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Waiting to unleash a surprise. testimony from the defendant himself. heres keith morrison. >> how to defend a man like john creech. well, said defense attorney irene nunez, it was all very simple. creech never intended to kill gavin smith. this was was a case of self-defense. >> he had to defend himself against this intruder, an intruder into his marriage. >> reporter: and, she said, only one person could tell that story. >> who is the first witness that you want to call on behalf of the defense...

Plotting for two years ever since he found out about chandy and gavin. after that day back in december 2010, when at their mothers request, gavins sons met with john creech at his house. >> we just wanted to make sure that my dad was not in harms way. >> were you sobbing and crying? >> yes. >> and what were you saying to the defendant? >> i was just begging him not to harm my family. >> reporter: but they testified creech told them that they did the right thing. >> he ended up saying that we sav...

Heres keith morrison with the con kru conclusion of dark valley. >> how did a friend like john creech? well, said defense attorney, it was all very simple. creech never intended to kill gavin smith. this was a case of self-defense. >> had to defend himself against this intruder, an intruder into his marriage. >> and she said only one person could tell that story. >> who is the first witness that you want to call on behalf of the defense? >> my client, john creech. >> his attorney began by asking...

Met chandry for sex or comfort or just to talk, something. quite a lot to learn from the phone records. but there was more. a third phone. john creechs phone in the same spot on the same night and this was erie. creechs phone seemed to be moving in sync with gavins. >> their phones paralleled each other. >> together. hitting sometimes off the exact same towers or parallel towers. >> what was that like? >> that was an eye opening moment. >> but when they interviewed john creech -- >> he denied ev...

Machine said chandy, started slugging, wouldnt quit. >> and i was like stop, youre going to kill him. i was screaming my head off. and then he comes out of the car. hes like youre next. then i drove off. >> she was terrified, she said. afraid hed kill her too or tell the cops she set the whole thing up. so did she? they listened to the undercover tape. >> i believe she didnt know that was going to happen and she did note set it up. >> but they wondered, did she help cover it up? its a serious bu...

Homicide investigation when police came across her while doing surveillance on john creech. lauren used to work at the pro shop of the power house gym in california. and thats where she first met creech. >> he was beautiful. he was tall and muscular and a lot of women especially wanted to date him. a lot of men wanted to be him. >> lauren fell for him. he told her he was separated from his wife chandy. but that didnt stop chandy from calling lauren. >> she texted and called me and was very bow l...

>> and while were you kissing gavin, did something happen that caught your attention? >> yeah. >> what happened? >> something just popped up, just appeared. >> was that something the defendant john creech? >> yes. >> gavin didnt have a chance, she said. >> he repeatedly punched him in the face. >> so then she ran back to her car, terrified. >> i wanted to get away. i was scared. >> but before she drove away, she looked back. >> john had gavin pinned down. >> later she said creech wanted her to d...

>> he was calling multiple people, very intensely. >> so three, four, five calls to the same person over and over again? >> exactly. >> some of the calls were to creechs buddies from the power house gym. >> we did a multilocation search warrant and we hit everybody that we believed that might have helped on thatening auto. we hit all the houses all at once. >> one by one those buddies turned. they told detectives how a frantic creech showed up that night, how he persuaded one friend to get rid o...

Thing. >> he ended up saying that we saved his life by coming that day. >> you saw the statement? >> but there were rules. thats when chandy now divorced from john creech said when she finally took the witness stand. >> this mom, father stay away from me and had no communication whatsoever. their father would be fine. >> did he say what would happen if he didnt? >> that he would kill gavin smith. >> the affair ended but chandy said the threat remained. >> he did not want me to see gavin ever. >>...

That and something she noticed about her boyfriend john creech. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didnt think he had anything to do with the disappearance. >> but when detective obrien heard about creechs scrapes, he immediately thought of gavin smiths wounds. he needed to talk to john creech again. and he found him in jail, serving eight years on a cocaine charge, his second conviction for dealing drugs. not exactly an upstanding citizen. but could they prove h...