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Thing. >> he ended up saying that we saved his life by coming that day. >> you saw the statement? >> but there were rules. that's when chandy now divorced from john creech said when she finally took the witness stand. >> this mom, father stay away from me and had no communication whatsoever. their father would be fine. >> did he say what would happen if he didn't? >> that he would kill gavin smith. >> the affair ended but chandy said the threat remained. >> he did not want me to see gavin ever. >> still, attraction is a powerful thing, isn't it? early in 2012, john and chandy were separated bu...

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 anything to do with the disappearance. >> but when detective o'brien heard about creech's scrapes, he immediately thought of gavin smith's wounds. he needed to talk to john creech again. and he found him in jail, serving eight years on a cocaine charge, his second conviction for dealing drugs. not exactly an upstanding citizen. but could they prove he murdered gavin smith? >> we went to him. didn't ask him any questions. just put a picture down...

>> 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...

Him, the coroner confirmed it. after 2 1/2 years, here was the body of gavin smith. >> the clothing was still intact. and he had been wrapped. his own blanket. he had in the trunk of his car. >> the coroner also found the cause of death and it was grim. blunt cranial facial trauma. that is multiple blows to his face. he was beat en to death. >> it was repeated hitting in order to do that much damage. very violent. >> there were also fractured to the right foreman. gavin had tried to fight. but clearly he was no match for his killer. whoever did this was strong. very strong. >> power house jim ...

On nbc 4 in los angeles to plead for help. >> i'm not going to stop until i find him. so please help me find him. >> if you just want to each pick one of these streets. >> now i'm in panic mode. with very to do something. >> what did that feel like being in that spot? >> it was surreal. >> the smith family put together a $20,000 reward for any information leading to gavin's whereabouts. nothing turned up. >> think about every hour that went by, it would be more and more dire and darker for you. >> it's very dark. it's very, very dark. >> it wasn't just the family having dark thoughts, they don...