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
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 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 gavin s 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 gavin s tomb. what happened wasn t merely an out burst of rage, said prosecutor bobby gray, no, creech have been plotting for two years. ever since he found out about chandy and gavin. after that day in september 2010, when at the mother s request, gavin sense met with john creech at his house. we just wanted to make sure that my dad wasn t in harm s way. were you sobbing and crying? yes. and what resetting to the defendant? i was just begging him not to harm my family. but, they testified, creech told them that they did the right thing. he said that we saved his life by coming that day. but their rules. that is why it chandrika, now divorced from john creech, said as she finally took a witness sent. as long as their father stayed away from me and had no communication whatsoever, their father would be fine. did he say what would happen if he didn t?
they all ultimately said that they were trying to help john. because he s such an eisman? because he was a nice guy. nice? when creech showed up at hoary s house, he was driving gavin s black mercedes. jorge saw something. in the passenger seat. it looks like a body. it was just stiff. like a stick. you know? a long stick. you said it was wrapped? up wrapped up in a blanket. eventually, jorge got rid of gavin cell phone. that very night, said the prosecutor, creech called a friend from the powerhouse jim, sam mcquade. he asked if he could come over and park his car my garage. was the body selling it at that point? yes. mcquade allows creech to keep the body in the car at his house for 5 to 6 days. really? yes. and that is when creech turned to lynn, the nurse that lived with him and took care of them chandy s grandmother. creech got rain and to rent a