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

>> 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...

But it wasn't the last of the sightings. people seemed to see gavin smith everywhere >> because he kind of stands out in the photo, you know, big wide smile, tan face, tall guy, pretty much every tall, tan, blonde haired man was getting spotted as being gavin smith >> reporter: weeks, months passed no sign of gavin with no answers, lisa was forced to reveal something publicly something painful and maybe crucial. >> coming up -- >> what had happened toga inventory smith? >> it didn't make sense to me! >> we said "i think this is a suicide" and then we'd go "i think this is a murder." our gut in...

Had been seeing a woman named melanie. and now that gavin had disappeared without a trace. >> we went to talk to her and to see if she had any information >> did she >> no. the relationship had ended and she had not talked to him and she had no idea where he was at >> reporter: but though melanie was the reason gavin moved out of his house a month before he vanished she was not his first affair there had also been a woman named chandy that relationship was years in the past, but phone records showed gavin called her on may 1st, the day before he disappeared. cops tracked her down, too >> what ...