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>> do you recall how many times you hit him? >> four or five. >> and when you were doing that, what are you thinking? >> i was thinking, how did i get in the situation? you know, i was scared for my life. >> then, gavin got out of the mercedes, said creech. there is something in his hand. >> there was this ten or 12 inch steel thing. i thought it was a night. we were on the ground exchanging punches. >> at some point, did you get that weapon? >> i kept punching him till he like all of it. >> wha...

What are you... spend less on everything outdoorsy at wayfair. ♪ wayfair youve got just what i need ♪ >> detectives gianna bryant and la bay head a problem. an important witness that wouldnt talk. chandrika creech had clammed up. but theres one more way to get a story. they found an associate of john creech, someone who knew chandy and convinced him to wear a wire in meet with him. it worked. >> do you want to know the whole story? >> yeah. >> once chandy felt safe, she spilled it, all of it...

Witnesses who dont come forward until years later. >> in january 2015, nearly three years after gavin smith disappeared, creech was charged with first degree murder. he pleaded not guilty. and chandy? well ... >> we didnt know if she said it never had something to do with it. >> coming up. an undercover sting. chandy is the target. >> i was like, stop it. >> and then a stunning moment in the courtroom. >> i wanted to get away. i was scared. i was afraid of what i would see. >> when dateline cont...

He was feeling healthier than he had felt in years. >> but when detective john obrien learned about gavins addiction they had to consider a raft of new possibilities. >> he disappeared maybe he overdosed? we didnt exactly have any of those answers. >> driving all over the valley we would have moments in the car where we looked at each other and said, i think this is a suicide. and an hour later, we would interview somebody, or something but happen. and we would say i think this is a murder. and ...

Prosecutor, creech called a friend from the powerhouse jim, sam mcquade. >> he asked if he could come over and park his car my garage. >> was the body selling it at that point? >> yes. mcquade allows creech to keep the body in the car at his house for 5 to 6 days. >> really? >> yes. >> and that is when creech turned to lynn, the nurse that lived with him and took care of them chandys grandmother. creech got rain and to rent a van. >> he used the van to drive up to the national forest and finds a...

Days later, gavins family went on nbc to plead for help. >> im not going to stop until i find, im so please help me find him. >> if you guys want to pick up one of these. >> now i am in panic mode, we have to do something. >> what did that feel like? being in that spot? >> oh, it was surreal. >> the smith family put together a 20,000 dollar reward for any information leading to gavins whereabouts. nothing turned up. i would think with every hour that went by. it would be more and more dire and d...

For knowing that? >> thats what i would assume. >> and it turned out lisa did know something. just not what she suspected. the worst secrets which lisa and gavin kept hidden. >> the love of gavins life, he adored me, our family was exactly what he wanted to have. he just got lost. >> lost, it all started in the early 80s. even before she met gavin. when he was a stuntman on the tv series " remington steal ". he played a shooting victim, falling from a second story window. the stunt went wrong. a...

Get closer and dropped creech off. >> why did you take it back to the scene? >> i was afraid of what i would see. >> gavin was dead by then. an ex prosecutor told the jury, creech wasnt going to any hospital. he was setting out to recruit help for his cover-up. >> the first person he calls is -- >> his friend was a series of friends that told incredible tale. >> did you ask any of these people that central question? were rethinking? >> they all ultimately said that they were trying to help john....

Was no use of it. we checked his bank accounts from the time he was missing. we checked his medical insurance. to see if he checked himself into a hospital. that never showed any activity. he was completely dropped off the face of the earth. >> but then, out of nowhere. a sighting! hundreds of miles north of los angeles, a businessman visiting californias central coast said he saw gavin smith. and a beautiful woman, and a cash only taco restaurant. >> i happen to click on the link, saw the photo...

Retirement account. and recklessly blowing through his six figure salary. and there were other signs of strain in the family. in april of 2012, a month before gavin disappeared. his son evan wrote this message on twitter. thoughts and prayers out to my amazing mom and brothers police. my dad decided to leave the family last night. real family sticks together. >> -- >> sister tara spoke with gavin at the time. >> he was struggling with losing what he had come to know and love for so many years. a...