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>> not guilty of first-degree murder. but the jury wasn't done. guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. >> the verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. in other words, they believe 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. >> what about creech's friends, hire and stan who helped creech cover up the killing? they both had significant criminal liability. >> so why weren't they charged sf sfwh. >> b...

Attempted cover-up. >> i was looking at the license plate and i see that it's not there. there should be a california license plate. it's not there. >> you think. >> it's gone. >> and i also see that there is one screw missing and one screw screwed back in half way. and that screw came back positive dna to john creech. >> bingo. the unassailable link to pull together all that evidence. phone records, chandy's testimony, the friends, the dna, and it all condemned john creech. but the surprise was coming for everyone. >> raise your right hand. >> coming up -- >> i was scared for my life. >> a dr...

And so are we. >> john creech was sentenced to the maximum for manslaughter, 11 years in prison. >> the da in detroit, michigan, indicted mr. creech on federal drug trafficking charges. if it convicted, his exposure is anywhere from five to 40 years in prison. >> in june 2019, john creech was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. he was given ten years, ten months, a sentence he'll serve concurrently with his remaining time for manslaughter in a california state prison. and lisa smith has done her best to restart life. she and the broiz in hawaii now, far from the wr...

Knew it would be all right. >> why wouldn't you do that? why wouldn't you leave it where it was? >> i can play armchair quarterback all day about the things but at the time it seemed like a right decision. >> he admitted he made wrong decisions like asking friend to dispose of his phone and car and body. >> i take full accountability for everything after the fact. >> well, sir -- >> if i could change it, i would. >> you never took full accountability because you never came forward to the police, did you? >> not on advice of counsel, no. and i still take accountability for that. >> lisa smith w...

But did it add up to first-degree murder? gavin smith had been dead five years. >> he was killed in his mercedes benz in an act of almost stunning brutality by the defendant john creech who is sitting in the courtroom. this game gavin sminl's tomb. >> but what happened wasn't merely an outburst of rage, said prosecutor bobby grace. no, he said, creech had been 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 gavin creech at his house. >> we wanted to make sure that my dad wasn't in ...