no, it can t be, it can t. the he was so big in my life that the thought that anything bad could ve happened to him. it didn t make sense to me. he glamorous, good-looking, golding. the dashing hollywood movie executive. he was more like a movie star in real life. just show charismatic. perfect southern california family. i he completely dropped off the face of the earth. a baffling disappearance. where was he? not just a missing person. as has three sons, he has a wife. i was very afraid that something terrible had happened. and i got scared. the clues, missing mercedes. a hand prints and blood. and a musical chairs of secret affairs. he had multiple of affairs. there s more women, there s more lovers involved in this whole thing. was his beauty hiding something deadly? i wanted to get away, i was scared. how will this hollywood story? and i just fear for my family. i it hurts to lose my dad. who are these people? i gavin smith was a larger than lif
didn t make sense to me. glamorous, good-looking, golden. the dashing hollywood movie executive. he was more like a movie star in real life. just so charismatic. perfect southern california family. he completely dropped off the face of the earth. a baffling disappearance, where was he? not just a missing person. he has three sons, he has a wife. i was very afraid that something terrible was wrong. and i got scared. the clues, a missing mercedes. a handprint in blood. and a musical chairs of secret affairs. we have multiple of affairs. yes, those were more women, more lovers involved in this whole thing. was this beauty hiding something deadly? i wanted to get away, i was scared. how would this hollywood story and? i was in fear for my family. i don t want to lose my dad. like who are these people? hello and welcome to dateline. gavin smith was a larger than life kind of guy who lived life to the fullest. he was not the type to slip quietly
wouldn t talk. chandrika creech had clammed up. but there s 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. how she and gavin met in secret in that secluded cul-de-sac. got close in gavin s car. and then, all of a sudden, the door opens and johnny just goes like. them and i, i just, like, i pushed myself out this. way got out of the, the driver side. creech first in like a machine, started slugging, wouldn t quit. and i was like, stop it. and then he comes out of the car and he s, like you re next! and then i drove off. she was terrified, she said. afraid she can be killed, two. or tell the cop she said the whole thing up.
goes like . them and i, i just, like, i pushed myself out this. way got out of the, the driver side. creech first in like a machine, started slugging, wouldn t quit. and i was like, stop it. and then he comes out of the car and he s, like you re next! and then i drove off. she was terrified, she said. afraid she can be killed, two. or tell the cop she said the whole thing up. so, did she? again and again, detectives listen to the undercover tape. i believe 100% that she did not know that was going to happen. she did not set it up. but they wondered, did she help cover it up? it is a serious business covering up a crime that awful. but chandy had a card to play. she agreed to testify. members of the jury .
and i was like, i pushed myself out this way, got out the driver s side. reporter: creech burst in like a machine, said chandy, started slugging, wouldn t quit. i was like, stop it, you re going to kill him. i was like screaming my head off. he comes out of the car and he goes, you re next and then i drove off. reporter: she was terrified, he said, afraid he d kill her, too, or tell the cops she set the whole thing up. so, did she? again and again the detectives listened to the under cover tape. i believe 100% that she did not know that was going to happen and she did not set it up. reporter: but they wondered, did she help cover it up? it s a serious business covering for a crime that awful. but chandy had a card to play. she agreed to testify. members and alternate members of the jury reporter: and in june, 2017, john creech went on trial. on the face of it, it looked