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Killing for years to seek revenge on gap and smith for having an affair with his wife. but the defense was about to present a very different story. here is keith morrison with the conclusion of dark valley. >> how to defend a man like john creech. well, attorney nunez says, john creech never intended to kill gavin smith. this is a case of self-defense. >> he had two defensive self against this intruder. an intruder that took his marriage. >> and, she said, only one person could tell that story. >> who's the first witness you're going to call on behalf of the defense? >> my client, john creech....

In 2012, but made no connection between that and something she noticed about her boyfriend, john creek. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didn't think he had anything to do with the disappearance. >> when detective o'brien heard a the scrapes on creech, he immediately thought of gavin smith's wounds. he needed to talk to john creech again. he found him in jail, serving eight years on a cocaine charge. his second conviction for dealing drugs. far from an outstanding citizen. could it be proof he murdered gavin smith? >> went to him, didn't ask many questions. j...

And now that gavin had disappeared without a trace. >> we want to talk to her, and to see if she had any information. >> did she? >> know their relationship ended. and she had not talked him, and she had no idea where he was at. >> though melanie was the recent gavin moved out of his house a month before he vanished. she was not his first affair there had also been a woman named chandi. that relationship was years in the past. but phone records show gavin called her, on may 1st, the day before he disappeared. cops tracked her down to. what did she tell you? >> she acknowledged the prior affair...

Still out there somewhere. >> so find the car, and maybe find out what happened to gavin. and nine months after gavin vanished, they finally got the break they were looking for. >> i said, i'm here to talk to you about your daughter. and he started crying, and he said, she saw everything. >> coming up -- >> she was very nervous, and startled. >> a new witness, and a game-changer of a clue. >> i kissed my partner on the cheek, pretty exciting, it was a big piece of evidence. >> huge moment. >> you think that you can't be shocked, but you can be. >> when dateline continues. >> when dateline cont...

Be. it's all i can say about that. >> but if gavin was dead, and certainly look that way, where was his body? how did his car end up in the storage locker? and above all, who would've wanted him dead? rain ellen certainly seemed an unlikely suspect. she told them she had rented the storage unit for someone else. meanwhile, detectives looked further into chandi's affair with gavin. discovering that the two had met in rehab and in december 2010, less than two years after gavin disappeared, lisa found out about it. >> i was heartbroken. >> so, she took an extreme step to save her family. she and ...