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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 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 murdering my husband and thought about it for years and did it. reporter: what about creech s friends jorge and stan, who helped creech cover up the killing? they both had significant criminal liability. so why weren t they charged? because we needed them to be able to tell the story about how this man was killed and what happened to him. reporter: so they both got immunity. same thing with chandrika, who helped burn bloody clothing and never called the police. it seems to me that everybody got deals and everybody got off. ....
Plotting for two years ever since he found out about chandy and gavin. after that day back in december 2010, when at their mother s request, gavin s sons met with john creech at his house. we just wanted to make sure that my dad was not in harm s way. were you sobbing and crying? yes. and what were you saying to the defendant? i was just begging him not to harm my family. reporter: but they testified creech told them that they did the right thing. he ended up saying that we saved his life by coming that day. you saw the statement reporter: but there were rules. that s 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 what would happen if he did? that he would kill gavin smith. reporter: the affair ended. but, chandy said, the threat remained. he did not want me to see gavin ever. ....
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 significant criminal liability. so why weren t they charged? because we needed them to be able to tell the story about ho this man was killed and what happened to him. t reporter: so they both got immunity. same thing with chandrika, who helped burn bloody clothing andg never called the police.g it seems to me that everybody got deals and everybody got off. and that gavin was a victim long ....
And gavin. after that day back in december 2010, when at their mother s request, gavin s sons met with john creech at his house. we just wanted to make sure that my dad was not in harm s way. were you sobbing and crying? yes. and what were you saying to the defendant? i was just begging him not to harm my family. reporter: but they testified 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. that s 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 what would happen if he did? that he would kill gavin smith. reporter: the affair ended. but, chandy said, the threat remained. he did not want me to see ....
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 cover up the killing is this. they both had significant criminal liability. reporter: so why weren t they called? because we needed them to tell the story about how this man was killed and what happened to him. reporter: though they both got immunity. same thing with chandrika, who helped burn bloody clothing and neff called the police. it seems to me that everybody got deals and everybody got of ....