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no, it cant be, it cant. the he was so big in my life that the thought that anything bad couldve happened to him. it didnt 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 w...

didnt 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 bl...

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...

>> lauren fell for him. he told her that he was separated from his wife, chandy. but that didnt stop chandy from calling lauren. >> she texted and called me. she was very belligerent and rude. >> he was angry that his a husband -- her husband, 30, nine was dating a highschooler. >> she knew when he disappeared in 2012, but made no connection between that and something she noticed about her boyfriend, john creek. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didnt think he h...

>> that he would kill gavin smith. >> the affair ended. but chandy said, the threat remained. >> he did not want me to see gavin, ever. >> still, attraction is a powerful thing, isnt it? early in 2012, john and chandy were separated, but still living together. and gavin and lisa were separated, to. that old magnetic force... 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 somethin...

>> 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 didnt? >>...

In the cell phone of creech. john creech was on the phone a lot. >> he was calling multiple people, very intensely. >> like, three or four or five calls and same person? >> exactly. >> some of those calls were dumb his friends at the gym. >> we did a multi location search warrant and we had everyone who we believe might have helped on that evening. we hit all those houses, all at once. >> one by one, those buddies turned. they told detectives how a frantic creech showed up late that night. how h...

Your face would be all over the gym. >> she asked us not to use her last name. after she found herself in the middle of a homicide investigation. when police came across her while doing surveillance on john creech. lauren used to work at the powerhouse gym in chat house, california. that is where she first met creech. >> he was beautiful. he was tall and muscular and a lot of women, especially, wanted dated him. they wanted to be with him. >> lauren fell for him. he told her that he was separate...

What are you... spend less on everything outdoorsy at wayfair. ♪ wayfair youve got just what i need ♪ >> detectives gianna bryant and la bay head a problem. an important witness that wouldnt talk. chandrika creech had clammed up. but theres 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...

Witnesses who dont come forward until years later. >> in january 2015, nearly three years after gavin smith disappeared, creech was charged with first degree murder. he pleaded not guilty. and chandy? well ... >> we didnt know if she said it never had something to do with it. >> coming up. an undercover sting. chandy is the target. >> i was like, stop it. >> and 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 cont...