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>> his phone was missing. we checked medical insurance to see if he checked himself into a hospital. that never showed any activity. he was completely dropped off the face of the earth. gut then a sighting. a businessman visiting california's central coast said he saw gavin smith and a beautiful woman at a cash only taco restaurant. >> i happened to click on the link. i saw the photo. >> the waitress corroborated the story. sfwle was sitting here. she was sitting right here. >> gavin's sister raced up the coast to the restaurant. >> i said here's my brother's picture. did you see him? >> and? ...

Gavin. or that there was a murder at all. that is until a dog named buddy went for a walk. >> a real life doggy detective who makes a deadly discovery on a deserted trail. >> coming up -- >> i go buddy, stop. and it's like wow. what is that that? that looks strange. >> and a young woman suddenly finds herself in the middle of this mystery. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> when "dateline" continues. s s >> when "dateline" continues your happy place. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge you...

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 ...

>> reporter: because gavin was so good at these things, his sister, he was so impressive, so tall. he broke out the tall gene? >> we did. >> reporter: whole family in. >> whom family. >> reporter: gavin was the tallest, 6' 6. >> he walked in the room, you wanted to gravitate to him. he was like a magnet. >> reporter: he played at ucla 1975, he was a forward. it was the final championship team. >> just to be on that team was pretty fantastic. it was a once in a lifetime. >> reporter: and then he drifted a bit, worked as a golf caddie and this being los angeles and he a good looking towering ath...

Something. quite a lot to learn from those phone record. 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. >> gavin myth and john creech were running parallel. >> reporter: what was that like? >> it was an eye opening moment. >> reporter: but when they interviewed john creech. >> he denied ev knowing meeting him. he said he knew who he was. he knew they were having an affair in the past. despite suspicion there was nothing they could do. >> one thing we didn't have was gavin smi...