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>> theyre no longer living. >> and you must have a reason for knowing that >> thats what i would assume. >> reporter: it turned out lisa did know something just not what tara suspected there were secrets, which lisa and gavin kept hidden. >> i was the love of gavins life he adored me our family was exactly what he wanted to have he just got lost >> reporter: lost. it all started in the early 80s, even before she met gavin, when he was a stuntman on the tv series "remington steele." he played a s...

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

That before he disappeared, gavin had been taking money from his retirement account and recklessly blowing through his six-figure salary. and there were other signs of strain in the family in april 2012, a month before gavin disappeared, his son evan wrote this message on twitter. "thoughts and prayers out to my amazing mom and brothers please. 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 wha...

Would you get rid of this weapon that gavin smith had used to attack you with? why would you get rid of it? >> well, i didnt get rid of it. i threw it behind my house where i knew it would be all right >> why would you do that, sir? why wouldnt you just leave it where it was >> well, i can play armchair quarterback all day about things, but at the time it seemed like the right decision >> reporter: creech admitted he made some wrong decisions too. like asking friends to help him dispose of gavin...

Cell phone from the night gavin vanished john creech was on the phone, a lot. >> he was calling multiple people very intensely. >> so like three or four or five calls to the same person over and over >> exactly >> reporter: some of those calls were to creechs buddies from the powerhouse gym >> we did a multi-location search warrant and we hit everybody that we believed might have helped on that evening. we hit all those houses all at once >> reporter: one by one, those buddies turned they told d...

Goes -- 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 car and hes like, "youre next. and then i drove off >> reporter: she was terrified, she said afraid hed kill her too or tell the cops she set the whole thing up so did she again and again the detectives listened to t...

>> and what were you saying to the defendant? >> i was just begging for him not to harm my family. >> reporter: but they said, creech told them that they did the right thing. >> he ended up saying that we saved his life by coming that day. >> reporter: but there were rules. thats what chandrika, now divorced from john creech, said when she finally took the witness stand. >> as long as their father stayed away from me and had no communication whatsoever, their father, would be fine. >> did he say...

Been plotting the rage-fueled killing for year to seek revenge on gavin smith for having an affair with his wife the defense is about to present a different story. here is keith morrison with the conclusion of "dark valley." >> reporter: 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 >...