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M melanie. >> we went to talk to her to see if she had any information. >> did she? >> no. their relationship had ended. she had not talked to him and had no idea where he was at. >> but though melanie was the reason that gavin moved out of the house the month before he vanished, she was not his first affair. there had also been a woman named chandy. that relationship was years in the past but phone records showed gavin called her on may 1st, the day before he disappeared. cops tracked her down ...

Sf >> yes. he allows him to keep the body and car at his house for five to six days. >> really? >> yes. >> thats when creech turned to reina lyn, the in urs who lived with him and took care of chandys grandmother. creech got her to rent a van. >> and then he uses the van to drive up to the national forest and he finds a secluded area to bury gavin smiths body. >> where buddy the dog later found it. but the mercedes benz was still in stans garage. >> and did that upset you? >> very much so. >> so...

Husband. john. not pleasant. >> when when they came out, they were both crying. >> they told their mom creech threatened to kill gavin if he didnt stay away from chandy. so 17 months later he vanishes after calling chandy. lisa had a very bad feeling. >> everything changed right then for me. >> detectives were suspicious too. remember, chandy told them she didnt see gavin that night. but there was evidence to the contrary. cell phone records showed that their phone were in the same place that ni...

Track her phone and followed her only because he was worried, he said. then he saw her car parked near gavins and thought it best to talk to them. but he didnt sneak up on them, he said. >> i knock on the hood of the car. >> was chandy sitting on the lap of this guy? >> she was sitting on his lap. they kept talking. i walked over to the passenger side door and knocked on the window. >> chandy opened the door. >> what did she say to you? >> what you are doing here? >> he started to argue with cha...

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. >>...

>> not guilty of first-degree murder. but the jury wasnt done. guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. >> the verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. in other words, they believe john creech killed gavin smith in a moment of blind passion. >> i was devastated by the verdict. i am still devastated by the verdict because he did absolutely plan on murdering my husband. and thought about it for years. and did it. >> what about creechs friends, hire and stan who helped creech cover up the k...

Attempted cover-up. >> i was looking at the license plate and i see that its not there. there should be a california license plate. its not there. >> you think. >> its gone. >> and i also see that there is one screw missing and one screw screwed back in half way. and that screw came back positive dna to john creech. >> bingo. the unassailable link to pull together all that evidence. phone records, chandys testimony, the friends, the dna, and it all condemned john creech. but the surprise was com...

>> in january 2015, nearly three years after gavin smith disappeared, creech was charged with first-degree murder had. he pleaded not guilty. and chandy, well -- >> we didnt know if she set it up or sh h. something to do with it. >> coming up, an undercover sting and chandys the target. >> stop it. i was screaming my head off. >> 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" continues. se. >> when "dateline" c...

But did it add up to first-degree murder? gavin smith had been dead five years. >> he was killed in his mercedes benz in an act of almost stunning brutality by the defendant john creech who is sitting in the courtroom. this game gavin sminls tomb. >> but what happened wasnt merely an outburst of rage, said prosecutor bobby grace. no, he said, creech had been 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, ...

>> reporter: once chandy felt safe, she spilled it. all of it. how she and gavin met in secret at that secluded cul-de-sac, got close in gavins car. >> and then all of a sudden the door opened, and johnny just goes like -- and i just like pushed myself out this way. got out the drivers side. >> reporter: creech burst in like a machine, said chandy. started slugging, wouldnt quit. >> and i was like, stop it, youre going to kill him -- i was like screaming my head off. and then he comes out of the...