Page 28 - John Creech News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

On the face of it, it looked like a solid case the phone evidence, the cover up 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 is sitting here in the courtroom. this game became gavin smith's tomb. >> reporter: what happened wasn't merely an outburst of rage, said the prosecutor, no, creech had been plotting for two years, ever since he found out about chandy and gavin. ever since that day in december, 201...

Then asked us not to use her last name. not after she found herself in the middle of a homicide investigation. when police came across her doing under surveillance on john creech. lauren used to work at the pro shop of the power house gym in schatzworth, california. that's where she first met creech. >> he was beautiful. he was tall and he was muscular and a lot of women especially wanted to date him. a lot of men wanted to be him. >> reporter: lauren fell for him. he told her he was separated from his wife chandy, but that didn't stop chandy from calling lauren. >> she texted and called me an...

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 a eng to do with the disappearance. >> reporter: but when detective o'brian heard about creech's skrarngs she thought about gavin smith's wuvenltdz 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 ...

Been able to view and receive, we believe that gavin smith was murdered. >> police haven't made any arrests or named any suspects, but almost immediately a connection was made to a convicted drug dealer named john creech. his home was frisked last june. they say smith and creech's wife met in rehab last june and may have had a relationship. so police have already said that creech is a person of interest. the storage facility where the mercedes was found was linked to him and he had a relationship with creech's wife. the math seems to add up. >> the police are doing a thorough investigation and...

0 and other cnn anchors. go to cnn.com/brackets and see if you can pick the ncaa bracket better than me. that's the challenge. that's going to do it for me this hour. i'll see you throughout the weekend. don lemon takes it from here after this. [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪ all aboard. for over 75 years people ...with geico... ohhh...sorry!. director's voice: here we go. from the top. and action for over 75 years people have sa...