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Testified, creech told them they did the right thing. >> he ended up saying 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 didn't in. >> that he would kill them. >> the affair ended but chandy said the threat remained. >> he's not wanting to see them ever. >> reporter: still attraction is a powerful thing, isn't it? early in...

Present a very different story. here's keith morrison with the conclusion of dark valley. >> reporter: how to defend a man like john creech? well, said defense attorney irene nunez, it was all very simple. creech never intended to kill gavin smith. this was a case of self-defense. >> he had to defend himself against this intruder, an intruder into his marriage. >> reporter: and, she said, only one person could tell that story. >> who is the first witness you are going to call on behalf of the defendant? >> my client, john creech. >> reporter: his attorney began asking him about that meeting wi...

On the face of it, it looked like a solid case. the phone evidence, the coverup, the truly appalling crime scene in gavin's car 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's sitting here in the courtroom. this became gavin smith's tomb >> reporter: 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 de...

>> reporter: so it seemed that on the night he disappeared, gavin smith met chandrika creech for sex, or comfort, or just to talk something. quite a lot to learn from those phone records. but there was more a third phone. john creech's phone. in the same spot, on the same night. and this was eerie, creech's phone seemed to be moving in sync with gavin's. >> john creech's phone and gavin smith's phone paralleled each other. >> together together >> together. sometimes hitting off the exact same towers or parallel towers >> wow what was that like >> that was an eye-opening moment >> reporter: but...

>> 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...