside that car. >> reporter: crime scene? yes. suddenly all other theories seemed to fall away. >> the passengers seat was completely covered in blood. and at one point it was very eerie when you looked at the blood and you could see a handmark ...

Had to be gavin smiths. >> i kissed my partner on the cheek. that was a big piece of evidence and when we got together and saw our entire crime scene was inside that car. >> crime scene, yes. suddenly all other theories seemed to fall away. >> the passenger seat was completely covered in blood. and at one point it was very eerie where you looked at the blood and you could see the hand mark of gavin smith as he died in that seat. >> soon the news reached gavins family. tara was devastated. >> the...