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Going to see. . >> gavin was dead by then and the prosecutor said, creech wasn't going to the hospital. creech was setting up to recruit help for his cover-up. >> first he called was jorge. >> reporter: first of a series of friends who told an incredible tale. did you ask any of these people what were you thinking? >> they all ultimately said they were trying to help johnny. >> because he's such a nice man? >> because he was a nice guy. >> reporter: nice, when he showed up at jorge's, he was driving the black mercedes and jorge saw something in the passenger's seat. >> he had like a body, he w...

Van had to be gavin smith's. >> i kissed my partner on the cheek. that's a true story, it was big piece of evidence. when we were able to get closer and saw our entire crime scene in our opinion was in that car. >> reporter: crime scene, yes, suddenly all other theories seemed to fall away. >> the passenger's seat was completely covered in blood and at one point it was very eerie where you looked at the blood and you can see a hand mark of gavin smith as he died in that seat. >> reporter: soon the news reached the family. tara devastated. there is no going back from that? >> there is no going ...

The ceo of spirit airlines says they'll take a few more days to find flights on schedule. 300,000 passengers were bumped due to weather delays, shortages and computer problems. now, back to "dateline." >> welcome back to "dateline." it had been over two years since gavin smith, a charismatic executive and family man had vanished. detectives had a major break in the case when they discovered gavin's missing mercedes and his bloody hand print on the passenger's seat. there was also a person of interest, the jealous husband of the woman gavin was having an affair with. but there was still no bodi...

Plotting the rage-fueled killing for years to seek revenge on gavin smith for having an affair with his wife. but the defense was about to present a very different story. here's keith morrison with the conclusion of "dark valley." >> 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. >> and, she said, only one person could tell that story. >> who is the first witness you are going to cal...

So when he suddenly vanished without a trace, gavin's sisters wondered why his wife lisa wasn't doing more to find him. overs years forced lisa to reveal and uncover painful things about their marriage.s keith morrison with "dark valley". >> there was a kind of peace here, in her own chosen exile, vast pacific for company. how else to live with what's impossible to understand or forget? what began that sunny afternoon far away in southern california, san fernando valley, early may, 2012. >> something was really wrong, but a lot were wrong than i could imagine. >> reporter: it was the boy who k...