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People seemed to see gavin smith everywhere. >> because he kind of stands out in the photo, big white smile, tanned face. tall guy. pretty much every tall tanned, blonde hair man was getting spotted as being gavin smith. >> weeks, months, pass. no sign of gavin. with no answers, lisa was forced to reveal something publicly. something painful. and maybe crucial. >> coming up. what had happened to gavin smith? >> it didnt make sense to me. >> lisa, i think this is suicide, and then we go i think t...

>> we the jury in the above entitled action found the defendant, john creech not guilty of the first degree murder charge. >> not guilty of first degree murder. but, jury wasnt done. >> guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. >> the verdict? guilty of milan voluntary manslaughter. in other words, they believed john preach killed gavin smith in a moment of blind passion. >> i was devastated by the verdict. im still devastated by the verdict, because he did, absolutely, plan on murdering my...

>> i kiss my partner on the cheek. its a shoe store. it is a big piece of evidence. and we were able to get closer and saw our entire crime scene was inside that car. >> crime scene? yes. suddenly, all other theories seem to fall away. >> passenger seat was completely covered in blood. and at one point, it was very eerie when 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 gabbys family. tara was devastated. >> theres no g...

Smith met changi cook reach for sex, or comfort or just talk, something. quite a lot to look for from those foreign records. but there is more. a third phone. john preaches phone. in the same spot, on the same night. in this was eerily. his phone seem to be moving in sync with cabins. johns phone and gavin smiths phone paralleled each other. >> together, together? >> together. sometimes piñata same towers or parallel towers. >> wow. was that like? >> that was an eye-opening moment. >> but when ...

Never called the police. >> it seems to me that everybody got deals and everybody got off. and that gavin was a victim long after he was murdered. and so are we. >> john creech was sentenced to the maximum for manslaughter, 11 years in prison. >> the dea in detroit, michigan, indicted mr. creech on federal judge trafficking charges. if his -- >> in june 2019, john creech was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. hes given ten years, ten months. a sentence he will serve ...

Gavin met chandy on that secluded road. >> and the two of you became romantic? >> yes. >> did that include kissing? >> yes. >> and while you were kissing gavin, did something happen that caught your attention? >> yeah. >> what happened? >> something just popped up. appeared. >> was that something the defendant, john creech? >> yes. yes. >> gavin didnt have a chance, she said. >> he repeatedly punched him in the face. >> then she ran back to her car, terrified. >> i wanted to get away. i was scar...

Dedicated father. >> nothing would keep him from picking up his kid, ever. >> reporter: because gavin was so good at these things, his sister, he was so impressive, so tall. t you both got the tall gene? >> we did. >> reporter: whole family? >> whom family. >> whole family. >> reporter: gavin was the tallest, 66". >> he walked in the room, you wanted to gravitate to him. he was like a magnet. >> reporter: he played at ucla 1975, he was a forward.ed tte it was the final championship team from woo...

Be. it cant be. i just kept hoping. i did everything i could. >> reporter: but even as she ran down leads, herself, it seem to tara that lisa, her sister-in-law, gavins wife, wasnt searching. so he disappeared and you couldnt give up on the possibly hes out there somewhere and lisa could. and i wondered whether there were ever dark nights in your soul, i wonder if she had something to do with this. >> it crossed our minds all the time, i mean, it just did, did i think she could ever be the one r...

There 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 check into a hospital. >> that never showed any activity. he was completely dropped off the face of the earth. >> reporter: but then, out of nowhere, a sighting. hundreds of miles north of los angeles, a businessman visiting the central coast says he saw gavin smith and a beautiful woman at a cash only taco restaurant in morro bay. >> i happened to click on the link sa...

>> thats where we found him. >> reporter: him. the coroner soon confirmed it, after 2 1/2 years, here was the body of gavin smith. >> the clothing was still intact and he had been wrapped in his own blanket he had in the truck of his car. >> reporter: the coroner also found the cause of death and it was grim. blunt craniofacial trauma, that is, multiple blows to his face. he was beaten to death. >> it was repeated hitting in order to do that much damage, very violent. >> reporter: there were als...