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Instantly, something must be wrong. her husband gavin was a dedicated father >> nothing that would keep him from picking up his kid ever >> reporter: because gavin was so good at these things, said his sister tara addeo. he was so impressive so tall. >> you both got the tall gene, right? >> we did. >> whole family. >> whole family. >> reporter: gavin was the tallest, 6' 6. >> he walked in a room, you noticed him. you wanted to gravitate to him he was a magnet. >> reporter: he played basketball for legendary coach john wooden. ucla, 1975 he was a forward it was wooden's final championship team....

Prosecutor, creech called a friend from the powerhouse gym, stan mcquay. >> he asked if he can come over and if he can park his car in my garage >> was the body still in it at that point >> yes >> reporter: mcquay allows creech to keep the body and the car at his house for five to six days >> really? >> yes >> reporter: and that's when creech turned to reina lim, the nurse who lived with them and took care of chandy's grandmother. creech got reina to rent a van >> and then he uses the van to drive up to the angeles national forest and he finds a secluded area to bury gavin smith's body. >> rep...

Detectives ty labbe and his partner john o'brien >> his phone was missing. there was no use of it we checked his bank accounts from the time that he was missing. we checked his medical insurance to see if he had checked himself into a hospital. that never showed any activity he was completely dropped off the face of the earth. >> reporter: but then, out of nowhere, a sighting. hundreds of miles north of los angeles, a businessman visiting california's central coast, said he saw gavin smith and a beautiful woman at a cash-only taco restaurant in morro bay >> i happened to click on the link, saw...

>> reporter: but they didn't meet chandy in there they met her husband his name was john, john creech not pleasant >> when they came out, they were both crying. >> reporter: they told their mom creech threatened to kill gavin if he didn't stay away from chandy so 17 months later, he vanishes after calling chandy lisa had a very bad feeling. >> everything changed right then for me >> reporter: detectives were suspicious too remember, chandy told them she didn't see gavin that night. but there was evidence to the contrary cell phone records showed that gavin's phone and chandy's were in the same...

So she knew when he disappeared in may 2012. but 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 anything to do with the disappearance. >> reporter: 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 ga...