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Found a shallow grave nearby. >> thats where they found him. >> him. the coroners soon confirmed it. after two and a half years, here was the body of gavin smith. >> the clothing was still intact and he had been wrapped in his own blanket that he had in the trunk of his car. >> the corner also found the cause of death. it was groom. blunt craniofacial trauma. that is, multiple blows to his face. he was beaten to death. >> it was repeated hitting to do that much damage. very violent. >> there wer...

They met her husband. his name was john. john preach. not pleasant. >> when they came out, they were both crying. they told their mom creek threatened to kill gavin if he didnt stay away from chandi. 17 months later, he vanishes after calling chandi. lisa had a very bad feeling. >> everything changed right then for me. >> detectives were suspicious, to. remember, sandy told them she didnt see gavin that night. but there was evidence to the contrary. -- were in the same place that night. a little...

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...

And western officials are voting concerned that russians president putin could -- to fish ali tucker war on ukraine. you can also use it to declare victory in the donbas region. now, back to dateline. region now, back to dateline. >> welcome back to dateline. it had been over two years since gavin smith, occurs medic entertainment executive and family man, had vanished. detectives had a major break in the case when they discovered gavins missing mercedes and his bloody handprint on the passenger...

Happened, chandy and him were still separated. even though they still live in the same house. bush he was worried that she might be drinking and driving. so, he installed an app that allowed him to track an app on her phone, that allowed him to track her only cause he was worried. and then she saw her car park near gavin. thought it best to talk to them. >> he knocked on the hood of the car. >> was chandy sitting on the lap of the sky? >> they kept talking. i knocked on the window. >> what did t...

Killing for years to seek revenge on gap and smith for having an affair with his wife. but the defense was about to present a very different story. here is keith morrison with the conclusion of dark valley. >> how to defend a man like john creech. well, attorney nunez says, john creech never intended to kill gavin smith. this is a case of self-defense. >> he had two defensive self against this intruder. an intruder that took his marriage. >> and, she said, only one person could tell that story. ...

In 2012, but made no connection between that and something she noticed about her boyfriend, john creek. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didnt think he had anything to do with the disappearance. >> when detective obrien heard a the scrapes on creech, he immediately thought of gavin smiths wounds. he needed to talk to john creech again. he found him in jail, serving eight years on a cocaine charge. his second conviction for dealing drugs. far from an outstanding...

And now that gavin had disappeared without a trace. >> we want to talk to her, and to see if she had any information. >> did she? >> know their relationship ended. and she had not talked him, and she had no idea where he was at. >> though melanie was the recent gavin moved out of his house a month before he vanished. she was not his first affair there had also been a woman named chandi. that relationship was years in the past. but phone records show gavin called her, on may 1st, the day before h...

Still out there somewhere. >> so find the car, and maybe find out what happened to gavin. and nine months after gavin vanished, they finally got the break they were looking for. >> i said, im here to talk to you about your daughter. and he started crying, and he said, she saw everything. >> coming up -- >> she was very nervous, and startled. >> a new witness, and a game-changer of a clue. >> i kissed my partner on the cheek, pretty exciting, it was a big piece of evidence. >> huge moment. >> you...

Be. its all i can say about that. >> but if gavin was dead, and certainly look that way, where was his body? how did his car end up in the storage locker? and above all, who wouldve wanted him dead? rain ellen certainly seemed an unlikely suspect. she told them she had rented the storage unit for someone else. meanwhile, detectives looked further into chandis affair with gavin. discovering that the two had met in rehab and in december 2010, less than two years after gavin disappeared, lisa found...