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Murder of gavin smith. >> reporter: not guilty of first-degree murder! but the jury wasn't done. >> guilty of the crime of y voluntary manslaughter. >> reporter: the verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter.te in other words, they believed 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. >> reporter: what about creech's friends jorge and stan, who te helped creech cover up the killing?ec >> they both had signific...

Dating a high school girl. in fact, sheer coincidence, lauren went to high school with gavin smith's sons. so she knew when he disappeared in may 2012 but made no connection between that and something she noticed about her boyfriend john creech. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didn't think he had anything to do with the disappearance. >> reporter: but when detective o'brien heard about creech's scrapes, he immediately thought of gavin smith's wounds. he needed to talk to john creech again, and he found him in jail serving eight years on a cocaine charge. his...

Her boyfriend, john creech. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didn't think he had a eng to do with the disappearance. >> reporter: but when detective o'brian heard about creech's scrapes, she thought about gavin smith's wounds. he needed to talk to him again. he found him in jamie serving eight years on a cocaine charge, his second conviction for dealing drugs. not exactly an upstanding citizen. could they prove he murdered gavin smith. >> he went to him. didn't ask him questions, put a picture down in front of him with the shallow grave. >> reporter: how'd he...

Defendant john creech not guilty of the crime of first degree murder of gavin smith. >> reporter: not guilty of first degree murder. but the jury wasn't done. >> guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. >> reporter: a verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter, in other words, they believe john creech killed gavin smith in a moment of blinded 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 creech's friends, jorge and stan who helped creech cove...

>> reporter: jury deliberations stretched across two days. then, the verdict. >> we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant john creech not guilty of the crime of first degree murder of gavin smith. >> reporter: not guilty of first degree murder! but the jury wasn't done >> guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter >> reporter: the verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. in other words, they believed 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 murde...